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Louisiana lawmakers urged to use future sports betting funds for early childhood learning
Early childhood education advocates are urging the state legislature to dedicate potentially tens of millions of dollars in future revenues from sports betting in Louisiana to better prepare children under 3 years old for success later in life. -
Louisiana energy industry concerns echoed in lawsuit to overturn Biden order
An association of Louisiana energy producers has echoed criticisms of President Biden’s ban on new oil and gas leases spelled out in a 13-state lawsuit spearheaded by Louisiana’s attorney general. -
LSU on defensive in wake of release of sexual harassment review
Louisiana State University officials received scathing criticism from state lawmakers and advocacy groups after the release of a law firm’s detailed report on the university system’s failures to respond to sexual misconduct reports in recent years. -
Appeals court green-lights Lafayette's lawsuit over fake antifa announcements
The Lafayette city government’s lawsuit to recover first-responder costs stemming from a comedian’s posting of fake antifa events on social media can proceed as a result of a recent state appeals court decision. -
Top Landry aide resigns as series of controversies dog attorney general
A member of Attorney General Jeff Landry’s management staff resigned earlier this month after a second sexual harassment complaint against him surfaced, adding to a series of controversies Landry has dealt with over the past couple of months. -
Farmers returns to Louisiana insurance market amid insurer recruitment push
Farmers’ Insurance Exchange is returning to the Louisiana insurance market this week and will issue auto insurance policies after a seven-year absence from doing business in the state, the company said. -
Landry’s latest move affecting oil industry seeks to restart Keystone pipeline
Attorney General Jeff Landry on Wednesday added Louisiana to a 21-state lawsuit that aims to overturn President Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL oil pipeline – just weeks after Landry drew oil industry criticism by approving a coastal erosion legal settlement. -
Commissioner urges insurers to engage with policyholders to resolve hurricane claims
For the third time, Louisiana’s insurance commissioner has reminded insurers of their good-faith obligations to policyholders in the wake of the 2020 hurricanes and recent extreme winter weather. -
Landry loses lawsuit aimed at blocking public records request
A state judge has turned down state Attorney General Jeff Landry’s bid to sideline a journalist’s quest to get copies of a sexual harassment complaints against one of Landry’s top lieutenants. -
Louisiana's voting machine upgrade put on hold; Ardoin cites misinformation involving Dominion
Louisiana’s secretary of state has pulled the plug on a request-for-proposal (RFP) process to choose a new voting machine vendor and upgrade the state’s aging elections technology, citing misinformation that has hurt voter confidence in the system. -
Federal judge dismisses emissions lawsuit against LaPlace chemical plant
A federal judge has swatted down a second environmental lawsuit alleging that a chemical company’s operations have caused medical problems and health risks for the plant’s neighbors in St. John the Baptist Parish. -
Attorney for Louisiana law enforcement group cautions against tossing qualified immunity
The attorney who represents the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police is cautioning state lawmakers to think twice about doing away with qualified immunity for law enforcement officers. -
Louisiana unemployment agency faces class action over alleged failures to provide benefits
Louisiana residents who say they were unfairly denied unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic have filed a federal class-action lawsuit that alleges the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC) mishandled thousands of cases. -
Baton Rouge advertising firm sues over digital billboard rules in Kentucky county
A Baton Rouge-based advertising company is suing a Kentucky county in federal court, alleging that the Lexington-Fayette government’s policies on regulating digital billboards are unconstitutional. -
Oil industry calls coastal erosion settlement authorized by Landry misguided, flawed
Louisiana oil industry representatives and others blasted a multi-million-dollar coastal-erosion settlement authorized Thursday by Attorney General Jeff Landry as misguided and flawed, arguing that it fails to address the underlying issue of coastal restoration -
Legislators consider Louisiana abandoning current 'jungle' mixed system for primaries
Louisiana state legislators have formed a task force to consider if the state should abandon a current primary political system where a candidate for office runs against every other candidate regardless of political party, referred to as a “jungle system.” -
$300 million industrial flare settlement fuels call for updated federal rules
A $300 million settlement that will reduce industrial flare pollution at two Louisiana chemical plants strengthens arguments that the federal standards governing such flares need to be overhauled, according to an environmental attorney. -
Louisiana lifting oyster lease moratorium in the wake of erosion, litigation
A decades-long moratorium on new oyster leases in coastal Louisiana is ending, raising hopes that one of the mainstays of Louisiana cuisine will stage a comeback after years of environmental setbacks and litigation. -
State: Insurers will pay Louisiana policy holders $7.7 billion in claims from 2020 hurricanes
Insurance companies have already paid out or agreed to pay $7.7 billion to Louisiana policy holders after 2020’s record hurricane season, the state’s insurance commissioner said. -
Family of woman killed by float during New Orleans parade files suit against parade, city
The family of Geraldine Carmouche, who was killed by a tandem float during a parade in New Orleans on Feb. 19, 2020, is suing the city, the parade company and its captain for wrongful death, alleging negligence.