Law

Black voters want latest congressional map lawsuit moved to a different court

The federal redistricting lawsuit both sides hoped to settle when the Louisiana Legislature drew a new congressional map last month saw a new motion filed this week that could keep the case open for some time. 

Keller Williams to pay $70M to settle class-action suit over home sales prices

Keller Williams Realty reached a $70 million settlement on Thursday in a class-action lawsuit...

Federal lawsuit filed to overturn Louisiana’s new congressional district map

A group of 12 plaintiffs is suing Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry over the state’s new congressional district map, alleging the map violates civil rights protected by the 14th and 15th amendments.  

A New Orleans attorney is seeking to block the Blue Cross sale

New Orleans-based attorney Tut Kinney has filed two lawsuits in an effort to effectively block the sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana to Elevance Health.

New Orleans law office launches campaign against proposed Blue Cross sale

Roughly two weeks away from the Department of Insurance’s public hearing, a New Orleans-based law firm has launched an advertising campaign against the proposed sale of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, the state’s largest health insurer. 

How Angola has become essential to the U.S. food supply 

A hidden path to America’s dinner tables begins here in Louisiana, at an unlikely source—the former slave plantation that is now the country’s largest maximum-security prison: Angola. 
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Louisiana federal judge blocks EPA’s disparate impact requirements 

The Environmental Protection Agency can't treat companies differently in Black communities than in white communities, a federal judge ruled this week.

ICYMI: Cleo Fields running for Congress in Louisiana’s new 6th District

State Sen. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, will run for Congress in the newly redrawn 6th Congressional District, he announced Tuesday.

Insurance commissioner names witnesses for Blue Cross hearing 

Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Tim Temple has selected his preliminary witness list for the department’s upcoming hearing regarding the reorganization and sale of the state’s leading health insurer. 

In the Louisiana Legislature, sessions beget sessions

Between now and the regular session that begins in March, Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to recall lawmakers to Baton Rouge to focus on crime. Organizers were originally targeting Feb. 19 through March 6 for the policymaking gathering.