Delaney Nolan

New Orleans

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Articles

Louisiana Residents Score Major Legal Win for Clean Air and the Climate

2 weeks ago | sierraclub.org | Delaney Nolan

In Delacroix, Louisiana, it’s easy to see how the land disappears. Houses here are scattered across thin streaks of land, while in every direction, the marsh’s brackish water encroaches onto what was once solid earth. Across Plaquemines Parish, where Delacroix is located, areas that maps show as green land are in fact submerged. Over the last 90-odd years, Louisiana has lost land area the size of Delaware.
Housing advocates warn public encampment ban carries risks for Louisiana

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Delaney Nolan

A relocation notice is posted in front of a makeshift shelter at the Earhart Boulevard homeless encampment Jan. 13, 2025. Those living near the corridor were take to a state-operated transitional center in Gentilly.
Louisiana immigration judge defers to ICE center operator on court rules

1 month ago | etxview.com | Delaney Nolan

Supporters of Mahmoud Khalil rally outside the federal courthouse in Newark, N.J., on March 28, 2025. (Reena Rose Sibayan for New Jersey Monitor)The federal judge overseeing the case of a Columbia University student activist held at a Louisiana immigration detention center has deferred to the private prison company managing the facility in determining certain rules for her court.
Louisiana immigration judge defers to ICE center operator on court rules

1 month ago | news-journal.com | Delaney Nolan

Supporters of Mahmoud Khalil rally outside the federal courthouse in Newark, N.J., on March 28, 2025. (Reena Rose Sibayan for New Jersey Monitor)The federal judge overseeing the case of a Columbia University student activist held at a Louisiana immigration detention center has deferred to the private prison company managing the facility in determining certain rules for her court.
Old split-jury verdicts in Louisiana could be revisited under advancing proposal

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Delaney Nolan

Herman Evans, who spent decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit, embraces a supporter after a Louisiana Senate committee approved a bill Tuesday, April 29, 2025, that would allow persons convicted by a split jury verdict to seek a retrial. In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled split jury verdicts were unconstitutional, but it left it up to states to decide if they would apply the law retroactively to past convictions.
Louisiana considers ‘homelessness courts’ as housing advocates stress lack of resources

1 month ago | kplctv.com | Delaney Nolan

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) - A bill to criminalize public camping and create “homelessness courts” in Louisiana passed its first hurdle Tuesday, despite objections from housing advocates and religious groups. Senate Bill 196, sponsored by Rep. Robert Owen, R-Slidell, would make “unauthorized public camping” a crime punishable by six months in jail, a $500 fine or both for the first offense. The second offense imposes a sentence of one to two years in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Delaney Nolan, Author at Oregon Capital Chronicle

1 month ago | oregoncapitalchronicle.com | Delaney Nolan

A packed legislative committee meeting erupted with cheers and sobs of joy Tuesday, as a bill advanced a long-awaited remedy for people imprisoned in Louisiana under unconstitutional split-jury verdicts. Senate Bill 218, by Sen. Royce Duplessis, D-New Orleans, would allow people convicted by non-unanimous juries to petition for their cases to be reviewed. The Senate […]
ICE’s new deputy director helped oversee Louisiana’s homeless sweeps

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Delaney Nolan

President Donald Trump selected Madison Sheahan, center, to work as the deputy director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries)This story was originally published by The Appeal. As U.S. homelessness rates reach record highs, President Donald Trump has pledged to ban street camping, relocate unhoused people to privately-managed “tent cities,” and arrest anyone caught violating the new laws.
ICE’s New Deputy Director Helped Oversee Louisiana’s Homeless Sweeps

2 months ago | theappeal.org | Delaney Nolan

As U.S. homelessness rates reach record highs, President Donald Trump has pledged to ban street camping, relocate unhoused people to privately-managed “tent cities,” and arrest anyone caught violating the new laws. But while Trump’s threats certainly sound draconian, they’re not exactly novel.
The Largest Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Is One Step Closer to Completion

2 months ago | sierraclub.org | Delaney Nolan

The much-contested liquefied natural gas terminal Calcasieu Pass 2, also known as CP2, has advanced a step toward completion after the Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright authorized exports to non-free-trade-agreement countries. Green-lighting CP2 is just part of a flurry of LNG approvals from Wright. This marks his fifth liquefied natural gas approval since President Trump took office in January.