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St. John industrial pollution down from 2009, report says
Yet 6 of the 9 major industrial plants in the parish had increases in toxic emissions Despite an increase in toxic emissions by six of the nine major industrial plants in St. John the Baptist Parish,...
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu to woo business and philanthropists in New York
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will be in New York City on Tuesday and Wednesday on a business and philanthropic development mission, his office said Monday. "This trip is about bringing jobs and...
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Metro Disposal, city agree to cut per-household costs by 12 percent
Richard's Disposal has also offered to reduce its rates by 12 percent and include curbside recycling, but that offer has not been accepted by the city Mayor Mitch Landrieu's game of brinkmanship seems...
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Louisiana isn't charging manufacturers enough for air-pollution inspections,...
Number of inspections also lags, they say Louisiana is charging oil refineries and other major air-polluting manufacturing plants only a third of the federally mandated fees they are supposed to pay...
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Louisiana film tax credits aren't paying their way, researchers find
Louisiana program is among the nation's most generous In the past eight years, Louisiana's generous tax credits for filmmakers have helped lure to the state such productions as "The Curious Case of...
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Tax breaks are costing Louisiana too much, activists say
'We do not have a spending problem in this state. We have a revenue problem' Saying the state's financial problems are too severe to be solved by budget cutting alone, a newly minted coalition of...
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Mysterious cracks hamper completion of new ramps linking Causeway and I-10
State officials said Friday that finding the cause of support column cracking in the reworked interchange of Causeway Boulevard and Interstate 10 is proving to be a vexing task. The Times-Picayune...
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After a lengthy closed-door meeting Friday evening to discuss the computer problems at Civil District Court that are blocking real estate transactions in Orleans Parish, City Councilwoman Jackie...
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Outer Banks patrons enjoy what time they have left before the VA hospital...
It's last call for a doomed bar As dusk falls in Mid-City, where entire blocks have been torn down to make way for the new Veterans Affairs hospital, the Outer Banks bar looks like a mirage.View full...
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Land holdups at VA hospital site buy time to save old homes
City is hoping to relocate as many as 100 homes The slow place of land acquisition for the planned federal veterans hospital in Mid-City has yielded a blessing of sorts for a historic preservation...
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New Orleans water was always safe to drink, officials now say
Cause of breakdown at S&WB plant is still unknown New Orleans water was always safe to drink, despite a two-day order to boil water, according to repeated rounds of tests by the state health...
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St. Charles Parish residents are urged to weigh in on curbside recycling
Parish Council members want to gauge whether enough residents want the service to justify the extra cost As St. Charles Parish considers adding curbside recycling to its garbage collection contract,...
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Jefferson Parish to reassess grass-cutting contract
Chief administrator calls for new measurements on work by Ramelli Janitorial Services Jefferson Parish officials plan to measure every acre of public property mowed by Ramelli Janitorial Services Inc....
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Blue Cross, East Jefferson General Hospital are back in business
No details revealed about the 3-year deal East Jefferson General Hospital and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana have ended a months-long standoff with a new contract that immediately returns the...
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New Orleans still working to fix real estate computer crash
Clerk of court can give no indication of when the crisis might end The clerk of Orleans Parish Civil District Court said Tuesday that her office continues to make progress in resolving the computer...
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Kenner drops employee disability insurance
Looking for ways to cut costs, Kenner will stop paying for city employees' disability insurance, saving about $117,000 over the last seven months of the fiscal year. Brett Duke/The...
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Hundreds meet Sarah Palin at book signing in Metairie
Politician shook hands, spoke with every person as she autographed books Nancy Adams and her daughter Jolie Taubin of Covington had waited all day Monday to be one of the first people to meet Sarah...
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Jefferson Parish property tax bills are in the mail
Payments due by end of the month Property owners in Jefferson Parish will receive their annual tax bills starting today, and most of them should see little difference from last year, Assessor Lawrence...
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Kenner weighs change in Treasure Chest casino revenue stream
Customer count, gambling revenue both declining Kenner officials are trying to determine if the city could make more money off the Treasure Chest by collecting a percentage of the casino's revenue,...
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New University Medical Center construction delayed, but should begin in 2011
Land acquisition problems and real estate records computer crash have delayed the project's start Continued complications with land acquisition and site preparation -- not the least of which is the...
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