The Bonfire Festival Association last Wednesday asked the St. James Parish Council to increase its financial support to meet rising insurance costs to protect bonfire builders and Christmas Eve visitors.
St. James Parish Council Chairman Alvin “Shark” St. Pierre, Jr. said the Council will consider a request by the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic asking the St. James Parish Council to support a letter requesting the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review the proposed settlement between the LA Dept. of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and Nucor Steel in Romeville.
In a six to one vote last Wednesday, the St. James Parish Council agreed to hold two public hearings, one on each side of the river, on a proposed ordinance that will allow individual members of the Council to decide what attorney fees, costs and expenses incurred by officers, officials and employees of the Parish will be paid by the Parish because of civil litigation and/or criminal prosecution under certain circumstances.
The St. James High School Hall of Distinction recognizes the accomplishments of boosters and support personnel who have promoted, enhanced, and elevated St. James High and the surrounding community.
Former St. James Parish Director of Operations Blaise Gravois, who was initially indicted by 23rd Judicial District Attorney Ricky Babin more than 5-years ago on five counts of alledged Malfeasance in Office, is now asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal to intervene and appoint an Ad Hoc Judge (a judge outside of the 23rd Judicial District) to preside over his case and to speed up the legal process.
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