BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Flicking a cigarette butt out of your car window could get you slapped with a hefty fine and community service.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to take a new look at a case involving repeated police use of a Taser stun gun on a handcuffed Louisiana man who later died.
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — McDermott International will finish and spool pipe for oil and natural gas drillers at the Port of Gulfport, creating 100 jobs.
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana’s budget for next year doesn’t include any money for the state’s ongoing legal case against BP for damages caused by the 2010 Gulf oil spill.
The Associated Press
Louisiana’s job market was steady in April, as the unemployment rate remained low and employers kept adding to payrolls.