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Democrats file suit asking state court to prepare for taking over redistricting process

A lawsuit filed by eight southeast Louisiana Democrats says a New Orleans judge should...

BRAC sides with BRPD chief ahead of today’s hearing on firing of police union official 

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber is weighing in on a civil service dispute, scheduled for a hearing later this morning, between a fired Baton Rouge police officer and Baton Rouge Police Chief Murphy Paul.

‘LaPolitics’: Legislation takes aim at river pilots

For many years, the mounting disagreements between the state's Mississippi River pilots and the...

Louisiana state senators back bill to modify voting machine search

Louisiana would rework the way it shops for voting machines, under legislation that started...

Louisiana housing agency leader faces sexual harassment claims

The leader of the state's affordable housing agency has been suspended while he's being...

Federal government now allows PPP loans to borrowers in bankruptcy

The federal government has quietly reversed course on a policy that had kept thousands...
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‘LaPolitics’: Coastal lawsuit legislation on tap for next week

Legislation related to the controversial $100 million settlement involving Freeport-McMoRan is expected to come...

Judge refuses to dismiss suit against LSU by former IT administrators

A 19th Judicial District Court judge has refused to dismiss a 2-year-old lawsuit against...

Lawsuit drags on three years after structural failure at downtown library site

This month marks three years since a structural failure caused by a faulty weld...

LSU AgCenter remains silent on Title IX case involving researcher

Nearly one week after Daily Report detailed the unusual case of Niranjan Baisakh, a researcher at the LSU AgCenter who was accused in 2016 by a female graduate student of stalking, sexual harassment and sexual assault and had his tenure “removed” only to have it reinstated by the university three years later, questions remain as to how the unorthodox sanction was handed down and who approved the measures.