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As temperatures soar, judge tells Louisiana to help protect prisoners working in fields
Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face “substantial risk of injury or death.” The state immediately appealed the decision....
New state climatologist for Louisiana warns of a 'very active' hurricane season
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced Wednesday that Jay Grymes, the chief meteorologist for WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge, will serve as the new state climatologist. Among responsibilities in his role, Grymes will be tasked with monitoring Louisiana’s climate...
Some Mississippi legislative districts dilute Black voting power and must be redrawn, judges say
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state. The judges issued their order Tuesday night in a lawsuit filed in 2022 by the...
Judge rules that federal agency can't enforce abortion rule in Louisiana and Mississippi
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Monday granted the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as well as employers in two Southern states, temporary relief from complying with a federal rule that would have required them to provide workers with time off and other workplace accommodations for...
Judge sides with 16 states, putting on pause Biden's delay of consideration of gas export projects
LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) — The Biden administration can’t delay consideration of projects aimed at exporting liquefied natural gas while a legal challenge by 16 Republican-led states plays out in federal court, a Louisiana judge said Monday. U.S. District Judge James Cain, Jr....
How will Louisiana's new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky. Across the country there have been...
Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns
Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana. The required text prescribed in the new law and used on many monuments around the United States is a...
Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
The Advocate. June 25, 2024. Editorial: In the end, regulators got it right on redfish limits Louisiana has perhaps no more iconic fish than the redfish. Demand for the popular sport fish exploded in the 1980s, when famed New Orleans chef Paul...
Crown Crafts: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot
GONZALES, La. (AP) — GONZALES, La. (AP) — Crown Crafts Inc. (CRWS) on Friday reported profit of $1 million in its fiscal fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Gonzales, Louisiana-based company said it had profit of 10 cents. The maker of children's products...
Jackie Clarkson, longtime New Orleans politician and mother of actor Patricia Clarkson, dead at 88
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jaquelyn Brechtel “Jackie” Clarkson, a former Louisiana legislator and three-term New Orleans City Council member who was the mother of Academy Award-nominated actor Patricia Clarkson, has died at age 88. City officials confirmed her death Wednesday. Mayor...
