New Orleans jail to offer limited free phone calls, tablet access for ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · During her campaign for Orleans Parish Sheriff, Susan Hutson criticized the high fees detainees in the city’s jail pay to make phone calls.
LDEQ, Ascension agree to handle ‘red dust’ from alumina plant.
WEBAug 20, 2024 · Residents in one corner of Ascension Parish have grown used to red dust storms that originate from the LAlumina facility in Sorrento.
Louisiana Supreme Court to decide who stays in race for its …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · The Louisiana Supreme Court will consider a case over which candidates get to stay in the election for the District 2 seat on the high court.
Court permanently blocks environmental civil rights protections …
WEBAug 24, 2024 · A federal court injunction prevents the Environmental Protection Agency from using the Civil Rights Act to regulate Louisiana's polluting facilities.
Tribal food assistance program in shambles after USDA warehouse ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Delayed and missing deliveries increased after the USDA switched to a single distribution and warehouse provider for a tribal food assistance program.
As wildfire season becomes more threatening, experts are turning …
WEBAug 10, 2024 · With climate change driving hotter, drier summers, AI technologies are being used more in wildfire monitoring and fighting strategies.
Louisiana Secretary of State race goes down to the wire; runoff …
WEBOct 14, 2023 · Nancy Landry andGwen Collins-Greenup finished in a near dead heat to advance to a Nov. 18 runoff election for Louisiana secretary of state.
Gov. Landry targets ‘noncitizens’ in Louisiana, claiming immigrants ...
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order that will monitor “noncitizens” in the state and discourage them from trying to register to vote.
Outgoing Louisiana Secretary of State to join Landry administration
WEBJan 4, 2024 · Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin is among the senior staff hires Gov.-elect Jeff Landry’s transition team announced Thursday. Ardoin, who was first elected Secretary of State in 2018, will be Landry’s director of intergovernmental relations. Ardoin decided not to seek re-election and will be replaced by his chief deputy, Nancy Landry.
LSU law grad, former Alito clerk will be Louisiana’s next solicitor ...
WEBDec 12, 2023 · Republican Attorney General-elect Liz Murrill has tapped fellow LSU law school graduate Benjamin Aguiñaga to replace her as Louisiana’s solicitor general when she takes office next year.