The use of nondisclosure agreements to temporarily shield from public view details of planned industrial projects and associated tax incentives in Ascension Parish will be scrutinized by a state court judge to determine whether the documents should remain secret.
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A group suing Ascension Parish over alleged government secrecy related to agreements for a forthcoming steel mill in Modesete on Monday was denied the public records they requested.
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Armed with sensors and real-time data, community groups further their fight against dangerous air pollution in Louisiana.
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After years of seeking redress from the parish council, St. James Parish residents have now taken their case to federal court. Since September of 2019, the plaintiffs, Inclusive Louisiana, Rise…
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St. James Parish community groups are calling for a ban on new petrochemical plants to halt what they say is a history of racist land use decisions that have concentrated…
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ST. JAMES PARISH, La. — For years, residents in St. James Parish have said the chemical plants are killing people in predominantly Black communities and they want to stop those…
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A federal lawsuit has been filed against St. James Parish Tuesday over the petrochemical plants built in the parish. According to the lawsuit, St. James residents have asked in the…
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Residents of a Louisiana parish located in the heart of a cluster of polluting petrochemical factories filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday raising allegations of civil rights, environmental justice and religious…
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Residents of St James parish, Louisiana, have unveiled a federal lawsuit accusing local government officials of civil rights and religious liberty violations by repeatedly approving the construction of petrochemical plants in…
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