| Posts |
|
Katrina victims file class action against FEMA
Attorneys acting on behalf of over a dozen Hurricane Katrina disaster victims have filed a complaint seeking class action status against the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other government agencies. The lawsuit accuses FEMA of wr (More) |
|
Federal prosecutors investigating criminal charges on New Orleans levee failures
US Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana Jim Letten has announced that his office is conducting a criminal investigation into alleged corruption of individuals involved in the design, construction and maintenance of the flood barriers of t (More) |
|
Lawmakers flag legal problems with Bush proposal for military role in disaster relief
US lawmakers Wednesday expressed some discomfort with a proposal by the Bush administration to increase the response role of the US Department of Defense in disasters during a hearing of a House Armed Services Committee subcommittee. House member (More) |
|
Louisiana AG considering legal action against New Orleans levee designers
The office of Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti announced Tuesday that it is investigating the possibility of legal action against the companies that designed and constructed the levee systems that led to the flooding of large portions of New (More) |
|
Bush reinstates fair wage laws for Hurricane Katrina workers
President Bush Thursday reinstated fair wage laws, suspended after Hurricane Katrina , which mandate that employers awarded government contracts must pay local prevailing wages to workers. Last week, after a pro-labor Republican caucus met with the (More) |
|
Louisiana governor calls special legislative session to deal with hurricane aftermath
Members of the Louisiana Legislature have been summoned by Governor Kathleen Blanco for a two-week session [Governor's statement; press conference video] to deal with the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. The special sess (More) |
|
New Orleans court system still mired in Katrina aftermath
The criminal court system in New Orleans still faces an uphill battle as judges and attorneys try to piece together what is left of the 3,000 trials pending before Hurricane Katrina swept through the city over two months ago. The courthouse baseme (More) |
|
New Orleans Police Department fires 45 officers for desertion during Katrina
The New Orleans Police Department fired 45 police officers and 6 other employees Friday after investigators concluded they had improperly abandoned their duties during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina without giving 14 days notice as required by (More) |
|
Louisiana AG subpoenas 73 hospital employees over Katrina deaths
Louisiana Attorney General Charles Foti has subpoenaed 73 employees of Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, as part of its ongoing investigation into deaths alleged at hospitals and nursing homes in the wake of Hurricane Katrina . The subpoena (More) |
|
House committee OKs drilling along coast, in Alaska wildlife refuge
The US House Committee on Resources on Wednesday approved a budget package that includes provisions to relax a ban on oil and gas drilling along the nation's coast and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge . The Committee voted 24-15 to appro (More) |
Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes
On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.
Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.
