State Governor John Bel Edwards (la)
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Recent News About State Governor John Bel Edwards (la)
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Parish district attorney discourages coastal lawsuits against oil and gas companies
THIBODAUX — Lafourche Parish District Attorney Cam Morvant has claimed that groups are disseminating incorrect information about lawsuits targeting gas and oil companies, according to an article in the Daily Comet. -
Louisiana legislators side with attorney general over dispute with governor
BATON ROUGE — Fifteen members of the Louisiana Legislature have filed a petition regarding litigation between Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry. -
Louisiana attorney general attacks Advocate in editorial
NEW ORLEANS — Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry recently submitted an editorial to The Advocate in reaction to the publication’s critique of how he’s handling state policy. -
Louisiana leaders square off over state legal contracts
BATON ROUGE — Tensions are running high between the offices of Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry as both men question the constitutionality of protected classes in state legal contracts. -
La. governor takes hunting vacation with lawyer retained by state to sue oil industry
Edwards joined major campaign donor Taylor Townsend on a four-day hunting trip to Colorado, renewing questions about the appropriateness of their relationship. -
Louisiana state leaders bash governor for pay-to-play scheme
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Republican Party last month accused Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards of cronyism and a pay-to-play scheme involving lawyer T. Taylor Townsend. -
Graves: Edwards' targeting of oil, gas industry is about politics, greed, not justice
A Republican Louisiana congressman lodged a stinging rebuke at the state's Democrat governor for his attempts to insert campaign donors as attorneys into controversial lawsuits against oil and gas companies, saying it's more about buying Mercedes than obtaining justice. -
Sue or Get Out of the Way
On September 21, 2016, a letter was signed and sent by Governor John Bel Edwards to multiple coastal parishes in the state of Louisiana to “encourage” them to sue oil and gas companies in their parishes, as well as those that previously operated in the area. -
Edwards’ Legal War Amounts to Another De-Facto Moratorium on Drilling
Six years ago President Barack Obama imposed an unnecessary ban on offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, which left tens of thousands of Louisiana oil and gas workers and service sector employees out of jobs and nearly devastated our state’s economy. -
Edwards using new litigation to deflect pay-to-play controversy, oil and gas industry statement says
BATON ROUGE – Gov. John Bel Edwards' decision to double down on coastal litigation against the oil and gas industry is an attempt to distract from his own questionable actions in existing cases, according to a recent industry statement. -
Public policy consultant blasts Edwards' choices in litigation over coastal land loss
BATON ROUGE – For the better part of 2016, Gov. John Bel Edwards and his efforts to get the oil and natural gas industries to pay for the restoration of Louisiana’s coast have been under scrutiny. Not because of his endeavor to protect Louisiana land, but because of whom he is choosing to litigate the cases against the oil and gas industries. -
Attorney general disappointed with Vermillion Parish lawsuit
BATON ROUGE – Attorney General Jeff Landry recently criticized the Vermilion Parish coastal lawsuit filed by 15th Judicial District attorney Keith Stutes, whose suit accused 49 oil and gas businesses for environmental contamination and coastal erosion created by decades of drilling and production in Vermilion Parish. -
Attorney General Jeff Landry sets himself up as John Bel Edwards’ political foe
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Gov. John Bel Edwards have been causing headlines in the Capitol on several issues ranging from budgets and lawsuits to gay rights and immigration policing. -
Landrieu happy to see legislation spawned by WTC redevelopment on governor's desk
NEW ORLEANS – The office of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is pleased that the state legislature passed onto the governor legislation aimed at preventing the type of litigation that now embroils the city's former World Trade Center, a spokesman said. -
Conflict mounts between Louisiana AG and governor over budget
BATON ROUGE – The election of Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards in traditionally Republican Louisiana in 2015 has, predictably, created a fractious and contentious environment in the state’s government. The latest battle has been over the role of the offices of the attorney general and inspector general, and what funding those offices should receive. -
Louisiana repeals foreign-born voter registration law
BATON ROUGE – A Fair Elections Legal Network (FELN) and Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) lawsuit against the state of Louisiana will not go to court, as the state has repealed a law that was called discriminatory by many. -
State Senate steps in to send oil spill recovery funds to central office
BATON ROUGE — After some controversy over how to distribute the first of the Deep Horizon oil spill recovery payments, the Louisiana Senate took action last week to reroute $7 million from the state attorney general’s office to the governor’s coastal office. -
Louisiana governor's push for settlement with oil and gas industry raises some eyebrows
BATON ROUGE – As Gov. John Bel Edwards attempts to force a settlement with oil and gas companies that would see those companies funding the restoration of the state’s coastline, some in the state are skeptical of the move. -
Coastal litigation unnecessary, “sue-and-settle” tactics inappropriate
Lawsuits certainly have a way of getting everyone’s attention, especially here in Louisiana. -
ACLU: Edwards rescinded the Marriage and Conscience Act, now there’s nothing to litigate
BATON ROUGE – This week, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards rescinded his predecessor’s controversial executive order protecting religious freedom, a move that effectively ends a lawsuit that LGBT activists filed last June.