Short on details, calls for Louisiana constitutional convention look like longshots
McMakin’s proposal sets a delegate-selection schedule and a target date for a new constitution to take effect.

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TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates New Orleans CityBusiness, where this article appeared. The other scores rate the article itself.
The reporting is attributed to the Louisiana Illuminator, an identifiable news organization, and includes named reporters and sources. The page is published by a trade-press outlet but identifies the reporting source rather than presenting it as its own.
- Source type — The page appears in an established regional business publication, while the reporting is attributed to the Louisiana Illuminator.
- Author attribution — The article identifies Greg LaRose and the Louisiana Illuminator.
- Transparency — It names officials and a critic and attributes their statements.
The article reports committee action, gives concrete differences between the proposals, and includes statements from a bill author and a critic. It offers limited detail about the proposals’ potential effects or perspectives from other supporters.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article explains both proposals and includes comments from their authors as well as a critic. It gives substantial space to concerns about transparency but little detail on arguments in favor of convening a convention.
- Source diversity — Two bill authors and a former lawmaker are quoted or described, but the range of viewpoints is limited.
- Counterarguments presented — The proposals’ framework and schedules are presented alongside criticism of their lack of detail.
- Omitted context — The article provides little broader context on potential benefits or supporters’ case for a convention.
The article uses mostly neutral reporting and attributes criticism to Jenkins, while its headline and framing emphasize the proposals’ lack of detail and uncertain prospects.
- Framing — The piece foregrounds missing specifics and the proposals’ prospects.
- Language tone — The body uses restrained, mostly descriptive language.
- Source selection — It includes proponents’ descriptions and a critic’s objections.
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Two Louisiana House bills to convene a constitutional convention advanced in committee, though neither specifies what a new constitution would contain. Former lawmaker Woody Jenkins said the proposals lack the public input and transparency needed to build trust.
The Louisiana House and Governmental Affairs Committee advanced convention proposals by state Reps. Kyle Green and Dixon McMakin. Green’s proposal calls for 144 delegates but sets no timeline or cost; McMakin’s specifies 93 delegates, a schedule for drafting and a voter decision in December 2028, with a January 2029 effective date if approved. Neither bill provides much detail on the constitution’s contents.
Former state lawmaker Woody Jenkins criticized the proposals for lacking sufficient public input and transparency, and called for hundreds of public meetings. The article also recounts Gov. Jeff Landry’s unsuccessful 2024 push for a convention and McMakin’s bill from the prior year, which did not advance.
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