Louisiana tax amnesty program begins accepting applications
Louisiana's tax amnesty program is up and running for delinquent taxpayers seeking a reprieve from penalties in paying their back-owed taxes. The program opened Monday and runs through Nov. 22. During...
View ArticleGOP efforts to recruit Mary Landrieu, other Dems to defund ObamaCare failing
WASHINGTON - Republicans are trying hard to recruit some Democratic senators such as Louisiana's Mary Landrieu to support their efforts to defund ObamaCare. So far, the efforts have gone nowhere. "I...
View ArticleLouisiana receives $1M federal grant to help fund international commerce plan
Louisiana will receive $1 million from the federal government that will help fund a plan aimed at increasing foreign investment and international commerce in the state, the U.S. Department of Commerce...
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CNSI objects to disqualification for Arkansas Medicaid contract because of...
The head of a Maryland company disqualified from bidding on a Medicaid contract in Arkansas complained Monday that the state relied too much on the knowledge that Louisiana had terminated a similar...
View ArticleFew Louisiana companies choose to participate in federal health insurance...
Louisiana residents looking for health care coverage through the new insurance marketplace set up by the federal government -- previously called an exchange -- may not have many options. "I'm not...
View ArticleHarahan drainage project advances with $10.7 million contract
The Army Corps of Engineers on Monday announced it has awarded a $10.7 million contract to Veterans Construction Group JV of Metairie to build an intake basin for the Harahan "pump to the river"...
View ArticleBiggert-Waters premium increases threaten Louisiana's working coast,...
Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said "draconian rate increases" for flood insurance provided by the federal government will be devastating to homeowners and businesses, and urged Congress to...
View ArticleTIm Whitmer, former Jefferson Parish CAO, agrees to $10,000 ethics fine
Tim Whitmer, the former Jefferson Parish administrator whose private insurance work led to a political corruption scandal that toppled Parish President Aaron Broussard's administration, has agreed to...
View ArticleChick-fil-A did not 'host' guns and coffee meet-up, company spokesman says
Chick-fil-A welcomes gun owners at its restaurants, but as a matter of policy was not the host of a "Guns and Coffee" meet-up sponsored by a state lawmaker, the company's spokesman said Tuesday (Sept....
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Two years after Naval Support Activity closed, base redevelopment plans...
The Navy closed the Naval Support Activity on Sept. 15, 2011. The City of New Orleans still trying to acquire part of it, and Federal City hasn't seen large-scale construction. Retired Marine Corps...
View ArticleGov. Jindal's Republican Governors Association is big funding source for GOP...
WASHINGTON -- Bobby Jindal's Republican Governors Association is the largest donor to 2013 Virginia GOP Gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, continuing its role as a dominant source of funding for...
View ArticleTexas senator ends effort to court Sen. Landrieu to vote for ObamaCare defund
WASHINGTON - Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., who is leading Senate GOP efforts to defund ObamaCare, apparently is no longer courting the vote of Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu. That became apparent...
View ArticleNew Orleans Planning Commission endorses city's construction to-do list for...
The New Orleans City Planning Commission on Tuesday endorsed the latest iteration of the city's running, five-year plan for construction projects. The price tag to complete everything in the plan more...
View ArticleBobby Hebert's business, Jose Gonzalez's award: Jefferson Parish politics links
The Jefferson Parish Planning Advisory Board meets Thursday at 5 p.m. in Elmwood. On the agenda are four cases from Old Jefferson, River Ridge and Metairie, including plans for Bobby Hebert's Cajun...
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New Orleans' Art Deco Lakefront Airport terminal sheds its Cold War shell
As T. Sellers Meric and business partner Benedict Cimini put pencils to paper a half century ago to redesign the Lakefront Airport terminal, preservation stood at the heart of each decision the...
View ArticleWorst state for women? Liberal group says it's Louisiana
WASHINGTON - Another ranking, another bad score for Louisiana. This time it's the liberal Center for American Progress that ranks how women are faring in the 50 states. The center ranks Louisiana dead...
View ArticleSen. Ted Cruz: Eliminate health benefits for all federal workers
WASHINGTON - Turns out that at least a pair of Republican U.S. senators believe Sen. David Vitter, R-La., didn't go far enough in proposing legislation to deny federally subsidized health care...
View ArticleHouse committee will also hold hearing on rising flood insurance rates
WASHINGTON - Last week, the Senate Banking Committee had a hearing on substantial hikes in flood insurance resulting from a 2012 law. On Wednesday, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb...
View ArticleLouisiana treasurer suggests state-run flood insurance
Treasurer John Kennedy is suggesting Louisiana should consider getting in the business of offering flood insurance to its residents, to ease concerns of skyrocketing federal flood insurance rates....
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Louisiana corporate tax collection declined last spring
Louisiana's corporate income tax collection declined significantly last spring, a troubling trend about the pace of the state's economic recovery since such revenue in states as a whole experienced a...
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