The Louisiana Workforce Commission says implementation of medical treatment guidelines for workers’ compensation is saving money. The LWC says about $2.5 million in potential litigation costs have already been saved since the guidelines went into effect on July 15. The …
Bill Hawks is a guy who works extremely hard for the things he has. So, the Blanchard, La., resident was less than enamored one recent Sunday morning when he discovered thieves, too lazy to work for their toys, had relieved …
Fifty additional homes have been added to a federal repair program for people in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, whose houses were damaged by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The Times-Picayune reports the parish council awarded the additional work to …
Louisiana must quickly turn over documents requested by oil giant BP, or else face dismissal of its lawsuit against the company for losses caused by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a judge ruled Thursday. Louisiana faces fines of up …
Louisiana’s jobs gain in September ranked third in the country, according to the federal Bureaus of Labor Statistics. Louisiana added 14,100 nonfarm jobs in September, behind only Florida (23,300) and Texas (15,400), according to seasonally adjusted totals included in BLS’s …
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is retaining his elected post. Donelon, a Republican from Metairie, sailed to re-election on Oct. 22. He defeated little-known Democrat Donald Hodge, who criticized Donelon for receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations …
U.S. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., has announced more than $33.9 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to repair New Orleans’ damaged water system, Plaquemines Parish’s Venice Boat Harbor and Orleans …
In a year when severe drought scorched the Southwest, a hurricane drowned crops in the East, and river flooding swamped farms in the Midwest, one of the worst places to be a farmer may be just west of the Mississippi …
A former FEMA employee has been offered a plea deal that would resolve charges he helped a government contractor fraudulently obtain a $100 million contract for maintaining thousands of government-issued shelters in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina. A court filing by …
A coalition of business groups is using an advertising campaign to try to persuade Louisiana’s legislature to limit lawsuits including over asbestos injury claims. Two organizations representing a list of business lobbying groups and others are putting $70,000 into 30-second …
