Louisiana recently scored a big win rolling back a regulation that required a federal permit to do any work on a “ditch in your front yard,” said Bill Stiles, the state’s chief deputy attorney general. Stiles was guest speaker during Wednesday’s St. Mary Chamber of Commerce business luncheon at the Petroleum Club of Morgan City. State Attorney General Jeff Landry and his staff have focused on deregulation and helping the business community, Stiles said. Their efforts were successful a few weeks ago in pushing back against what Stiles says was an overly burdensome permitting regulation applicable to any project on ...