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Kenner council adopts stricter regulations for bars, restaurants
The Kenner City Council Thursday unanimously adopted a stricter law regulating establishments with liquor licenses. "We are in a fight for the quality of life in our city," said Councilman Joe Stagni....
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Sit-ins at Canal Street lunch counters 50 years ago sparked a civil rights...
The high court threw out four activists' arrests in Lombard v. Louisiana For weeks afterward, when the phone rang, Lanny Goldfinch, then 21, would listen to the epithets. Then he'd tell the callers...
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University Medical Center board lays groundwork for bond sales
The state has already secured $775 million for the $1.2 billion project The proposed successor to Charity Hospital should be in a strong position to obtain federal government backing of the borrowed...
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Reader comment: Bar owners can't always be held responsible for patrons' actions
In response to Times-Picayune report Mary Sparacello's story, "10 police calls in a month could close a Kenner bar," NOLA.com reader sleep1 had this to say: If a bar owner is allowing illegal activity...
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Rebuilding, cleaning house: Stories about New Orleans on the web
Here's a sampling of New Orleans stories from around the country today: New Orleans: Rebuilding on People's Bones (MRzine) GM, board members resign from New Orleans Public Belt in wake of...
View ArticleRiver Chase hotel, bank construction set to start in St. Tammany
A 93-room hotel and a bank will become the first structures in the next phase of construction at the former Stirling Covington Center, with the hopes that more retail businesses and an apartment...
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Fat City bar owners organizing, advertising to oppose earlier closing times
One forms lobbying group after underage-drinking citations As the Jefferson Parish Council prepares to vote Wednesday on an ambitious proposal to reinvent Fat City, bar owners there are forming...
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University Medical Center campus plans still being tweaked
More street-level shops, less street-level parking are sought by the city Aides to Gov. Bobby Jindal and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu say the two administrations are still weighing changes to the...
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Recycling proves elusive -- and expensive -- for some local parishes
Residents want it, but officials says budgets won't allow it Cathy Pierson pays $150 a year for curbside recycling. Before Hurricane Katrina, when the city offered the service, she paid $12. John...
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Reader comment: Parking lots look like trash in the middle of the city
In response to Times-Picayune reporter Bill Barrow's story, "University Medical Center campus plans still being tweaked," NOLA.com reader rayfromuptn had this to say: I understand they want room for...
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Sheriff Newell Normand counters critics on Fat City bar audits
Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand on Tuesday countered assertions by Fat City bar owners that his agency's recent raids and sales tax audits on their businesses are part of a deliberate effort...
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Jefferson Parish to vote on Fat City plan that will introduce 'New Urbanism'
See video of Times-Picayune reporters Rich Rainey and Mark Waller explaining Fat City plan The plan to reshape Fat City has unleashed a clamor over closing times for bars, but that provision is far...
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Lafayette City-Parish Council strikes down go-cup ban
Opponents said that existing laws are already in place to address underage drinking and disorderly people After nearly two hours of discussion, the Lafayette City-Parish Council has defeated a...
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Jefferson Parish Council passes massive, controversial overhaul of Fat City
Updates from the Jefferson Parish Council meeting These are updates from the Jefferson Parish Council meeting Wednesday to discuss plans to reform Fat City. John McCusker, The Times-PicayuneJason...
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What do you think is best for Fat City? Take our poll
Love it or hate it? Stand up and be counted View full sizeBrett Duke, The Times-PicayuneA pedestrian walks along 18th Street in Fat City in August. The Jefferson Parish Council today unanimously...
View ArticleSt. Bernard Parish Council nixes hospital board member proposal
The St. Bernard Parish Council quashed a proposed rule this week that would have prevented parish hospital board members from doing any business with the hospital or its contractors while serving on...
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Fat City rezoning approved, with earlier closing times for bars
Most sweeping change in 25 years for Metairie entertainment district After hearing from two dozen speakers through more than two hours of debate, the Jefferson Parish Council on Wednesday unanimously...
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Luxury vintage train cars could be money-losers if sold
New Orleans Public Belt Railroad has spent more than $2.8 million on restoration; sale could bring in $1.3 million By Frank Donze and Michelle Krupa, staff writers View full sizeChris Granger, The...
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu signs over $10 million to soft-second...
He signs 1-year extension after paper asks about languishing contract New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has agreed to keep a key homebuyer subsidy program alive by signing over $10 million in federal...
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Scott Angelle, BP officials meet on state's demand for $75 million for...
Lt. Gov. frustrated that BP needs another week before discussing data BATON ROUGE -- Lt. Gov. Scott Angelle and officials of BP will meet again next week to discuss the state's request that the oil...
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