A community meeting on a proposed oil and gas fracking well near Mandeville will be held Thursday in St. Tammany Parish.Abita Springs Mayor Greg Lemons called the meeting, which will feature representatives of the Louisiana Oil & Gas Association and the state...
Despite many drivers believing that speed traps are unfair, it is likely they are here to stay even as lawmakers continue to take the issue on again and again. The latest debate on the subject involves Washington, La., which has become an example of what is wrong with...
In the wake of several oil refinery fires and explosions, President Obama issued an executive order to improve chemical facility safety. Some safety experts are looking to European oil refineries as a model of how to improve American refinery safety.The European...
A letter sent to General Motors' CEO today by the former director of the NHTSA and the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety alleges that GM rejected a safer design for the faulty ignition switches in their recalled vehicles in favor of a defective design...
Toyota Motor Corp. is recalling more than 6 million vehicles spanning nearly 30 models in the U.S., Japan and Europe for a variety of problems, ranging from air bags not deploying to driver's seats not locking properly. The top-selling RAV4 SUV, Corolla, Yaris...
General Motors is currently under investigation by the Senate, the House of Representatives, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and a federal prosecutor. The embattled company sent its CEO, Mary Barra, to Congress on Tuesday and Wednesday to testify...
