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NOTICE: Bills Signed by Gov. Edwards as of June 22, 2022.
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Four plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit against the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, alleging that the board’s recently approved redistricting maps split precincts in violation of Louisiana law.
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NOTICE: Bills Signed by Gov. Edwards as of May 19, 2022.
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A New Orleans court last week affirmed a $75.3 million settlement judgment for residents of homes built on a former toxic landfill who filed a class-action lawsuit against the city, Housing Authority of New Orleans and Orleans Parish School Board.
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Subpoenas Issued For New Orleans Mayor, School Board President In Shot And Mask Mandate Lawsuit Joined By AG Jeff Landry.
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NEW ORLEANS - Jennifer Ravain, individually and on behalf of her minor child, filed a lawsuit on Dec. 22 in Jefferson Parish District Court against Ochsner Medical Center Kenner, LLC, the Jefferson Parish School Board and East Jefferson High School for battery of a minor and infliction of emotional distress.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Constance Jenkins filed a federal discrimination lawsuit on November 8 in the Eastern District of Louisiana against Washington Parish School Board, Tricia Smith and Frances Varnado.
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NEW ORLEANS - Jonathan D. Koeppel filed a federal complaint on October 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against St. Tammany Parish School Board and Frank J. Jabbia for unlawful disparate treatment discrimination based on disability and failure to reasonably accommodate under the Rehabilitation Act.
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Louisiana voters will decide the fate of a constitutional amendment later next month that aims to provide a uniform and simplified statewide system for collecting sales taxes, a change supporters say would improve the state’s business climate.
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Attorney General Jeff Landry Defends Free Speech Over USDOJ Directive.
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LAFAYETTE - Kelly Beasley, as parent and guardian for a minor child, filed a federal complaint on September 13 in the Western District of Louisiana against many school entities like the Iberia Parish School District Board of Education over its reaction to a child not wearing a mask.
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A former Tulane Law School professor who spent the better part of his life working to end racial and gender discrimination around the South has died at his New Orleans home after a long illness.
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NEW ORLEANS -- A former principal is suing her school board because of alleged discrimination and insufficient staffing.
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NEW ORLEANS -- Parents are suing a military academy after their child committed suicide.
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What was billed as a historic veto-override session ended after only two days as the Louisiana legislature failed to override any of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ vetoes of 28 bills during the 2021 session.
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The families of two children who were suspended after holding BB guns during online classes last year have settled their federal lawsuits with Jefferson Parish Schools, according to court records.
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NEW ORLEANS -- A group of parents is suing a school planning to close in an attempt to preserve their culture, language and tradition.
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The Jefferson Parish School Board and the family of a fourth-grader who was suspended for briefly moving a BB gun last year during an online class will take part in settlement talks in May to resolve a federal lawsuit.
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The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board wants to take an age discrimination lawsuit from a former dean to federal court.
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry will be part of the federal case over the suspension of a fourth-grader suspended after he moved a BB gun that his brother had tripped over during a virtual class, the boy's attorney in the case said.
