New federal report says earth is warming and sea levels are rising
WASHINGTON -- A new federal report says that 2012 was one of the 10 warmest on record and, along with rising sea levels and arctic ice melting, are clear signs the worldwide climate is changing. The...
View ArticleSen. Mary Landrieu presses President Obama to move updated seafood guidelines...
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., says after nine years it's time for the Food and Drug Administration to update recommendations on how much seafood pregnant women, nursing mothers and young...
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JEDCO opts out of Jefferson procurement procedure
The Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission, with Parish Council approval, has changed its bylaws to opt out of Jefferson's uniform purchasing procedure, but not because JEDCO objects to...
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Baton Rouge lawmaker says state treasurer made mistake in listing her...
State Sen. Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb, D-Baton Rouge, thinks Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy mistakenly placed her husband's nonprofit agency on a list of groups not adhering to state financial reporting...
View ArticleFlood insurance, Colonial rezoning, much more in Jefferson Parish politics links
Four public hearings have been scheduled on new flood-insurance maps for Jefferson Parish. Andrea Shaw reports that more than 47,000 properties are losing their high-risk designation, which could mean...
View ArticleSen. David Vitter says Obama was right to cancel Moscow summit
WASHINGTON - Sen. David Vitter, R-La., says President Barack Obama did the right thing to cancel his scheduled summit next month with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But Vitter said the president...
View ArticleRep. Steve Scalise, other GOP conservatives, ready to battle for food stamps...
WASHINGTON - The partisan battle over whether to cut spending on food stamps is likely to escalate next month when House Republicans are expected to offer a bill that would trim the program by $40...
View ArticleWestwego proposes a Mississippi River taxi, amid reduced ferry operations in...
Westwego officials hope to generate interest in a ferry that could stop at the city's Lazy River Landing at Sala Avenue. For decades, a Mississippi River ferry carried passengers between Westwego and...
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Louisiana coastal erosion lawsuit: State levee association committee comes...
Already besieged by the governor's opposition, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East and its sweeping lawsuit against about 100 oil, gas and pipeline companies drew another opponent...
View ArticleLawmakers delay approval of Sasol, Lockheed deals, citing tax incentive worries
Lawmakers in Louisiana decided Friday to delay approval for a multibillion-dollar deal with Sasol until more concrete tax incentive numbers can be provided. They requested Gov. Bobby Jindal's economic...
View ArticleScalise: Obama official 'living in cocoon.' Waxman: Obamacare is GOP's 'great...
On the Hill: The week in Washington Steve Scalise's health law confrontation Just before Congress began its summer recess, there was another confrontation between Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, and...
View ArticlePresident Obama: 'unifying principle in the Republican Party' is denying 30...
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama struck back forcefully Friday against Republican critics of his health-care law, saying "the unifying principle in the Republican Party at the moment is making...
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Decision to lease Jefferson hospitals a closed-door process, long in the making
Parish officials will have to weigh how much control they are willing to cede in exchange for the competitive advantages of joining a larger system Privatization was not necessarily the endgame four...
View ArticleN.O. City Council member delivers tongue-lashing to department head
As a lawmaker, New Orleans City Councilwoman Susan Guidry is known more for focused concentration on selected issues and careful attention to detail than for rhetorical flair or emotional outbursts....
View ArticleSequester hits Restore Act funding for Louisiana other Gulf states
WASHINGTON - The automatic budget reductions known as sequestration are cutting into the funding available for coastal restoration and economic recovery under the Restore Act, the 2012 legislation...
View ArticleWestwego revises its Mississippi River ferry concept
Westwego officials are seeking ways to use the city's Lazy River Landing. Saying state and regional transportation agencies appear to be getting out of the Mississippi River ferry business, Westwego...
View ArticleWestwego to allow airboat tour businesses, but will regulate them
The Westwego City Council lifted an 8-year-old moratorium on airboat businesses Monday. The Westwego City Council on Monday lifted an eight-year prohibition on airboat tour businesses inside the city...
View ArticleJefferson Parish hospital lease recommendation could come today
Leaders of Jefferson Parish's two publicly owned hospitals meet today to chose any outside company to lease both institutions. The Jefferson Parish Hospital and Health Services District plans to hear...
View ArticleWanted: Ferry operator in St. John the Baptist Parish
St. John the Baptist Parish officials are looking to hire an operator for the Reserve-Edgard ferry. They could get permission tonight from the Parish Council's finance committee to seek proposals for...
View ArticleHospital lease, Harahan 'park', Gretna's mail and more: Jefferson Parish...
Leaders of Jefferson Parish's two publicly owned hospitals were meeting Tuesday to chose an outside company to lease both institutions. Ben Myers reports that the decision might be made in secret....
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