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Letters: Bill would have gutted Louisiana civil service reforms

Por: The Advocate Opinion July 25, 2024

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Sen. Jay Morris introduced Senate Bill 181 during the recent legislative session. This constitutional amendment, if it had passed, would have decimated and politicized one of the most successful reforms in the history of our state.Louisiana’s Merit System of Public Employment was instituted with the election of Gov. Sam Jones in 1940, in answer to the Louisiana scandals. It remained in effect until it was abolished by an Earl Long-controlled... + full article



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