Louisiana News Updates

One of the world’s biggest crop traders has halted loading of grain vessels at U.S. Gulf terminals as the region’s worst snowstorm in 130 years slams the region.

Per the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, frivolous lawsuits are estimated to cost the average U.S. household more than $4,000 per year, as measured in tort costs incurred by each state.

South Louisiana Community College is partnering with a state agency and the governor’s office to launch a CDL training program to open truck driving career paths for Black men.

The start of output at Plaquemines, the company’s second facility, comes as the LNG producer plans to file for an initial public offering.

An indictment in a New Orleans-area scheme to stage crashes with tractor-trailers names two law firms, two individual attorneys and multiple participants in a sweeping conspiracy.

MORGAN CITY, La. — Hurricane Francine barreled toward Louisiana on Sept. 11, strengthening to a Category 2 storm that could bring deadly storm surge to the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Energy Transfer LP is asking the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to take a closer look at a Williams Cos. pipeline project as a legal battle rages between the two companies.

The Louisiana Motor Transport Association has joined a suit filed by a trucking company against the U.S. Department of Labor over changes to the classification of independent contractors.

WASHINGTON — The planned $1.8 billion Louisiana International Terminal project in St. Bernard Parish was awarded a $226 million grant Jan. 22 from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

NEW ORLEANS — Crews worked into Tuesday morning clearing the wreckage of more than 150 vehicles involved in a series of crashes the day before on Interstate 55 near New Orleans.