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Panel Backs Oil Lawsuit Supporter for Louisiana Flood Board

A supporter of a lawsuit against the oil industry was re-nominated Thursday to a seat on a south Louisiana flood control board, despite Gov. Bobby Jindal’s vehement opposition to the lawsuit. The nominating committee for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection …

Opinion Sought on Louisiana Flood Board Term Length

The independent committee assembled to nominate members of two regional flood boards in southeastern Louisiana voted Wednesday to seek an attorney general’s opinion on when some of those members’ terms expire – an opinion that could bear on the future …

‘Big Oil’ Suit Looms Over Louisiana Flood Board Nominations

Gov. Bobby Jindal will not reappoint two key members of a southeast Louisiana flood control board because the panel decided to file a lawsuit against the oil and gas industry, the governor’s coastal protection chief said Friday. Garret Graves made …