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Louisiana Union, Justice, and Confidence

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The state’s legal bills so far total more than $500,000 in the battle against the federal government over offshore oil and natural gas exploration. The state hired Van Ness Feldman, a Washington, D.C., law firm populated with former government attorneys, to block an August sale of drilling leases.
By Barry F. Rosen and Thomas X. Glancy Jr. In 1992, Maryland's highest court held that Maryland's cap on noneconomic damages is constitutional. However, last year Wisconsin's highest court struck down that state's $350,000 statutory cap on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases.
I don't know if I'm for or against TABOR. I've heard some pretty good arguments both for and against it. Then I read about the millions pouring in from out of state to oppose it, and the list of organizations that are against.
Governments are big on acronyms. Louisiana's long-range highway improvement program is TIMED, the Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic Development. There's also TOPS -- the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students.
The federal government should assume a larger role in overseeing property insurers, with special attention given to firms that write federally supported flood insurance policies, a group of congressional Democrats argue in a newly released report.
KABUL (CNN) -- Supreme NATO commander Gen. James Jones promised Afghan President Hamid Karzai at a news conference Saturday that a full investigation of an incident involving the unintended death of around 70 Afghani civilians would be launched.
Published Oct 25, 2006 - 15:33:35 CDT. NEW ORLEANS — While the streets were still choked with twisted houses, the Louisiana insurance department began broadcasting a message to homeowners victimized by Hurricane Katrina.
BATON ROUGE, La.----The Shaw Group Inc. announced today that it has relocated its nuclear office in Stoughton, Massachusetts to a larger facility to better accommodate the company's expanding nuclear workforce.
BATON ROUGE – Gov. Kathleen Blanco is expected to announce a settlement on Tuesday in the state's lawsuit against the U.S. Minerals Management Service seeking recognition that offshore oil drilling has had cumulative negative environmental impact on Louisiana’s coast.
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana reimbursed the federal government Friday for a large portion of last year's hurricane recovery efforts, but state officials sued over a remaining debt out of concern that some money was improperly spent.

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