Louisiana Supreme Court to decide who stays in race for its …
WEBAug 16, 2024 · The Louisiana Supreme Court Building on Royal Street in New Orleans, Dec. 7, 2021. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) The Louisiana Supreme Court issued an order Thursday afternoon saying its justices will consider a case over which candidates get to stay in the election for a seat on the high court. The …
Gulf 'dead zone' is larger than average this year, the size of New ...
WEBAug 3, 2024 · In 2020, the Union of Concerned Scientists estimated the dead zone’s average annual cost in damages to fisheries and marine habitats at $2.4 billion. This year’s dead zone impacts a swath of marine habitat roughly the size of New Jersey, stretching from south Louisiana almost to Galveston, Texas. The Mississippi River meets the Gulf of ...
New Orleans jail to offer limited free phone calls, tablet access for ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · NEW ORLEANS — During her successful 2021 campaign for Orleans Parish Sheriff, Susan Hutson criticized the high fees — more than 20 cents per minute — that detainees in the city’s jail pay to make phone calls, saying she would work to provide free phone service. Two and a half years into her tenure, she’s come a little closer to meeting that goal.
Louisiana lawmaker who authored bill to reduce politicians’ ethics ...
WEBAug 15, 2024 · The Baton Rouge lawmaker who pushed through a new state law to reduce fines for political candidates who don’t file campaign finance reports on time has failed to submit her own paperwork properly several times over the 15 years she has been in public office.. State Rep. Denise Marcelle, a Democrat, missed deadlines to turn in campaign finance reports and personal financial disclosure forms ...
Murrill: ‘Democrats have their facts wrong’ on abortion ban …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Attorney General Liz Murrill. (Matthew Perschall/Louisiana Illuminator) Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill came out in defense of Louisiana’s abortion ban Wednesday, saying on social media that “Democrats have their facts wrong.”. Her remarks drew an immediate and sharp rebuke from one of …
Louisiana government salary database is finally live
WEBSep 14, 2023 · The database is available on the state’s financial transparency website, checkbook.la.gov. It includes all executive branch salary information but does not yet include salaried higher education employees. The website was the result of a bill brought by Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen, and signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2018 ...
Judge to review records Jefferson DA withheld from father in son’s ...
WEBAug 13, 2024 · Bob Arthur is suing the Jefferson Parish District Attorney's Office over investigative records pertaining to his son's death in 2017. Prosecutor Paul Connick has decline to pursue homicide charges in the case even though the suspects have been convicted on federal charges related to the incident.
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.
LDEQ, Ascension agree to handle ‘red dust’ from alumina plant.
WEBAug 20, 2024 · GONZALES — The last Saturday in April started like many others for Ashanti White at her home in Pelican Point subdivision — warm and sunny. Then the sky turned red. “I was shocked the dust was so thick and coming so far,” White said. “We normally go to Rouses on Saturday mornings. But ...
LSU law grad, former Alito clerk will be Louisiana’s next solicitor ...
WEBDec 12, 2023 · A Texas native, Aguiñaga graduated from LSU in 2015 and became the law center’s second alumnus ever to win a U.S. Supreme Court clerkship. He worked for Justice Samuel Alito during the court’s 2018-2019 term. As solicitor general, Aguiñaga will represent Louisiana in federal court, including possibly in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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