Louisiana Supreme Court to decide who stays in race for its …
WEBAug 16, 2024 — The Louisiana Supreme Court Building on Royal Street in New Orleans, Dec. 7, 2021. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator) The Louisiana Supreme Court issued an order Thursday afternoon saying its justices will consider a case over which candidates get to stay in the election for a seat on the high court. The …
New Orleans jail to offer limited free phone calls, tablet access for ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 — NEW ORLEANS — During her successful 2021 campaign for Orleans Parish Sheriff, Susan Hutson criticized the high fees — more than 20 cents per minute — that detainees in the city’s jail pay to make phone calls, saying she would work to provide free phone service. Two and a half years into her tenure, she’s come a little closer to meeting that goal.
Louisiana urged to stay ‘aware’ as what’s expected to become …
WEBAug 1, 2024 — The National Hurricane Center gives a tropical wave in the Atlantic Ocean a 70% chance of developing into an organized system over the next seven days, by which time it will have moved to the Gulf of Mexico.
Louisiana government salary database is finally live
WEBSep 14, 2023 — The database is available on the state’s financial transparency website, checkbook.la.gov. It includes all executive branch salary information but does not yet include salaried higher education employees. The website was the result of a bill brought by Sen. Rick Ward, R-Port Allen, and signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2018 ...
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LDEQ, Ascension agree to handle ‘red dust’ from alumina plant.
WEBAug 20, 2024 — Residents in one corner of Ascension Parish have grown used to red dust storms that originate from the LAlumina facility in Sorrento.
More parents using religious exemption to opt children out of …
WEBAug 11, 2024 — Maryland tends to fall behind the national average of religious exemptions, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2022-2023, the national average for nonmedical exemption was 2.8% of kindergartners, compared to Maryland’s 1.4% for that year.
Louisiana's slanted views on youth crime show a need to focus on ...
WEBAug 29, 2024 — Annalisa Smith, an advocate for Black youth, was born and raised in New Orleans. She studied English, women’s and gender studies, and criminal justice at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte where she graduated summa cum laude.
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WEBABOUT US. The Louisiana Illuminator is an independent, nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization driven by its mission to cast light on how decisions are made in Baton Rouge and how they affect the lives of everyday Louisianians, particularly those who are poor or otherwise marginalized. Here readers will find in-depth investigations and news ...
Court permanently blocks environmental civil rights protections …
WEBAug 24, 2024 — The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana this week issued a permanent injunction that prevents the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice from using Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to control how Louisiana regulates polluting facilities.. Judge James Cain’s ruling solidifies his earlier decision in January, which blocked EPA from imposing or ...