The wife of one of the missing crewmembers from the Seacor lift boat that capsized last Tuesday files a $25-million lawsuit. Loyola University Political Science Professor Dane Ciolino says most industrial lawsuits are settled before they go to court and this one most likely won’t be an exception.
He says this suit is most likely the first of many to be filed and could take years to settle.
Southeast Louisiana voters decide who will represent the state’s second congressional district in DC Saturday. UNO Political Science Professor Ed Chervenak says the heated race between Democrats Karen Carter Peterson and Troy Carter is not about the issues.
Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 8 p.m.
Louisiana Green Fuels plans on building a 700-million-dollar renewable diesel refinery in Caldwell Parish on a 171-acre site at the Port of Columbia. Governor Edwards says a final investment decision is expected in late 2022, but this has the potential to be a major economic development win for rural north Louisiana…
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The DEA is holding a semi-annual prescription drug take-back day throughout the state Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This allows you to turn in your unused or unwanted prescription drugs so that they can be disposed of properly. Special agent Randy Harness says getting rid of these drugs might save someone’s life.