La. removes more than 50,000 from Medicaid at start of disenrollment process
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana removed 50,600 people from government-funded Medicaid health insurance over the last few weeks, as part of the government program’s massive disenrollment process nationwide. But ... If successful, Landry’s EPA suit could be ‘a significant setback’ for the Civil Rights Act
By Lue Palmer Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Robert “Bobby” Taylor has been living in the shadow of a chemical plant for nearly 50 years. He first became aware of the potential connection ... Alleged ‘harmful conditions’ for youth at Angola may violate Constitution, feds say
By Bobby-Jean Misick Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — The state of Louisiana may have violated the civil rights of dozens of juveniles it has sent to a temporary detention facility at the Louisiana ... LNG export terminals belching more pollution than estimated
By Sara Sneath The Lens Air-monitoring consultant James Doty can see pollution that’s invisible to the naked eye. The lens of his optical gas-imaging camera shows pollution in a rainbow of colors ... Area McDonald’s franchises commit dozens of child labor violations, feds allege
By Claire Sullivan Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Dozens of teens working at McDonald’s franchise locations in the New Orleans area were subject to illegal working conditions, federal officials announced late last month. US District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to oversee former President Trump’s election interference case
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Judge Tanya S. Chutkan will preside over the case of former President Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Unions flex muscle not seen in decades
By Peter White Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — In the hottest labor summer in 40 years, unions are demanding better contracts for working people who can’t live on their paychecks. And ... Conservative group files lawsuit against Venture Capital Fund that offers help to Black women-owned businesses
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — With the white sheets removed, the hoods now off, and the dog whistles as overt as they were during Jim Crow and the ... DA Fani Willis reveals racist threats amid Trump election investigation
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Fani Willis, the district attorney for Fulton County, Georgia, investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state, has ... Louisiana public service commissioner slams carbon capture
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Davante Lewis, a newly-elected progressive Democrat on the Public Service Commission, criticized carbon capture and sequestration at a Monday meeting of the Baton Rouge press ...
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