LENS EXCLUSIVE: The governor pops up on Bourbon Street
Landry pays his respects to the 14 Bourbon Street victims and addresses ICE presence in the city
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Government & Politics
‘They tricked me:’ Migrants feel deceived by ICE after being promised $1,000 to voluntarily depart
Led to expect an “exit bonus,” migrants were left empty-handed in their home countries.
Nobody seems to want carbon capture — not even Air Products
Air Products wants to off-load its risk for a proposed carbon-capture project in Lake Maurepas, which the writers see as a signal that carbon-capture technology, “a corporate experiment,” is also too risky for the state of Louisiana.
Murrill: NOPD is breaking laws if it doesn’t ‘fully cooperate’ with ICE, Border Patrol
In the letter, Murrill cited policy in the NOPD Operations Manual that bars NOPD officers from assisting federal immigration authorities except in limited instances.
New Orleans does not want or need a mass enforcement operation
New Orleans cherishes its immigrant community. We owe them safety, dignity, and the assurance that this city will stand with them. What is happening across the country cannot become our reality.
States’ death penalty policies are heading in sharply different directions
Forty-one people have been executed so far this year, the highest number since 2012.
This Ecologist Lost Her Grant for Studying Diversity—of Insects
The federal trawling of grants for misaligned priorities has brought in bycatch at Louisiana Tech University.
Louisiana will cover most SNAP recipients for November; Landry points the remaining 53k to food banks
Gov. Jeff Landry said his health department will find the money to cover $147 million in benefits next month for the elderly, disabled and children.
Louisiana cancels another major coastal restoration project
Gov. Jeff Landry scraps sediment diversion planned for Breton Sound marsh.
Louisiana sues Food & Drug Administration to stop mailing of abortion medication
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill escalates her campaign against mail-order abortion pills, suing the FDA over its pandemic-era policy that permits remote prescriptions of mifepristone while pursuing criminal charges against out-of-state doctors she claims violated Louisiana’s strict abortion laws.
