MONROE, La. (KNOE) - Public defenders in some of Louisiana’s most underserved parishes say recent legislation nearly stripped away the local oversight they depend on to serve their communities. Two ...
Employees of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, including lawyers and social workers, are pushing to unionize and hope to have the issue on the ballot next year. Supporters argue that as state ...
Advocates for CPCS staff unionization spoke in front of the Special Joint Committee on Initiative Petitions on Monday, March 16, 2026. For months, there’s been a shortage of attorneys needed to ...