Windalco previously cut 250 jobs and closed refineries in St. Catherine and Manchester parishes last year as demand for bauxite dwindled.

LOS ANGELES _ An official with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office says Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa does not have the authority to order the layoffs of 1,000 city employees. In a memo circulated Friday, Chief Deputy City Attorney Bill Carter says the mayor can remove the heads of departments and people in appointed offices but [...]