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The Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board voted 5-4 Monday to uphold the ouster of five attorneys who lead local public defender offices. The decision follows the replacement of more than half of the board’s members over the past six weeks.
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The immediate past chairman of the Louisiana Board of Ethics said Gov. Jef Landry and state lawmakers are tearing down government ethics enforcement with the massive overhaul of ethics and campaign finance laws they enacted last month.
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Order requires that officials monitor temperatures every 30 minutes. If heat index hits 88, Farm Line workers get regular breaks, ice, water, and shade.
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The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear the appeal of a former Louisiana prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off by prison guards in violation of his religious beliefs.
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A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to free former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention.
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Prosecutors have asked a state appeals court to reinstate the death sentence of Jimmie Chris Duncan, whose 27-year-old murder conviction was nullified in April after his attorneys argued that it was based in part on shoddy forensic evidence.
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A monthlong state and federal investigation resulted in 10 arrests, a mass seizure of illegal vape products and the closure of six Louisiana businesses, the state Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control announced Monday.
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Accounts of reentry are notable as juvenile life without parole cases continue to undergo review. Attorneys and advocates say progress on reviews is halting in some states.
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Attorneys for the Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil requested that a federal judge immediately release him on bail, or else transfer him to New Jersey to be closer to his family, as the Trump administration seeks to keep him in custody in Louisiana.
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As President Donald Trump and his administration continue to fall short of a campaign promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants during his second term, ICE has ramped up immigration enforcement efforts with raids at workplaces.
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Five attorneys at risk of losing their jobs running local public defender offices accused State Public Defender Rémy Starns of discriminating against women in charge of those offices.
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Louisiana legislators have approved a plan to give most college athletic programs in Louisiana nearly $2 million in state tax revenue annually.