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L & G is proud to announce that Rowan W. Stoehr will be joining the firm as an associate. Rowan is a graduate from Loyola Law and after working for law firms in New Orleans has chosen to pursue her career in Houma. She will be a great addition and asset to L & G.

Welcome aboard, Rowan!

Budget shortfalls have occurred in six of the seven years Jindal has been in office. How would you rate him as our governor?
http://www.americanpress.com/Beam-column-1-25-15

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Congratulations, Dexter!

Is the Chamber good for the everyday, hard working business man?

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/finance/229411-big-business-is-strong-but-americans-suffer-from-chamber-backed

Big business is strong, but Americans suffer from Chamber-backed policies In his speech today, Tom Donahue will demand more deals and subsidies for big business.

Why does it seem Louisiana is a dumping grounds for "stuff" that is bad for our health?

http://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/opinion/guest-columnists/2014/12/22/proposed-burn-health-risk/20782151/

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Louisiana ranked 5th in most dangerous states. How do we improve?

5. Louisiana
> Violent crimes per 100,000: 510.4
> Population: 4,625,470
> Total 2013 murders: 498 (9th highest)
> Poverty rate: 19.8% (3rd highest)
> Pct. of adults with high school diploma: 83.1% (4th lowest)

More than 17% of Louisiana residents received food stamps in 2013, well above the 13.5% who did nationwide. Low incomes may be the result of low education attainment rates. Only 22.5% of Louisiana residents aged 25 and older had at least a bachelor’s degree as of 2013, among the lowest rates in the country. These relatively poor socioeconomic factors likely contributed to higher crime rates. There were 510 violent crimes reported per 100,000 residents in 2013, a 2.8% increase over 2012. While crime rates dropped across the country, Louisiana was one of a handful of states where violent crime rates increased. Criminal activity in New Orleans and Lafayette, which both reported some of the higher violent crime rates among large U.S. metro areas in 2013, also contributed largely to Louisiana’s crime problem.

The Most Dangerous States in America The number of violent crimes dropped across the United States by 4.4% in 2013 compared to the year before, according to estimates released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In the last decade, the number of violent crimes declined by nearly 15%. In a previous interview with 24/7 Wall St.…

http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20141222/ARTICLES/141229969/1320?Title=Terrebonne-Council-says-it-won-t-sue-oil-companie

Should Big Oil pay for its damage to our coast? Or does Terrebonne Parish owe the oil companies?

Terrebonne Council says it won't sue oil companies for damage to coast The Terrebonne Parish Council has gone on the record saying it’s not interested in following other parishes’ lead in suing oil companies for damage to their coastal wetlands.

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/226706-senate-energy-committee-bids-farewell-to-landrieu

Senate Energy Committee bids farewell to Landrieu Senators on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee used its Wednesday meeting to bid farewell to its chairwoman, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.).

http://www.fox8live.com/story/27567608/interactive-map-cassidy-vs-landrieu
For those interested in the election results for each parish.

Interactive Map: Cassidy vs. Landrieu In the last election of the 2014 midterms, Louisiana voters Saturday decide the political fate of Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, who is struggling to win a fourth term against a wave of GOP gains a...

Ask BP... the spill caused no harm to the Gulf... You decide.

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-bp-offers-a-lesson-20141022-column.html

BP offers a lesson in how to sugarcoat an environmental disaster The giant oil company BP doesn't do small-scale.

http://www.takejusticeback.com/HallofLawsuitHypocrites

Hall of Lawsuit Hypocrites | Take Justice Back Every American has a Constitutional right to have their day in court -- this right applies to even corporations and their front groups. The Hall of Hypocrites showcases corporations that happily exercise this right when they stand to benefit, but tirelessly work to close the courthouse doors to ordi…

God bless America!

Should BP get a "pass"?

http://tampa.legalexaminer.com/toxic-substances/queen-of-england-asks-u-s-supreme-court-to-give-bp-a-pass/

Queen of England asks U.S. Supreme Court to give BP a pass | Legal Examiner Tampa Perhaps Her Majesty has not read The BP Corollary or otherwise does not understand the devastation her country’s British Petroleum wrought on the Gulf of Mexico and the American people? Or maybe she wishes we could revert back to the Thirteen Colonies so that the United Kingdom could simply tell our…

If this is an example of good politics, we are in trouble!

http://www.wafb.com/story/26404026/our-turn-forced-to-retire-at-70

Our Turn: Forced to Retire at 70 It's another big embarrassment for the Louisiana Legislature.Our lawmakers passed a bill in the last session forcing almost 200 constables and justices of the peace out of their jobs because they happen to be more than 70 years old. A judge this month issued a temporary restraining order, saving the…

Should Louisiana adopt common core or not? Do you agree with Governor Jindal's legal challenge?

http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2014/08/no_reason_for_gov_jindal_to_be.html

No good reason for Gov. Jindal to be in court on Common Core: Editorial Gov. Bobby Jindal is willing to spend $275,000 of Louisiana taxpayers' money -- maybe more -- to try to keep students here from being compared academically to children in other states. He is wasting the public's money. His fight against Common Core...

http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2014/08/common_core_in_louisiana_whos_1.html
Do you wonder whose tax dollars are paying for these suits????

Common Core in Louisiana: Who's suing whom -- August update It's been such a litigious summer for Common Core that we had to update our July guide to the lawsuits.

http://projects.propublica.org/louisiana/
Go here and see the tragic loss of Louisiana land!

This is what Louisiana stands to lose in the next 50 years The USGS says sea-level rise and sinking could claim up to 4,677 square miles of land along the coast if the state doesn’t implement major restoration plans.

http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20140825/HURBLOG/140829772/1319?Title=Company-begins-building-oilfield-waste-disposal-well-in-Houma
What are your thoughts?

Company begins building oilfield waste disposal well in Houma Vanguard Environmental has begun construction on the controversial oilfield-waste disposal facility north of downtown Houma.

http://louisianavoice.com/2014/08/14/baton-rouge-attorney-authors-guest-column-rebutting-recent-labi-fact-sheet-about-states-unfavorable-judicial-climate/

Baton Rouge attorney authors guest column rebutting recent LABI 'fact sheet' about state's... Editor's note: The following is a guest column by a Baton Rouge attorney who represents plaintiffs in civil litigation and who chooses to use the nom de plume of Edward Livingston, considered one o...

New laws passed this session. You may want to read.
http://www.theind.com/news/indnews/18409-a-closer-look-at-some-of-la-s-new-laws

A closer look at some of La.'s new laws - IND Monthly Hundreds of new laws take effect Friday, with the start of August. A look at some of the changes on the books: -by The Associated Press

http://www.opportunitylouisiana.com/index.cfm/newsroom/detail/588

Louisiana’s Business Climate Ranks No. 1 In Nation BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, Business Facilities magazine named Louisiana the No. 1 business climate in the U.S., the first time Louisiana has topped a national ranking of state business climates. In addition, LED FastStart® – Louisiana’s customized workforce development program, created in 2008 – earn…

http://www.wwltv.com/news/Gulf-shipwrecks-are-ghostly-reminders-of-N***s-off-Louisiana-coast-267197571.html

Gulf shipwrecks are ghostly reminders of N***s off Louisiana coast On the floor of the Gulf of Mexico sits a N**i ship of ghosts, a sunken U-boat whose 52 crewmen died under almost a mile of water just south of the mouth of the Mississippi River.

http://theadvocate.com/home/9540655-125/jindal-signs-bills-that-bans

Should the AG be able to hire outside law firms on a contingency basis? Your comments are appreciated.

Jindal signs bills that bans contingency-fee contracts for AG During recent legislative hearings, state Rep. Stuart J. Bishop testified that he sponsored a bill to restrict how the state attorney general hired private lawyers because of a …

High Auto Insurance Rates? Did you know your rates are not simply based upon your driving record/habits?

http://cenlamar.com/2014/06/09/the-single-question-that-could-destroy-bobby-jindals-political-future/

The Single Question That Could Destroy Bobby Jindal's Political Future Last Friday, against the vehement and public urging of his own Attorney General and nearly one hundred of the nation's most respected legal experts, Governor Bobby Jindal signed Senate Bill 469 int...