Tag: Louisiana
Pastor leads lawsuit opposing Bayou Bridge Pipeline to protect Louisiana Cancer...
“The love of money is the root of all evil.”
Louisiana joins compact which brought out-of-state cops to Dakota Access protests
“It just seems that opposition to this pipeline is not reasonably based upon legitimate environmental concerns.”
Louisiana’s cancer alley residents push back against industrial polluters
The work of Citizens for a Better St. Gabriel is only beginning.
One community’s fight for clean air in Louisiana’s cancer alley
“They lie on people’s death certificates all the time.”
Louisiana offers clear example why states should expand Medicaid – not...
Legislators in Washington and in state capitols would be wise to see these results as a bellwether for the nation.
Breaking: Louisiana’s Bayou Bridge pipeline is one permit closer to reality...
“It's no surprise to us that the LDNR is issuing the permit, rubber stamping is business as usual in Louisiana.”
While one Louisiana town’s lead-tainted water system is replaced, dozens of...
Federal help available to states for upgrading water systems is a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed across the country.
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy pushes natural gas as climate solution at...
Senator Cassidy assures his consituents there will be oversight, but how can he when he is sorely out of touch?
What do Louisiana pipeline explosion and Dakota Access pipeline have in...
Aging pipelines are seen as a major issue that could create catastrophes.
Clash over the Bayou Bridge pipeline ratchets up after Louisiana pipeline...
Both sides drew their battle lines on the Bayou Bridge pipeline deeper in the sand at the second permit hearing.
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Warren, Ocasio-Cortez introduce bill to ban corporate ownership of physician practices
The bill would let doctors sue corporate owners for treble damages and give the Federal Trade Commission a role in enforcing the ban.
Minnesota doctors strike for four days in a first for US hospitals
About 150 physicians at two Allina Health hospitals walked out this week after three years of bargaining over sick days, pay and a role in patient care.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants lose Medicaid starting October 1
The federal reconciliation law also narrows Medicare and marketplace coverage, and a separate immigration rule is pushing US citizen children off Medicaid alongside their noncitizen family members.
Minnesota hospital doctors stage what union calls first private-sector physician strike in US history
Doctors at two Minneapolis-area hospitals say they're striking over artificial intelligence in patient care, not just pay.
Judge orders Labor Department to rewrite farmworker wage rule after finding it unlawful
The ruling forces new minimum pay rates for the guestworker visa program that brings in most of the country's legal farm labor, with back pay possible for hundreds of thousands of workers.