Louisiana officials are refusing to disclose the details of crude oil shipments railroads haul through the state. The state Department of Public Safety and Corrections says the information freight railroads are required to provide to Louisiana is considered confidential. Louisiana …
A new audit says Louisiana has saved nearly $16 million in the first three years of a privatization contract for the Office of Risk Management, the state’s self-insurance agency. Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration hired Mandeville-based F.A. Richard and Associates in …
Louisiana’s Department of Environmental Quality is distributing a hurricane guide to the state’s 64 parishes, providing information about available environmental cleanup resources if a storm hits. This is DEQ’s third year to send out the manual. It contains details about …
Lawmakers want to steer Gulf oil spill recovery money to help refill Louisiana’s “rainy day” fund, an elderly trust fund that was raided to fill budget holes and another health care fund. The plan taps into dollars that BP is …
Deputies say a 21-year-old Chatham, La., woman has been booked with arson following an investigation into a January fire at a mobile home she rented. Natchitoches Parish sheriff’s deputies tell The Town Talk Ebony Sheree Hassen told officers she had …
State laws governing disputes over how to handle the cleanup of environmental damage caused by drilling years ago have been reworked under a bill supported by Gov. Bobby Jindal and now headed to his desk. Final legislative passage came Tuesday …
Louisiana is deflating life-threatening airbag scams with a newly passed bill, announced the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. The Louisiana bill was passed earlier this month. The measure makes it a specific crime to market or install counterfeit airbags. Crooked body …
The Dularge Volunteer Fire Department is reopening its junior firefighter program. The Louisiana department is recruiting boys ages 12-17 to be a part of the program that trains students in firefighting and lifesaving techniques as well as allow them to …
A Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to three counts of wire fraud after illegally obtaining grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and making false statements on workers compensation forms. U.S. Stephanie A. Finley said 57-year-old Curtis Roller pleaded guilty …
Contract workers employed in the construction, power and petrochemical industries will be able to get federally mandated training at a new $2.8 million center in Gonzales, La. The Advocate reported the Alliance Safety Council’s 11,000-square-foot center is in the Edenborne …