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La. car insurance rate drop follows decline in accidents

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La. car insurance rate drop follows decline in accidents

Michael Carroll
Updated 4 hrs ago

BATON ROUGE — Auto insurance rates in Louisiana have been trending downward in the first half of this year mainly due to what insurers say was…

Court affirms La. legislative maps dilute Black voters' rights

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Court affirms La. legislative maps dilute Black voters' rights

Michael Carroll
Updated Aug 20, 2025

A federal appeals court panel has affirmed a lower court opinion that found Louisiana’s state legislative maps violated the Voting Rights Act …

Suit: Orleans Parish discriminated for medical marijuana use

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Suit: Orleans Parish discriminated for medical marijuana use

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated Aug 19, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – The Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office is the target of another federal lawsuit – this time by a former employee who claims she was…

Federal government seeks to evict law firm for unpaid rent

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Federal government seeks to evict law firm for unpaid rent

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated Aug 18, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. government filed a lawsuit in federal court this month, seeking to evict a Louisiana law firm after it stopped making l…

Murrill files child protection lawsuit against Roblox

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Murrill files child protection lawsuit against Roblox

Chris Dickerson
Updated Aug 15, 2025

BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill announced legal action against Roblox, the #1 gaming site for children and teens.

Ex-La. Tech student settles lawsuit over sexual assault

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Ex-La. Tech student settles lawsuit over sexual assault

Michael Carroll
Updated Aug 14, 2025

The University of Louisiana System and a former Louisiana Tech University student who was raped by a student with a record of sexual assaults …

La. woman seeks $450K over allergic reaction at VA hospital

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La. woman seeks $450K over allergic reaction at VA hospital

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated Aug 13, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana woman is seeking nearly a half million dollars in damages for an allergic reaction she allegedly sustained after und…

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Judge with extensive case backlog resigns from Orleans court

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Judge with extensive case backlog resigns from Orleans court

Michael Carroll
Updated Aug 12, 2025

NEW ORLEANS — An Orleans Criminal District Court judge resigned from the bench as of Aug. 1, leaving others within the state’s court system th…

Murrill, other AGs ask DOJ to stop illegal offshore gambling

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Murrill, other AGs ask DOJ to stop illegal offshore gambling

Chris Dickerson
Updated Aug 11, 2025

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has joined a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general in asking the U.S. Department o…

Houston firm wants fee dispute heard in federal court

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Houston firm wants fee dispute heard in federal court

Jessica M. DeBois
Aug 8, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – A Houston-area law firm has asked that a lawsuit filed in Louisiana state court over a fee agreement with a New Orleans firm be …

Woman files sexual harassment lawsuit against pipe company

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Woman files sexual harassment lawsuit against pipe company

Jessica M. DeBois
Aug 7, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana woman is suing her former employer, one of the nation’s leading pipe support makers, claiming she was sexually haras…

Lawsuit: Trump fails to protect endangered species from Gulf oil drilling

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Lawsuit: Trump fails to protect endangered species from Gulf oil drilling

Michael Carroll
Updated Aug 6, 2025

The Trump administration has failed to comply with the Endangered Species Act during its review of the physical harm marine mammals face from …

La. bars insurers from denying patients access to abuse-deterrent opioid drugs

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La. bars insurers from denying patients access to abuse-deterrent opioid drugs

Michael Carroll
Updated Aug 6, 2025

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana last week became the first state in the nation to mandate the use of certain opioid medications that deter abuse by ph…

School system hit with third federal discrimination lawsuit

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School system hit with third federal discrimination lawsuit

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated Aug 4, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – The Tangipahoa Parish School System continues to be plagued with lawsuits over alleged discrimination, with another employee fil…

Former Coke employee alleges race, national origin discrimination

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Former Coke employee alleges race, national origin discrimination

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated Aug 1, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – A former Coca-Cola employee is suing the popular beverage company for allegedly discriminating against and ultimately terminatin…

Insurance Department challenges Landry statement on impact of legal reforms

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Insurance Department challenges Landry statement on impact of legal reforms

Michael Carroll
Updated Jul 31, 2025

A decision by General Motors Insurance to begin offering a new auto insurance product in Louisiana was not the result of insurance reforms sig…

Medicare Advantage pay practices take center stage in D.C.

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Medicare Advantage pay practices take center stage in D.C.

Chris Dickerson
Updated Jul 30, 2025

WASHINGTON – With a Senate oversight hearing on reducing health costs looming, costs associated with the UnitedHealth’s Medicare Advantage pro…

Justice of the Peace removed from job for six months

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Justice of the Peace removed from job for six months

Chris Dickerson
Updated Jul 29, 2025

BATON ROUGE — An East Baton Rouge Parish justice of the peace was temporarily removed from the job following complaints about how her office h…

Man files sexual harassment suit against school system

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Man files sexual harassment suit against school system

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated Jul 28, 2025

BATON ROUGE, La. – A Louisiana man claims he was subjected to “adverse employment actions” after refusing to participate in a romantic relatio…

Lawsuits among reasons for ending $3B coastal wetlands project

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Lawsuits among reasons for ending $3B coastal wetlands project

Michael Carroll
Updated Jul 25, 2025

Louisiana officials have halted midstream a $3 billion project that was designed to divert sediment from the Mississippi River to help rebuild…

Murrill asks NCAA to restore female athletes’ records

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Murrill asks NCAA to restore female athletes’ records

Chris Dickerson
Jul 24, 2025

BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has joined a letter urging the National Collegiate Athletic Association to restore to fem…

Murrill says Cantrell wrong to cancel sanitation contract

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Murrill says Cantrell wrong to cancel sanitation contract

Chris Dickerson
Updated Jul 23, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s execution of Henry Consulting’s proposed emergency contract was unauthorized and contrary to…

Judge dismisses challenge to housing juveniles in adult prisons

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Judge dismisses challenge to housing juveniles in adult prisons

Michael Carroll
Updated Jul 22, 2025

A federal judge has rejected a class-action lawsuit filed against Louisiana’s governor and corrections officials that sought certification on …

ExxonMobil says carbon-capture ordinance should be shot down

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ExxonMobil says carbon-capture ordinance should be shot down

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated Jul 21, 2025

LAKE CHARLES, La. – ExxonMobil has filed a lawsuit against Allen Parish Police Jury, arguing an ordinance adopted by the local government targ…

La. Supreme Court suspends Baton Rouge lawyer for 3 years

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La. Supreme Court suspends Baton Rouge lawyer for 3 years

Michael Carroll
Jul 18, 2025

A Baton Rouge attorney has agreed to be suspended from the practice of law for three years in the wake of a disciplinary investigation that fo…

Proposed class action claims consumers forced to do business with TicketMaster

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Proposed class action claims consumers forced to do business with TicketMaster

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated Jul 17, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana man has filed a proposed class action lawsuit against TicketMaster and similar ticket-purchasing companies, alleging…

St. James Parish groups sue over access to slave cemetery site

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St. James Parish groups sue over access to slave cemetery site

Michael Carroll
Updated Jul 16, 2025

The company that’s planning to build a $9.4 billion plastics plant in St. James Parish is violating the constitutional rights of community gro…

EEOC says company must fix ‘unlawful’ employment practices

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EEOC says company must fix ‘unlawful’ employment practices

Jessica M. DeBois
Updated Jul 15, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit in federal court ordering a company that specializes in ind…

Nurse claims she was denied promotions because of age

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Nurse claims she was denied promotions because of age

Jessica M. DeBois
Jul 14, 2025

NEW ORLEANS – A former pediatric nurse at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans claims in a federal lawsuit filed last month that she was passed …