New Orleans Barriers to Prevent Vehicle Attacks Were in the Process of Being Replaced January 3, 2025 By Christopher Weber, Jeff Martin and Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Seven years ago, New Orleans officials began installing adjustable barriers at intersections in the famed French...
Louisiana Gov. Landry Raises Concerns Over $3B Coastal Restoration Project November 27, 2024 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry raised serious objections Thursday to a $3 billion project long hailed as...
Appeals Court Revives Tesla’s Challenge Against Louisiana Law Banning Direct Sales August 29, 2024 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tesla’s federal court challenge to a Louisiana law that prohibits automobile manufacturers from selling directly to...
Judge: EPA Can’t Use Civil Rights Act to Fight Industrial Pollution in Louisiana August 26, 2024 By Kevin McGill A federal judge has weakened the Biden administration’s effort to use a historic civil rights law to fight industrial pollution...
Louisiana Businessman to Pay $1.3M Fine for Neglecting Elderly Residents During Ida July 24, 2024 By Kevin McGill A Louisiana businessman who sent more than 800 elderly residents from his seven nursing homes to ride out Hurricane Ida...
Favre Wants Appeals Court to Reinstate Defamation Suit vs. Shannon Sharpe July 11, 2024 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to revive a...
Louisiana High Court Reopens Window for Adult Victims of Childhood Sex Abuse to Sue June 14, 2024 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officially reversing a controversial March ruling, Louisiana’s highest court Wednesday gave childhood victims of sexual abuse...
Study Finds Higher Levels of Dangerous Chemical Than Expected in SE Louisiana June 13, 2024 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Researchers using high-tech air monitoring equipment rolled through an industrialized stretch of southeast Louisiana in mobile...
Southwest Airlines in Court Over Firing of Flight Attendant With Anti-Abortion Views June 5, 2024 By Kevin McGill Whether a flight attendant was fired for her religious beliefs or for improper conduct when she sent graphic anti-abortion material...
Teen Awarded $185K in Lawsuit Over Interference With Recording of Mother’s Arrest May 14, 2024 By Kevin McGill NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A teenager who video-recorded his mother’s forceful arrest by Louisiana sheriff’s deputies in 2020 has been...