Judge lifts stay in Medicaid claims firm case against Jindal administration
A Maryland firm chosen to oversee Louisiana's Medicaid claims will be able to move forward with a civil suit against the state for wrongful termination of its contract, a Baton Rouge judge ruled...
View ArticleNew Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau hires Tico Soto as director of...
The New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau has announced the hiring of Tico Soto as director of tourism. Soto previously worked for the CVB as international sales manager from 2001 to 2005. He...
View ArticleJefferson Parish President John Young optimistic about West Bank
The West Bank of Jefferson Parish is the "future of economic growth and development" in the parish, President John Young told business leaders Tuesday. To that end, Young opened his comments to the...
View ArticleSen. Vitter says Congress shouldn't get any exemptions from ObamaCare
WASHINGTON - Sen. David Vitter, R-La., concedes he's made some Senate colleagues unhappy with his latest proposal to require members and their staffs to purchase health insurance from ObamaCare health...
View ArticleTax amnesty program sends wrong message to Louisiana taxpayers, state...
Louisiana Treasurer John Kennedy blasted the state's tax amnesty plan on Tuesday, calling into doubt whether revenue generated from he program would be able to plug a $200 million budget hole. "I...
View ArticleReport says Jindal's controversial economic policies, weak messaging has led...
Gov. Bobby Jindal's polling numbers might be higher if the Louisiana economy was stronger or, absent that, his communication skills were sharper -- especially when it comes to economic policy,...
View ArticleGNO report says FEMA should delay flood insurance premium hikes pending...
WASHINGTON -- A new report by a New Orleans business group questions whether FEMA should implement increases in flood insurance premiums when the agency admits it will need another year to determine...
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Slave ship museum proposed for riverfront site
Twelve years after community activist and amateur historian Lloyd Lazard first presented the vague concept of a slave ship museum in New Orleans to the City Council, he appeared once again before the...
View ArticleHouse water bill drops Morganza to the Gulf levee from list of authorized...
WASHINGTON - A new House water resources bill contains many of the same provisions designed to accelerate Corps of Engineers projects in a bill passed by the Senate last May. But there are significant...
View ArticleLouisiana business group releases 2013 legislative score card
Louisiana's premier business and industry group released its annual legislative score card Wednesday, ranking the state's 144 lawmakers based their voting record during this year's session. A majority...
View ArticleGretna spending, hospital tug-of-war and more Jefferson Parish politics links
The Gretna City Council has decided to give $100,000 to the privately run Gretna Heritage Festival. That came despite some complaints from residents.In the tug-of-war over which company should win the...
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Gretna City Council approves new businesses for shopping center, despite...
The Gretna City Council has signed off on plans for a new grocery store and restaurant at the growing Westside Shopping Center. While the council gave its blessing Wednesday to Rouses Market and Twin...
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'Stop insisting they're free,' state economist says of development projects
Contrary to the statements of Louisiana's development officials, large-scale projects like the multibillion-dollar Sasol facility in Lake Charles don't "pay for themselves," according to the state's...
View ArticleBobby Jindal says privatization of public hospitals has expanded services
Shortened emergency room waits and an eliminated prescription backlog in Baton Rouge. A re-established gynecology clinic in Lake Charles. The reopening of operating rooms in New Orleans and an...
View ArticleBASF announces expansion in Geismar
The chemical company BASF will break ground on a new $42.6 million polyurethane blending facility in Geismar next June. The project was originally slated for a Houston site -- so much so that it was...
View ArticleLSU hospital privatization in Pineville carries $15M in state construction costs
Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration plans to spend up to $15 million to build clinics for two private hospitals in central Louisiana that will be taking over services from the LSU public hospital in...
View ArticlePrivatization of state hospitals could yield $6M surplus if firms live up to...
Gov. Bobby Jindal's push to privatize the Louisiana's charity hospitals could put an extra $6 million in state coffers, but only if private health care providers in New Orleans and Shreveport honor...
View ArticleGay marriage not accepted on Louisiana tax form, revenue secretary says
Louisiana's revenue department won't recognize same-sex marriages for tax filings, despite a new IRS rule that allows legally married gay couples to file joint federal tax returns and a Louisiana law...
View ArticleOn the Hill: How angry did Sen. Vitter make his colleagues?
How angry did Vitter make his colleagues? There's no doubt Sen. David Vitter, R-La., generated anger from some colleagues for pushing so hard for legislation that would require members and their...
View ArticleEast Jefferson General Hospital medical staff wants a say on lease deal
As Jefferson Parish Council members on Friday awaited a draft report from Inspector General David McClintock on the parish's hospital lease process, the medical staff of one of the two public...
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