Three days of drama in Jefferson hospital lease saga
Jefferson Parish Councilman Ben Zahn on Thursday evening capped off three days of drama in the parish's hospital lease saga with an angry email to the consulting firm that has worked on the deal for a...
View ArticleBen Zahn's blast, Kenner's zoning change, Julie Stokes' new digs: Jefferson...
With Louisiana Children's Medical Center the frontrunner among three competitors to lease Jefferson Parish's two public hospitals, Councilman Ben Zahn is angry that the parish's $1.3 million...
View ArticleSecond Amendment tax holiday, competing budgets and new LABI head: Capitol...
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 ArticleAmbitious plan to change New Orleans' relationship with water unveiled
A host of dignitaries, architects and elected officials unveiled an ambitious $6.2 billion plan to reinvent over the next 37 years how New Orleanians live with water. The idea, created by an army of...
View ArticleOptimism in short supply as gridlocked Congress returns to DC
More gridlock likely when Congress returns to D.C. after five-week summer recess. WASHINGTON - Congress returns to the Capitol Monday after a five-week summer recess with a big agenda but little...
View ArticleOn the Hill: Do private insurers get too much of your flood insurance...
A look at the week in Washington and what's coming up In 2009 GAO found 2/3 of flood insurance premiums went to private insurers As Congress considers what do about sharply inflated flood insurance...
View ArticleNew Orleans politics: James Gray moonlights, WTC voters agree, and other notes
City Councilman James Gray pulled an apron over his immaculate white shirt and perfectly knotted tie Thursday and waited on customers during the noon rush hour at Li'l Dizzy's Cafe on Esplanade...
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Jefferson Parish to cede some control of hospitals to lease winner
Much of the focus in the Jefferson Parish hospital lease debate has centered on the hundreds of millions of dollars offered by the three private companies competing to manage East Jefferson General...
View ArticleCity to hold online tax title sale this week for properties with delinquent...
More than 2,600 properties are scheduled to go to sale in the auction The City of New Orleans will hold an online tax title sale this week as part of its continuing effort to collect delinquent real...
View ArticleSen. Landrieu pushes delegation letter seeking delay in flood insurance...
Louisiana lawmakers mounting another effort to block big flood insurance premium hikes. WASHINGTON - Members of the Louisiana congressional delegation are asking the four leaders of the House and...
View ArticleJefferson Parish hospitals: Which company should win the lease?
Take a reader poll here Two of Jefferson Parish's most valuable public assets, its hospitals, are looking for help in the form of private company to lease the properties and take over operations. The...
View ArticleWestwego City Council to eye restrictions on airboat tour businesses Monday...
The Westwego City Council meets at 6 p.m., at City Hall. Westwego's City Council plans Monday evening to consider regulating airboat swamp tour businesses. The latest proposal follows a string of...
View ArticleMore on hospitals lease, zoning, land use, Harahan, Westwego: Jefferson...
The East Jefferson General Hospital board of directors was meeting in private Monday morning, in advance of the Jefferson Parish Council's plan to select an outside company to lease and operate East...
View ArticleNotices going out this week about Louisiana tax amnesty program
Notices of Louisiana's amnesty program begin going out this week to 443,000 people who owe a total of $1.4 billion in unpaid taxes and interest, the state's revenue secretary said Monday. The program,...
View ArticleSeven months after she left EPA, Lisa Jackson still getting GOP questions
WASHINGTON - Former Environmental Protection Administration Administrator Lisa Jackson, who endured regular harsh questioning from congressional Republicans during the first-term of the Obama...
View ArticleSt. Tammany Parish Council gives nod to reduced Slidell hotel annexation
The St. Tammany Parish Council has given its nod to a proposal by the city of Slidell to annex and rezone land near Interstate 12 and North Shore Boulevard for a proposed Holiday Inn Express. Sort of,...
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Rouses Market proposed for Gretna's Westside Shopping Center
Gretna's Westside Shopping Center keeps on growing. On Wednesday the City Council will review site plans for the latest additions, including a supermarket and a sports-themed restaurant. Rouses Market...
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Jefferson Parish Council hospitals lease vote canceled as Children's picks up...
Jefferson Parish Council Chairman Chris Roberts confirmed Monday night that a council vote scheduled Thursday to select a lessee for the parish's two public hospitals has been canceled. Roberts stated...
View ArticleRoberts, Lagasse endorse Children's for Jefferson Parish hospitals lease
Jefferson Parish Councilmen-at-Large Elton Lagasse and Chris Roberts on Monday publicly endorsed Louisiana Children's Medical Center as their choice to lease East Jefferson General Hospital and West...
View ArticlePause on hospitals, Gretna grocery, Westwego's seniors, more in Jefferson...
There's a break in the action in the Jefferson Parish public hospitals lease process, as the Parish Council has cancelled its plan to select a private management company on Thursday. The council wants...
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