WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * When hurricanes strike, coastal areas of the United States are the hardest hit. Let's examine the employment in hurricane flood zones. Louisiana had the largest share of employment located in hurricane flood zones, 29.1 percent in the third quarter of 2022. This was followed by Florida (20.8 percent), New York (16.1 percent), New Jersey (15.5 perce  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: On June 28, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), in collaboration with EdVenture Partners, Credence Management Solutions and the McCain Institute, hosted the finalists of Invent2Prevent, a program that empowers university and high school students to develop innovative projects to help prevent targeted violence and terrorism in thei  more

NEW YORK, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City removed an unlawfully present Ecuadorian citizen from the United States to his home country June 22. Jorge Luis Guaraca Villa, 30, was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, on a flight coordinated by ICE's Air Operations Unit to Jose Joaquin de Olmedo International Airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador. ERO New York C  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: A Nicaraguan national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away at the La Salle General Hospital, Jena, Louisiana, June 23. The preliminary cause of death was reported by hospital medical officials to be cardiac arrest. Ernesto Rocha-Cuadra, 42, was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol while illegally entering the U  more

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: After a four-day trial, a federal jury convicted a former Louisiana police officer on one charge of deprivation of rights under color of law for assaulting a non-violent loitering suspect. The evidence at trial established that Dylan Hudson, 36, physically assaulted a loitering suspect during a daytime arrest in Shreveport, Louisiana. During the arrest, the defendant repeatedly struck the   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: MICHAEL ALEXANDER, SR. age 41, a Ponchatoula, Louisiana resident, was sentenced on June 15, 2023, to 180 months imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and a $400 mandatory special assessment fee by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. ALEXANDER previously pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or mor  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: EMILY HUCKABEE, age 23, a resident of Yuma, Arizona, pled guilty on June 22, 2023 before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier to a superseding bill of information charging her with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), 841(b)(  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: KESHAWN KELLY, age 20, a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, pled guilty on June 27, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Greg G. Guidry to an indictment charging him with influencing federal officials by threat, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 115(a)(1)(B), and assaulting, resisting, or impeding federal officers, in violation of Title   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: CARLOS WALKER, age 33, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced on June 20, 2023 by United States District Judge Wendy B. Vitter to 87 months' imprisonment, three years of supervised release, and a mandatory $300.00 special assessment fee after pleading guilty to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Title 18, Unit  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: On Tuesday June 27, 2023, TYRESE HARRIS, age 20, a resident of Orleans Parish, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jay C. Zainey to 45 years imprisonment, 5 years of supervised release, and a $500 mandatory special assessment fee after previously pleading guilty to a five-count superseding indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Ev  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JAMES ARNOLD pleaded guilty yesterday to Theft from an Agency Receiving Federal Funds, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. ARNOLD admitted to engaging in a theft scheme while he was employed as a Utility Services Administrator for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (S&WB). Beginnin  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: JAMES MAGEE, age 31, DEON SHORT, age 26, and CHARLES WHITE, age 31, all residents of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and DENTRELL JOHNSON, age 28, a Slidell, Louisiana resident, were charged on June 22, 2023 in a sealed fourteen-count superseding indictment, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. The case was unsealed on June 28, 2023. The indictment charg  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on June 30, 2023: On Wednesday, June 28, 2023, LARANZA THOMAS, a/k/a "Dude," age 28, a resident of Houma, Louisiana, was sentenced to 160 months in federal prison, five years of supervised release upon release from prison, as well as payment of a $100 mandatory special assessment fee for conspiring to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, announ  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release on June 28, 2023: U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans, the Department of Justice, together with federal and state law enforcement partners, today announced a strategically coordinated, two-week nationwide law enforcement action that resulted in criminal charges against 78 defendants for their alleged participation in health care fraud and opioid abuse schemes th  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: DATAYNA HOWARD, age 21, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, was indicted on June 22, 2023, for violating the Federal Gun Control and Federal Controlled Substances Acts, announced United States Attorney Duane A. Evans. HOWARD is charged in Count 1 of the indictment with possession with intent to distribute tapentadol and marijuana, in violation of Titl  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: On June 22, 2023, BRIAN TARDY, age 31, a resident of Orleans Parish, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Barry W. Ashe to 106 months of imprisonment, 3 years of supervised release, and a $300 mandatory special assessment fee after previously pleading guilty to a three-count superseding bill of information, announced U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans. Count   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, issued the following news release: EDDIE HARRIS, age 39, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced on June 28, 2023 by U.S. District Judge Jane T. Milazzo to 92 months imprisonment followed by three years of supervised release, along with a mandatory $200 special assessment fee, for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Att  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, July 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: On June 27, 2023, DAMION WILSON, age 23, a resident of Metairie, Louisiana, was found guilty by a federal jury of four counts in a six count indictment. Specifically, WILSON was found guilty of possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, maintaining a drug involved premises, and lyin  more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on June 27, 2023: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.6 million grant to the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, located in Marksville, Louisiana, for construction of a multi-enterprise manufacturing facility that will support the growth of the region's manufacturing sector a  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) seeks public comment for a proposed Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) for six aquatic species in the Trinity River basin. The 10-year agreement with the Trinity River Authority of Texas would address the conservation needs of four species of freshwater mussels (Texas heelsplitter, Trinity pigtoe, Texas f  more