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Reversing a 4th Circuit Court of Appeal decision in June that blocked the case from going forward, the Louisiana Supreme Court voted 5-2 that the council is an independent body with special powers under the New Orleans Home Rule Charter, allowing it to sue the mayor, unlike legislative bodies in other Louisiana cities.
The majority ruling, written by Justice Scott Crichton, sends the lawsuit back to Reese.
Louisiana has been allowed by the Army Corps of Engineers to count $110 million spent on two major coastal restoration projects in recent years as credits towards the state’s $1.12
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Drivers crossing the Interstate 10 bridge from Kenner to LaPlace will get an up-close view of how the state is rebuilding the coast later this summer. Sediment will be dredged