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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.
Gov. Jeff Landry will keep Louisiana’s longtime prisons chief in place
WEBJan 15, 2024 · By: Julie O'Donoghue - January 15, 2024 9:12 pm. Jimmy LeBlanc (Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections) Gov. Jeff Landry is going to keep Louisiana’s longtime prison chief in his position — for now. James “Jimmy” LeBlanc will continue to run the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections, in …
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 ...
Murrill: ‘Democrats have their facts wrong’ on abortion ban …
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Attorney General Liz Murrill. (Matthew Perschall/Louisiana Illuminator) Republican Attorney General Liz Murrill came out in defense of Louisiana’s abortion ban Wednesday, saying on social media that “Democrats have their facts wrong.”. Her remarks drew an immediate and sharp rebuke from one of …
A look at how federal plans could make the costs of housing more ...
WEBAug 21, 2024 · The Fed started to raise interest rates in 2022 and hiked them 11 times until late 2023, putting pressure on the housing market during a time of high demand for housing and a shortage of affordable homes. In May, U.S. rent growth was up 3.2% from a year ago, which was the biggest gain there has been in more than a year, according to CoreLogic ...
LDEQ, Ascension agree to handle ‘red dust’ from alumina plant.
WEBAug 20, 2024 · GONZALES — The last Saturday in April started like many others for Ashanti White at her home in Pelican Point subdivision — warm and sunny. Then the sky turned red. “I was shocked the dust was so thick and coming so far,” White said. “We normally go to Rouses on Saturday mornings. But ...
Tribal food assistance program in shambles after USDA warehouse ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · In February, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service announced that the warehouses supplying the FDPIR and Commodity Supplemental Foods Program, for those 60 years and older, would be consolidated and served by a …
Louisiana utility regulators pass rule to keep electric vehicle ...
WEBAug 17, 2024 · Wes Muller primarily covers energy, economics, environmental and voting rights policy. He traces his journalism roots to 1997 when, at age 13, he built a hyper-local news website for his New Orleans neighborhood.
More than 100 Louisiana water, sewer systems get funding for …
WEBJan 27, 2022 · Tensas Water Distribution Association – $10 million. Lawmakers decided last year to devote $300 million in federal funding for economic recovery to water and sewer system upgrades. They expect to do the same this year. Edwards has proposed putting an additional $550 million toward water and sewer repairs in the next budget cycle.
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