The council’s complaints were related to the Phase III jail expansion, the lack of enforcement of certain laws and the city’s decision to start enforcing a law limiting the size of second lines
Loopholes in U.S. law allow oil and gas companies to evade labor and environmental regulations and avoid compensating injured workers.
The New Orleans school district’s annual facility siting process is underway and six schools have applied for a new campus.
The district’s requirement will last two weeks longer than the city’s, which was lifted Thursday.
Privacy advocates say the city would be taking a step in the wrong direction.
The court will consider a 25-year-old murder case decided by a 10-2 jury.
School leaders say classroom attendance is rebounding after a dip during the omicron surge.
Jackson was the subject of an investigation by The Lens and Al Jazeera Fault Lines into the ongoing legacy of the state's split-jury verdict law, years after it was repealed.
Experts who spoke to The Lens said that the practice effectively insulates shareholders from risk, shifting it to ‘captive customers.’ But Entergy insists that the payments encourage investment, lowering borrowing costs and ultimately benefiting its customers.
