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Wetlands are seen from a helicopter on the Louisiana coast on July 10, 2010. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal Monday, Feb. 27, 2023, by major energy companies, including Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Exxon Mobile, that had hoped to move a lawsuit alleging damage to Louisiana wetlands by decades of oil and gas drilling from state to federal courts. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

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Supreme Court keeps wetland damage lawsuits in state courts
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,03/01/23-2:10PM , 285 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit against oil and gas companies over damage to Louisiana’s wetlands will remain in state court, the U.S. Supreme Court said, rejecting an appeal by major energy companies who wanted to get the case moved to a federal court.
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In a Friday April 6, 2012 photo, charter fishing boats go in and out of Destin Harbor in Destin, Fla. An appeals court has struck down a federal fisheries management rule requiring operators of privately owned charter boats to equip their vessels with tracking devices, a victory for a group of Louisiana and Florida charter operators who challenged the rule in a 2020 lawsuit. (Nick Tomecek/Northwest Florida Daily News via AP)

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US Court strikes down charter boat tracking rule
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,02/24/23-11:19AM , 164 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An appeals court has struck down a federal fisheries management rule requiring operators of privately owned charter boats in the Gulf of Mexico to equip their vessels with tracking devices, a victory for a group of Louisiana and Florida charter operators who challenged the rule in a 2020 lawsuit.
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Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams talks with the media on Feb. 26, 2021, in New Orleans. Williams, now the New Orleans district attorney, said Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, that an assistant prosecutor wrongly decided to drop prosecution of more than a dozen illegal gun possession cases arising from Mardi Gras season arrests in exchange for the suspects' agreeing to forfeit their weapons. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

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Dropping Mardi Gras gun cases a mistake, prosecutor says
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Thu,02/23/23-5:57PM , 171 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An assistant prosecutor wrongly decided to drop prosecution of more than a dozen illegal gun possession cases arising from Mardi Gras season arrests in exchange for the suspects' agreeing to forfeit their weapons, New Orleans District Attorne
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, center, along with other members of law enforcement, NOFD and EMS, walks down Bourbon Street just after midnight ceremoniously closing down Mardi Gras, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in New Orleans. Opponents of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell rushed 10 boxes of petitions into City Hall on Wednesday and declared they have enough enough signatures to force a recall of the second-term mayor. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)

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Foes present signatures, seek New Orleans mayor recall vote
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,02/22/23-6:15PM , 241 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Opponents of New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell rushed 10 boxes of petitions into City Hall on Wednesday and declared they have enough enough signatures to force a recall of the second-term mayor.
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