Speaking from personal experience about the agony of cancer diagnoses, President Joe Biden unveiled new grant funding aimed at cancer-fighting technology.
Louisiana environmental justice organizations want congressional candidates to renounce oil and gas money and work to transform ‘cancer alley’ into a clean energy sector.
An expert witness for a group challenging the law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public schools said there was no historical evidence that the Ten Commandments have been prominent in the county’s founding documents and in public schools over the centuries.
A restoration project in Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin is drawing ire from conservationists, fishers and locals. A coalition of them sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May, accusing officials of endangering wetlands and relying on faulty science.
More than 2,500 armed police and military descended upon the Crescent City this week in advance of the Super Bowl. Ice chests will be banned in the French Quarter this weekend, but concealed firearms are OK.
The advocacy group said it had stopped its training presentations explaining immigrants’ legal protections out of a fear it will face felony charges under a newly enacted state statute.
Ruling that what appears to be discriminatory zoning in “Cancer Alley” has roots in slavery, a federal judge greenlit a landmark lawsuit seeking a moratorium on industry.
