Auto dealers bringing 2014 convention to New Orleans
WASHINGTON - The National Automobile Dealers Association announced it will hold its 2014 convention and expo in New Orleans from January 24-January 27. Its 2013 convention in Orlando last February...
View ArticleTax amnesty program announces September dates
Louisiana taxpayers will have two months starting in late September to settle their delinquency issues with the state in return for reduced penalties, the Department of Revenue announced Tuesday. The...
View ArticleMichelle Obama visits Sterling Farms grocery store in Marrero after healthy...
Following a speech on nutrition and obesity at the National Council of La Raza conference in New Orleans, Michelle Obama appeared at the Sterling Farms grocery store at the intersection of Ames and...
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Deficiencies at private psychiatric hospital near Mandeville have been...
Deficiencies that threatened the eligibility of Northlake Behavioral Health System to remain part of the federal Medicare program have been corrected and a team of state health department overseers...
View ArticleObama administration 'cannot support' bill increasing offshore revenue sharing
WASHINGTON -- A key Interior Department official Tuesday said the Obama administration "cannot support" legislation that would increase revenue sharing from offshore oil and gas development because it...
View ArticleInspector general: Ineffective system for collecting sanitation fees costs...
More than one third of New Orleanians are delinquent on paying their sanitation service fees to the city, and the city's ineffective system for collecting the money is costing City Hall millions of...
View ArticleSlidell City Council annexes two properties, including new RaceTrac gas...
The Slidell City Council on Tuesday annexed two properties on Short Cut Highway into the city limits, including one that will be the site of a new RaceTrac gas station. RaceTrac asked the city to...
View ArticleJindal says tax commission, assessors should correct 'deficiencies' brought...
Gov. Bobby Jindal has weighed in on a scathing review of the Louisiana Tax Commission released by the state auditor last week, encouraging the commission to address issues raised in the audit....
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Louisiana Ethics Board vice chairman resigns
Mandeville lawyer Scott Schneider notified Gov. Jindal of his resignation earlier this month. Scott Schneider has resigned as vice chairman of the Louisiana Board of Ethics. The Mandeville lawyer, who...
View ArticleBobby Jindal's ex-counsel draws in $1.1 million in state contracts since 2012
A law firm run by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's former executive counsel has received more than $1.1 million in no-bid contract work from Jindal appointees and state agencies since leaving the...
View ArticleJefferson Parish Council awards $1.8 million in work to company in ethics...
Despite a continuing criminal investigation, the Jefferson Parish Council on Wednesday awarded Gulf Engineering and Consultants Inc. more work valued at as much as $1.8 million. The council deferred...
View ArticleSen. Landrieu: Louisiana should fight 'everywhere,' including courts, to stop...
WASHINGTON -- Louisiana congressional members are taking a wait-and-see attitude about the historic lawsuit filed Wednesday on behalf of East Bank levee districts seeking money to restore wetlands...
View ArticleJefferson Performing Arts Center price tag swells to $54.4 million
And management agreement could be revisited, Parish President John Young says The Jefferson Parish Council on Wednesday formally approved a deal struck last month to complete the over-budget,...
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Former state hazard mitigation employee indicted, accused of selling...
A New Orleans home elevation consultant, formerly employed by the state of Louisiana's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, was indicted Wednesday on charges that, he sold private homeowner information...
View ArticleLandrieu administration's food-truck ordinance set for City Council vote...
The great City Hall food fight over food trucks could end at Thursday's meeting of the New Orleans City Council. Then again, it might not. The council is scheduled to vote on an ordinance proposed by...
View ArticleSen. Landrieu defends health law, but vows to correct 'glitches' facing some...
WASHINGTON -- The Senate committee's hearing Wednesday on the impact of the Affordable Care Act on small businesses began the way it started -- with Senate Democrats defending the law but promising to...
View ArticleNew Orleans hackathon organizer to get White House award
WASHINGTON -- Travis Laurendine, the New Orleans music promoter and self-described hackathon organizer, hopes he'll take away more than an award when he's honored Tuesday (July 23) with a White House...
View ArticleDowntown Gretna post office headed for chopping block, official says
Gretna's downtown post office is again on the chopping block more than a year after city officials and residents mounted a large public protest against closure. Jefferson Parish Councilman Ricky...
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Aaron Broussard bribery defendant Bill Mack sentenced to 20 months in prison
He is the last of five defendants in Jefferson Parish political corruption investigation Bill Mack, a Kenner telecommunications contractor and the last defendant in the 4-year investigation of...
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Industrial zoning sought for 100 acres at former sod farm near Abita Springs
A 100-acre tract near Abita Springs where a sod farm operated for many years could some day become the site of a large industrial complex if the St. Tammany Parish Council approves a rezoning request....
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