WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Federal Maritime Commission issued the following notice of appearance (Docket No. 22-23): * * * MARINE TRANSPORT LOGISTICS, INC. v. CMA-CGM S.A. NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Please enter the appearance of each of the following attorneys in this proceeding as counsel for Respondent CMA CGM S.A. ("Responsdent" or "CMA"). The attorneys' names, firm name, address, and contact information is as follows: 1. Chelsea Crews, an attorney admitted to practice and in good standing   more

HOUSTON, Texas, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Honduras and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) in Honduras, removed Juan Manuel Mena Dolmo, a 35-year-old previously deported Honduran national, from the U.S. on March 22. Mena is wanted in Honduras for murder. A charter flight coordinated U.S. Immigration and   more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following readout of Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke's trip to Louisiana: * * * Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division traveled to Louisiana as part of the division's civil rights tour to engage with stakeholders in underserved communities and reaffirm the department's commitment to protecting the civil rights of all Americans. On Monday, Assistant Attorney General   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on March 20, 2023: ERNEST X. TAYLOR, JR., of LaPlace, LA, age 38, was indicted on March 17, 2023, by a federal grand jury for two counts of making false statements related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. On March 27, 2020, The CARES Act became effective and established several  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: JOEY J. STEVENSON, age 41, from New Orleans, was sentenced to 5 years probation for failing to pay employment taxes for his business, Community Care Solutions, Inc to the IRS, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. STEVENSON was indicted and pled guilty to failure to pay over employment taxes owed to the IRS, in violation of 26 U.S.C. Sec. 7202. Accor  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, March 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: THEODORE TARDIE, age 53, pled guilty on March 21, 2023, before United States District Court Judge Jay C. Zainey to a one-count superseding bill of information charging him with conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute five hundred (500) grams or more of methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. Sec.Sec. 841(a)  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana, Ronald C. Gathe Jr., issued the following news release: United States Attorney Ronald C. Gathe, Jr. announced that Charles T. Germany, age 52, of Walker, Louisiana, pled guilty before Chief Judge Shelly D. Dick to interstate transmission of a threat to injure another. According to admissions made during his plea, on or about May 27, 2022, in the Middle District of Louisiana, Germany knowingly placed a   more

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina, March 21 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Capt. Angelica White, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit successfully completed their final land-based exercise, MEU Exercise III by conducting distributed operations within the littorals of eastern North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana from Mar. 3 to Mar. 15, 2023. Over the last several months,  more

CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina, March 22 -- The U.S. Marine Corps issued the following official news: By Capt. Angelica White, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit successfully completed their final land-based exercise, MEU Exercise III by conducting distributed operations within the littorals of eastern North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana from Mar. 3 to Mar. 15, 2023. Over the last several months, U.S. Mari  more

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina, March 23 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune issued the following news: By Capt. Angelica White, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26th MEU) successfully completed their final land-based exercise, MEU Exercise III (MEUEX) by conducting distributed operations within the littorals of eastern North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana from Mar. 3 to Mar. 15,   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for March 6-10, 2023: * * * Summarized Board Decisions International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO, CLC (United States Maritime Association, Ltd.) (10-CE-271054, et al.; 372 NLRB No. 36) Charleston, SC, March 8, 2023. Errata to December 16, 2022 Decision. Errata Amended decision (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d458393e6d3). * * * American Postal Workers Union of Louisiana  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 56428) involving River Bend Nuclear Plant, Louisiana: * * * Facility: River Bend Region: 4 State: LA Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] GE-6 NRC Notified By: Devin Wilson HQ OPS Officer: Donald Norwood Notification Date: 03/23/2023 Notification Time: 16:46 [ET] Event Date: 03/14/2023 Event Time: 09:26 [CDT] Last Update Date: 03/23/2023 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 26  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 (TNSrpt) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: An incorrect estimate of a crane's boom height led to contact with the Houma Twin Span Bridge last year in Houma, Louisiana, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. On March 6, 2022, the towing vessel Robert Cenac was transiting the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, pushing the crane barge Mr. Dawg and another deck barge. While attempting to pass beneath the Houma Twin Span Br  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on March 20, 2023, on the Parents Bill of Rights Act (H.R. 5), which was introduced by Rep. Julia Letlow, R-Louisiana, and 122 cosponsors: * * * The Administration does not support H.R. 5 in its current form because the bill does not actually help parents support their children at school. Moreover, instead of making LGBTQI+ students feel included in their school com  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, March 21 -- The U.S. Strategic Command issued the following news: By Amn. Justin Moore, 307th Bomb Wing Members of the 307th Bomb Wing and Air Force Special Operations Command integrated with special operations forces from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom during Exercise SOUTHERN EDGE here March 10-17, 2023. The Air Force Reserve-led exercise emphasized coordination between 343rd Bomb Squadron B-52H Stratofortress aircrew and special operati  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 23, 2023: * * * Congressional Republicans' Plans To Gut Medicaid and the ACA Would Have Devastating Consequences in Louisiana Congressional Republicans have yet to release a budget, but the plans that have been offered and reported so far are a five-alarm fire for American families - especially when it comes to their health care costs. Not only has virtually every Republican budget or fiscal plan over t  more