New Orleans There are few lobbies as powerful as the nursing home owners’ groups in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi. All of which makes the intervention of federal rules extending some of the same accountability standards that hospitals now face, welcome news. The fact that the penalties go right to their pocketbooks is even better …
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Vote “Yes” for Unanimous Juries in Louisiana
New Orleans Louisiana is one of only two states in the US that allow split-verdict decisions by juries. The other is Oregon. What this means, simply put, is that being “guilty beyond a reasonable doubt” does not exist for a conviction in these two states. In every other state the entire jury has to …
Leaders Assess Progress and Map Out Plans
Baton Rouge Thirty Local 100 United Labor Union leaders gathered together for the 36th annual leadership conference for the union, this time in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Leaders were there from Little Rock and Warren, Arkansas, Dallas and Houston, Lafayette and New Orleans, and points near and far in the three-state areas. We met in Local …