With the Louisiana legislature set to open its annual session on Monday, business groups are urging lawmakers to hit the reset button on the state’s Unemployment Insurance Fund, which has seen its fortunes depleted during the coronavirus pandemic.
Civil rights groups have sent a letter to Gov. John Bel Edwards urging him to veto bills passed by the legislature that they say would fail to expand minority representation in Louisiana congressional districts.
A district judge has rejected a lawsuit alleging a Louisiana nonprofit mishandled donated funds for search-and-rescue operations in the wake of a liftboat disaster in the Gulf of Mexico last year.
LAKE CHARLES - Cheryl Lee filed a lawsuit in September in the Parish of Calcasieu District Court against Boyd Racing LLC d/b/a Delta Downs Racetrack Casino and Hotel, Boyd Louisiana Racing, LLC., Boyd Gaming Corporation and Schindler Elevator Corporation for negligence.
Louisiana business groups expressed relief after last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision blocking the Biden administration from implementing its rule requiring 84 million workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine or face a testing regimen.
The state Supreme Court has temporarily disqualified a Lafayette City Court judge after a video indicated that Judge Michelle Odinet made racial slurs in the wake of a burglary attempt at her home.
St. Bernard residents and community groups have filed a lawsuit challenging plans to build a $1.5 billion container ship terminal in the parish, alleging the project would devastate the region’s quality of life, destroy wetlands and lead to choking traffic.
A Baton Rouge congressman has introduced legislation that would make staging vehicle collisions a federal crime in the wake of investigators uncovering an extensive accident-staging ring in New Orleans.
A federal court has granted a New Orleans credit union’s motion for a summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by a former credit union executive who alleged he was a victim of sexual harassment by higher-ups.
Louisiana business groups expressed disappointment that Louisiana voters recently rejected a proposal to create a streamlined, statewide system to oversee sales tax collections.
Louisiana business groups have filed a legal brief supporting the Terrebonne Consolidated Government in its efforts to stop the parish’s district attorney from pursuing coastal erosion lawsuits against energy companies.
Conditions for isolated death row inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary will improve as a result of a recent settlement of a 2017 class-action lawsuit that alleged conditions there were cruel and unusual.
State Farm will seek a legal hearing to explain disagreement with an order from the Louisiana insurance commissioner requiring insurers to pay evacuation expenses for policyholders affected by Hurricane Ida.
A federal court this month ruled in favor of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry’s motion to intervene in a case that pits environmental groups against the Biden administration’s effort to move forward with an offshore oil and gas lease sale.
