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ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, SAYS THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY WILL ENJOY MUCH WARMER RELATIONS WITH THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THAN THEY HAD WITH THE PREVIOUS ONE. ANGELLE, WHO WAS FORMERLY ON THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THIS WEEK’S LOUISIANA GULF COAST OIL EXPOSITION, HELD AT THE CAJUNDOME. HE SAYS HE HAS A MANDATE FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO GET RID OF UNNECESSARY REGULATORY BURDENS. HE SAYS THEY ARE MOVING FROM AN ERA OF ISOLATION TO ONE OF COOPERATION, AND HE’S OK WITH CALLING THE INDUSTRY PARTNERS.
SOME SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN VICTIMS OF A PHONE SCAM IN WHICH THEY ARE TOLD A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THEIR ARREST FOR FAILING TO APPEAR FOR JURY OR GRAND JURY DUTY. THE CALLER CLAIMS TO BE WITH THE CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE OR SOME OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THE VICTIM IS TOLD TO PURCHASE A PREPAID PAYPAL CARD TO VOID THE WARRANT AND THE ARREST. CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF TONY MANCUSO SAYS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL WILL NEVER ASK FOR MONEY OR ANY FORM OF PAYMENT AND MOST ARREST WARRANTS ARE SERVED IN PERSON.
A Louisiana man is suing Iberia Parish sheriff Louis Ackal, who he says withdrew a job offer because he has HIV. The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday says William Pierce was told he had a job as an Iberia Parish sheriff’s deputy, subject to a medical examination. It says the offer was rescinded after the exam found he is healthy but has human immunodeficiency virus. The suit says the virus doesn’t create significant risk for Pierce or anyone he encounters as a police officer and the Americans with Disabilities Act protects him from discrimination.
The Senate has passed a $36.5 billion emergency aid measure to refill disaster accounts, provide a much-needed cash infusion to Puerto Rico, and bail out the federal flood insurance program with $16 billion so that it can keep paying claims.
The 82-17 vote sends the measure to the White House, which says President Donald Trump will sign it. The disaster bill brings the total approved by Congress during this fall’s disastrous hurricane season to more than $50 billion — and that’s before requests expected soon to cover damage to water and navigation projects, crop losses, damage to public buildings and infrastructure, and to help homeowners without flood insurance rebuild their homes.
LAFAYETTE POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE A SHOOTING THAT LEFT A TEENAGER INJURED. JEFF HORCHAK HAS MORE.
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LAKE CHARLES POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR FOUR SUSPECTS IN AN ARMED ROBBERY, WHICH HAPPENED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AT A MOTEL PARKING LOT ON HIGHWAY 90. A WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND WERE SITTING IN A CAR WHEN THE FOUR SUSPECTS GOT INTO THE VEHICLE AND DEMANDED THEIR PERSONAL BELONGINGS. WHEN THE WOMAN REFUSED, HER HUSBAND WAS SHOT AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. DEPUTIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IDENTIFY ONE OF THE SUSPECTS, 18-YEAR-OLD TAMMY D. PRYOR OF IOWA, AND JUDGE GUY BRADBERRY HAS ISSUED A WARRANT FOR HER ARREST WITH A 500 THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND.
AFTER 88 YEARS IN BUSINESS, THE VERMILLION OAKS GOLF CLUB IN ABBEVILLE IS SUSPENDING OPERATIONS BEGINNING THIS SUNDAY. DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS ROSLYN WHITE CITED POOR FINANCIAL CONDITIONS AND THE BAD WEATHER OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. SHE TELLS KLFY TV THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE GREENS WITH THE HOPE THAT THEY CAN SELL THE CLUB, WHICH IS LISTED AT ONE-POINT-8 MILLION DOLLARS. WHITE SAYS THE BEST CASE SCENARIO IS SOMEONE BUYS THE GOLF CLUB AND REOPENS NEXT SPRING.
The Interior Department says it will propose the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States — nearly 77 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The sale is scheduled for next March and includes all available unleased areas on the Gulf’s Outer Continental Shelf. The proposal surpasses a lease sale conducted last year by about a million acres. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said the propose lease sale was part of the administration’s strategy to achieve what President Donald Trump calls “energy dominance” in the global market.
