Louisiana transfers youth from Angola unit
State officials voluntarily transferred all incarcerated youth from a temporary detention center on the grounds of the Angola prison.
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State officials voluntarily transferred all incarcerated youth from a temporary detention center on the grounds of the Angola prison.
Just days before a large explosion and release of pollutants at the Dow Chemical plant in Plaquemine last month, a state agency let the company forgo paying hundreds of thousands in fines for a decade of alleged permit violations.
Water containing a hazardous compound from the Dow Chemical plant in Plaquemine flowed into canals that lead to the Mississippi River after an explosion at the plant.
Dow Chemical’s plant in Iberville Parish has had 10 emergency incidents in the past four years that resulted in unauthorized releases of pollutants.
The Supreme Court affirmed that the congressional district maps in Alabama violated the Voting Rights Act. The decision could lead to new maps in Alabama — and Louisiana.