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All officers will receive at least a 15% raise, non-sworn employees will receive a 3.5% raise and the police chief will receive a 5.9% raise. The base pay for a sworn officer would be kicked up from about $41,000 to about $58,000 under this plan.
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Commissioners approved three gas power plants for Meta’s ‘Hyperion’ data center, the first project in Richland Parish, last year, bringing the total to ten. -
The air monitors called for in Senate Bill 356, sponsored by Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, would have provided early warning for neighbors to seek safety in the event of a toxic pollution release. -
A little-known turtle found only in Louisiana and Mississippi now has a slow but steady proposed plan from the federal government to save its species. -
Residents around Meta’s data center in Holly Ridge, Louisiana, say the air is brown and the water is rust-colored. The Gulf States Newsroom is starting a monitoring project to test the air quality. -
HB 1088 gives local and state sales tax rebates for the purchase of certain items used in aerospace facilities and activities. -
Federal judges held stock, bonds and leased mineral rights to Exxon, Chevron and others while hearing cases against the companies alleging damage to the La. coast. -
Members of the East Baton Rouge Metro Council have asked Mayor-President Sid Edwards to revise his proposal for a historic pay raise for Baton Rouge Police Department employees to instead spread the money to most city-parish workers. -
Two immigration advocacy groups are asking a federal court to let them join a lawsuit between the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office and Immigration and Customs Enforcement -
The Louisiana House has approved HB 838 to eliminate the inspection sticker requirement for most drivers. The proposed QR code sticker would cost $6. -
In ‘deeply troubling’ move, senators pass three bills, cutting Duncan’s Orleans clerk position along with 11 New Orleans judges.
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