The Louisiana Legislature won’t be meddling any further this session in a workers’ compensation dispute between NFL players and the New Orleans Saints. The Saints had been pushing a bill to lessen its workers’ compensation costs for injured players. But …
BP Plc said Monday that waiver clauses in contracts it offered to Alabama fishermen to help fight the Gulf of Mexico oil spill had drawn allegations that it was trying to buy them off to give up the right to …
What makes an oil spill really bad? Most of the ingredients for it are now blending in the Gulf of Mexico. Experts tick off the essentials: A relentless flow of oil from under the sea; a type of crude that …
As New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin leaves office, hundreds of damaged city buildings including police stations and fire houses sit unrepaired more than four years after Hurricane Katrina, stark reminders of how the recovery has floundered. Only seven percent of …
Louisiana State reported that information from Lo Jack Inc. related to a stolen 2006 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle in the LaPlace area aided in the recovery of $45,000 worth of stolen property. The Suzuki was reported stolen from Shreveport, La. By …
The top law enforcement executives for five U.S. states have begun meeting to talk about legal options for dealing with the effects of a massive oil spill threatening their Gulf of Mexico shores. The attorneys general from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, …
Things are heating up in the world of Chinese drywall. Courts are issuing opinions, a U.S. consumer products safety agency is recommending gutting homes with the product, and a consumer watchdog group is insisting that President Obama board Air Force …
The owner of a Mississippi seafood company has filed a federal class-action lawsuit over the rig explosion that caused a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The suit by Jerry Forte, owner of Jerry Forte Seafood in Pass …
Louisiana State reported that information from Lo Jack Inc. related to a stolen 2006 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle in the LaPlace area aided in the recovery of $45,000 worth of stolen property. The Suzuki was reported stolen from Shreveport, La. By …
Things are heating up in the world of Chinese drywall. Courts are issuing opinions, a U.S. consumer products safety agency is recommending gutting homes with the product, and a consumer watchdog group is insisting that President Obama board Air Force …
