This month, Waltzer Wiygul & Garside was awarded the 2015-2016 Vietnamese-American Community in Louisiana Award. The plaque represents the Community’s highest appreciation for the firm’s ongoing service to the Vietnamese community, including the work the firm does representing local businesses and offshore fishermen. Waltzer Wiygul & Garside are honored and humbled to receive the recognition.
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CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE: One Voice Can Change the World
(CLICK HEADING FOR FULL ARTICLE.) Congratulations, Byron! Byron Encalade Byron Encalade is President of the Louisiana Oysterman Association. He engages in harvesting seafood, oysters and shrimp and in transporting seafood along the gulf coast states. He is currently serving as Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana Constable 3rd Ward, and as an American Legion Post 430 Judge Advocate. […]
Final BP seafood payments a milestone for settlement
http://www.wwltv.com/news/final-bp-seafood-payments-milestone-for-settlement/327729359 NEW ORLEANS — BP’s oil spill settlement with private individuals and businesses hit a major milestone this week as the court-appointed claims administrator announced the final round of payments to those most directly affected by the 2010 disaster, fishermen and seafood businesses. The third and last round of payments in the settlement’s $2.3 billion […]
Amid latest oil spill, Hilcorp Energy targeted by oyster growers
By Mark Schleifstein, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune Email the author | Follow on Twitter on July 29, 2016 at 10:51 AM, updated July 29, 2016 at 11:29 AM Even as Hilcorp Energy Co. works to clean up a spill of as much as 4,200 gallons of oil in the Plaquemines Parish marsh, the company is […]
Opinion & Order: Court Blocks use of BP Restoration Funds in AL
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Court blocks use of BP restoration funds for Gulf State Park conference center
By Dennis Pillion | dpillion@al.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on February 16, 2016 at 4:03 PM, updated February 16, 2016 at 5:19 PM A federal judge has blocked the use of certain BP restoration funds stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from being used to rebuild a beachfront lodge and conference center on the Alabama coast. […]
Dispute over use of oil spill funds gets hearing in federal court
Posted: Jan 26, 2016 3:52 PM CST Updated: Jan 26, 2016 5:59 PM CST By Renee Dials, FOX10 News Anchor MOBILE, AL (WALA) – The state of Alabama wants to build a new hotel and conference center at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, and officials want to use BP restoration money to do it. An environmental group […]
Environmentalists, state spar over beachfront hotel and conference center
By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on January 26, 2016 at 4:04 PM, updated January 26, 2016 at 9:25 PM The process for awarding $58 million of BP oil spill fines for a beachfront hotel and conference center at Gulf State Park was flawed and failed to consider alternative projects, an attorney with […]
ROBERT WIYGUL: Initiative 42 would provide accountability
Initiative 42 is a constitutional amendment to ensure adequate funding for public schools in Mississippi. The opponents claim that it is a “radical ploy to shift power from voters to judges.” The opponents make this claim because the amendment makes it clear that the adequate funding requirement would be enforceable by the state courts. This […]
Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe: American Indian tribe lives in peril near New Orleans
Watch Video: Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe American Indian tribe lives in peril near New Orleans The Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe needs federal recognition in order to protect the only land they called home. Their land, located 40 miles outside of New Orleans, has been rapidly eroding and they fear another hurricane like Katrina will destroy their homes […]