Mel Bridges
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91 appearances
16 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 25 Aug
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For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans.
Earlier this year, a state jury found a Chevron-owned company had violated Louisiana's coastal regulations for decades.
Chevron appealed and argued the case should be heard in federal court because the suit pertains to a time when the company was under a federal contract.
In a unanimous decision, the justices granted Chevron's request.
The Supreme Court did not decide if Chevron was liable for damages.
In a statement, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry accused the state and local governments of, quote, forum shopping by trying to have the case heard in Louisiana.
Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrell said she is, quote, confident that the outcome of the case will be the same no matter what court it's heard in.
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans.
On November 4th, 1960, Leona Tate and three other six-year-old black girls were escorted by federal marshals into New Orleans public schools as the first black students to integrate public schools.
65 years later, Tate joined protesters in New Orleans' mid-city as they marched against President Trump's policies, including an immigration roundup in southeastern Louisiana.
Tate says though the state and the country has made some social progress over the years, it's also regressed.
A lot.
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges in New Orleans.
The Department of Homeland Security says it's sending federal agents to address, quote, criminal illegal aliens roaming free and says local authorities are not cooperating with U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The Orleans-Paris Sheriff's Office is under a federal consent decree which prohibits them from holding people suspected of being in the country illegally beyond their release date.
The FBI and Louisiana State Police have rolled out a joint effort to prevent citizens from interfering with federal immigration officers.
Other Democratic-led cities like Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Charlotte have also seen major immigration enforcement efforts.
For NPR News, I'm Mel Bridges.
Roughly 800,000 people here, or about one in five, receive SNAP benefits.
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