Former World Trade Center building to remain; Dallas firm recommended as...
The former World Trade Center building at the foot of Canal Street -- a vacant 1960s office tower beloved by some New Orleanians and ridiculed by others -- will not be coming down, at least not...
View ArticleUtilities panel chairman to oppose new energy efficiency proposal
A contentious statewide energy efficiency program will be discussed for the umpteenth time at Wednesday's state utilities meeting in Baton Rouge, where commissioners are scheduled to vote on a...
View ArticleInspector general to monitor Jefferson Parish hospital leasing
Inspector General David McClintock said Wednesday he will monitor the leasing of West Jefferson Medical Center and East Jefferson General Hospital, potentially the biggest and most important deal in...
View ArticleStatewide energy-efficiency program gets preliminary approval by Louisiana...
Louisiana's public utility regulators gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a voluntary statewide energy-efficiency program. While efforts to make the program mandatory have been dropped, the state's...
View ArticleHouse Republicans raise funding questions on implementation of Restore Act
WASHINGTON - Two Louisiana congressmen Wednesday urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to reconsider a spending bill that allocates $7.4 million in Restore Act funding to help the Treasury...
View ArticlePresident Obama: escalating college tuition increases 'not sustainable'
President Obama says high tuition rates are slamming students and their parents. WASHINGTON -- Warning that many young people are being priced out of college while others are going heavily in debt to...
View ArticleJindal administration declines to implement another provision of 'ObamaCare'
WASHINGTON -- The Jindal administration is refusing to participate in yet another component of President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.Ā On Monday, the state withdrew its application to...
View ArticleOn the Hill: Could new AG policy mean reduced sentence for Bill Jefferson?...
A look at the week in Washington from the Times-Picayune/NOLA Washington bureau Could Holder's new policy lead to early release for Jefferson? Attorney General Eric Holder, who is trying to reduce the...
View ArticleCongressional races, health care and next week's events: Capitol Digest for...
Capitol Digest provides an inside look at what happened in state politics this week. These quick reports offer insight into campaigns, committee meetings and other goings-on and give an overview of...
View ArticleEx Rep. Billy Tauzin high-profile player in battle between hospitals/drug...
WASHINGTON -- While the battle over ObamaCare garners all the headlines, there's another health care battle brewing with powerful adversaries and once again in the middle of it all is former Louisiana...
View ArticleRep. Bill Cassidy offered bills as a state legislator with provisions similar...
WASHINGTON -- As a Louisiana state senator, Bill Cassidy authored legislation with several health reform provisions included in President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act that Cassidy and other...
View ArticleLouisiana gets federal money to help poor kids take AP tests for free
WASHINGTON - The federal government awarded Louisiana $158,085 Tuesday to cover the costs of administering advancement placement tests to low-income high school students. The funding helped the state...
View ArticleCity Council committee delays proposed French Quarter ban on 'Ride the Duck'...
The New Orleans City Council's Transportation Committee agreed Tuesday to defer a vote on a proposed ordinance that would ban a new tourist attraction called "Ride the Ducks" from operating in the...
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Washington lobbyist hires Mary Landrieu's husband to sell Capitol Hill townhouse
Tony Podesta is selling his $1.8 million townhouse and has brought in realtor Frank Snellings WASHINGTON - Influential lobbyist Tony Podesta is selling his $1.8 million Capitol Hill townhouse and has...
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Harahan officials split over hiring lawyer for Colonial advice
Harahan City Council members plan to hold a special meeting Thursday to consider hiring a lawyer for advice on the former Colonial Golf and Country Club. But Mayor Vinny Mosca called the move a...
View ArticleDavid Vitter would eliminate taxpayer subsidies for congressional/Obama...
WASHINGTON - Sen. David Vitter, R-La., is joining forces with a Wyoming GOP colleague to offer legislation that would require all members of Congress, the president, vice president and executive...
View ArticleSyrian-related hackers take credit for New York Times, Twitter service attacks
Readers who tried to click on the New York Times' website got nothing but error messages for several hours during the site's second major disruption this month, and people also had trouble accessing...
View ArticleFlood insurance, judge candidates, Aaron Broussard, more in Jefferson Parish...
The third in a series of open houses onĀ FEMA's proposed new flood insurance mapsĀ takes place Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The location: West Jefferson Medical Center's Fonseca Auditorium.Jefferson...
View ArticleJindal budget spokesman leaves administration to join Baton Rouge Area Chamber
Michael DiResto, spokesman for Gov. Bobby Jindal's Division of Administration, will leave the governor's team to join the Baton Rouge Area Chamber as Senior Vice President for Economic...
View ArticleJefferson Parish Council meeting to include at least one hospital lease...
The closed Jefferson Parish Council meeting that is scheduled Thursday to discuss leasing the parish's two public hospitals will include a presentation from at least one of the three private-sector...
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