Continued GOP, Vitter opposition threatens confirmation of Obama's EPA nominee
WASHINGTON -- Gina McCarthy's nomination to head the Environmental Protection Agency remains on hold because of continued opposition by Republicans led by Louisiana Sen. David Vitter. Vitter...
View ArticleSenate passes farm bill with Vitter amendment to ban food stamps for...
WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a $500 billion farm bill Monday that continues the price support program for sugar and boosts subsidies to help southern rice and peanut farmers purchase crop...
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Still no deal on Jefferson Performing Arts Center, with default vote looming
Jefferson Parish officials and Performing Arts Center contractor Joe Caldarera were still trying to hammer a deal on the beleaguered project Monday, two days before a June 12 deadline to reach an...
View ArticleSlidell City Council to discuss annual supplies, Fremaux Town Center Tuesday...
The Slidell City Council will meet Tuesday night (June 11) and handle what appears to be a fairly routine agenda of items ranging from taking up annual bids for roadway materials to a public hearing...
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Jefferson Parish hospitals using savings fast, could risk default in a few years
Like a family using its savings to ride out a financial tsunami, Jefferson Parish's two public hospitals have regularly tapped their once-vaunted cash reserves in recent years to stay afloat as their...
View ArticleLandrieu 'strongly leaning' for immigration bill; Vitter will vote no without...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., said Tuesday that she is "strongly leaning" to supporting a bipartisan immigration overhaul bill that would allow the nation's 11 million undocumented...
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Jefferson Parish and arts center builder reach deal, includes $6.6 million...
Jefferson Parish and the builder of its embattled Performing Arts Center have reached a deal to finish the project for an additional $9.75 million, including $6.6 million in so-called delay charges by...
View ArticleAfrican-American men in New Orleans are an untapped workforce, new report says
Beleaguered by high unemployment and an economy drifting away from blue-collar jobs that had kept many African-American men employed in past decades, New Orleans needs to do a better job of educating...
View ArticleSlidell City Council: Employee pay raises not likely soon
Slidell city employees: The City Council says it feels your pain, but raises aren't likely in the offing anytime soon. The council discussed the pros and cons of the city's salary "matrix'' with the...
View ArticleCity Council committee approves Landrieu push to hire minority-owned businesses
Standing before the New Orleans City Council's Economic Development Committee this week, Don Harding said his business experience could be divided into two distinct stages: the period before the city...
View ArticleCity leaders celebrate completion of eastern New Orleans streetscape project
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and other city and community leaders gathered Wednesday in front of the public library at the corner of Read and Lake Forest boulevards for ceremonies marking the...
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Slidell officials say no drainage worries with Fremaux Town Center work
Responding to the concerns of some residents that recent construction at the Fremaux Town Center retail area in Slidell will exacerbate drainage problems in the nearby Lakewood Subdivision, a group of...
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Battle over EPA nominee continues with tweets, photos and conflicting claims
Republicans vowing to filibuster the nomination until the EPA responds WASHINGTON -- The public battle over the nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency continued...
View ArticleCassidy asks Senate to follow lead of House and stop large flood insurance hikes
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, led a group of House members Wednesday in asking the Senate to follow the lead of the House in enacting a measure to block significant increases in...
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Jefferson Performing Arts Center deal approved, pending OK of payment mechanism
Capping months of negotiations, the Jefferson Parish Council on Wednesday took the first step to accept a $9.75 million deal with contractor J. Caldarera Co. Inc. to finish the embattled Performing...
View ArticleFrench Market searching for Montrel's replacement
The French Market Corp. announced Tuesday that it is seeking proposals for the rental of 4,376 square feet of restaurant space at 1000 N. Peters St., the current home of Montrel's Bistro. The city...
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West Bank couple with heroin addictions linked to Belle Chasse business thefts
A Terrytown woman who allegedly admitted to a heroin addiction was accused by her boyfriend of stealing thousands of dollars in property from a Belle Chasse business, according to the Plaquemines...
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On the Hill: Is now the time to debate abortion?
Some are criticizing House Republicans for scheduling a floor vote on legislation that would ban abortions 20 weeks after fertilization unless the mother's life is in danger. The vote, the critics...
View ArticleWashington responds to small business week with bills, awards
WASHINGTON -- This was Small Business Week and the Senate Small Business Committee responded by passing a series of business-friendly bills. Also, the Small Business Administration honored the top...
View Article3 French Quarter restaurant proposals to go before Vieux Carre committee
The French Quarter's restaurant scene could soon be welcoming a trio of newcomers as three projects go before the Vieux Carre Commission Architectural Review Committee at its Tuesday (June 25)...
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