Genetic testing shows more Gulf of Mexico shrimp at Louisiana …
Nov 27, 2024 · A joint Louisiana Illuminator and WVUE-TV Fox 8 investigation into shrimp sold at festival and market vendors in the New Orleans area found most of the samples to be domestic.. The results could indicate retailers and event organizers are becoming more careful about how they label and present their dishes. The samples of shrimp were collected from nine vendors at an area seafood market in ...
Voters deliver mixed verdicts on increasing minimum wage, but …
Nov 16, 2024 · People gather together to ask the McDonald’s corporation to raise workers wages to a $15 minimum wage as well as demanding the right to a union on May 23, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.(Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
AI and tech policy: Where Harris and Trump stand?
Oct 19, 2024 · Harris’ policies tend to focus on inclusivity, data protection, net neutrality and expanding broadband access. One of the largest wins for the tech and science communities during the Biden-Harris administration is the CHIPS and Science Act, which in 2022, provided funding for research and development for environmental projects, clean energy and American manufacturing of semiconductors, which ...
Film industry packs halls of Louisiana State Capitol in hopes to …
Nov 18, 2024 · Hundreds of film industry workers filled the State Capitol’s Senate committee hall Sunday afternoon to signal their opposition to legislation that would dismantle the program that turned Louisiana into “Hollywood South.”
Louisiana Legislature passes permanent teacher pay proposal; …
Nov 22, 2024 · Two pieces of legislation that would make a temporary pay raise for K-12 teachers and school support workers permanent received final passage Friday in the Louisiana Legislature, but voters have to approve a constitutional amendment before the money appears in their paychecks next school year.
Louisiana’s Ten Commandments in classrooms law remains on …
Nov 20, 2024 · A law to require all public school classrooms in Louisiana display the Ten Commandments won’t take effect until a court case plays out on whether the law is constitutional, a federal appellate court has ruled.
Louisiana voters will decide on four constitutional amendments in …
Nov 29, 2024 · Louisiana voters will decide the fate of four state constitutional amendments in the Dec. 7 election. They involve judicial discipline, the state budget process and property tax debt. The final day of the early voting period is Saturday, after observing the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday and Friday.
Texas follows Louisiana’s lead to reclassify reproductive care drugs …
Nov 14, 2024 · A Texas lawmaker has filed a bill that would reclassify two reproductive health care drugs as controlled substances, which would place restrictions on their access.
Landry's ethics charges unresolved as governor gains more power …
Dec 7, 2024 · Gov. Jeff Landry’s standoff with the Louisiana Board of Ethics over ethical charges it brought against him will continue after he gains control over some of the board’s seats next month.. The board alleges Landry violated state laws when he failed to disclose flights he took to and from Hawaii on a private donor’s plane in 2021.
Huge power plant eyed to run mystery $5 billion Louisiana data …
Nov 16, 2024 · Business + Labor; Huge power plant eyed to run mystery $5 billion Louisiana data center Entergy proposes a new $3.2 billion natural gas plant to run a ‘game changing’ data center in northeast Louisiana; critics question the move.