By Greg LaRose | Editor-in-Chief
Lawmakers return to work at the State Capitol today with less than two months remaining in their session.
A federal judge has rescinded a federal permit for a coastal restoration project in the Atchafalaya Basin, marking a win for environmental groups who sued to block the work. (Elise Plunk/LAI)
By Elise Plunk
A federal judge has ruled the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers illegally issued a permit to the state’s Coastal Restoration and Protection Authority for an Atchafalaya Basin flood control project. The project is part of a larger flood management system in the basin designed to promote water flow and quality as well as enhance wildlife habitat, but environmental groups successfully argued the corps’ plan would adversely affect the area.
Greg LaRose/LAI
By Robert Stewart, Verite
Attorneys representing a man who was beaten to the point of hospitalization by the DeSoto Parish Sheriff’s Office are accusing the Louisiana State Police of helping to cover it up. Late last month, they filed an amended complaint in a state court accusing the State Police, which was investigating the beating, of improperly concealing surveillance video of the beating for years.
Joe Lau, a crop farmer from St. Joseph, Missouri, says more extreme weather and his increasing allergy symptoms are signals that spring is arriving sooner. (Héctor Alejandro Arzate/KCUR)
By Héctor Alejandro Arzate
Multiple studies show spring is starting earlier every year for the past three to four decades. The range is from six days to three weeks, and the effects include risks for agriculture and ecosystems.
By Robbie Sequeira
In contrast to highly partisan debates over many other issues, state lawmakers of all political stripes are joining forces to pass legislation to increase the supply of housing. The policies attracting support range from requiring cities to allow manufactured homes in areas with single-family homes to easing regulations for accessory dwelling units to allowing housing on church-owned land and strip malls.
COMMENTARY
By Michael Wright
For Louisiana patients living with chronic illness, consistent access to needed treatments is essential to staying healthy. But in practice, that access is too often undermined by a system that drives up costs and creates barriers between patients and the care they need.
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