Harvey man appointed to West Bank levee board
Paul Dauphin of Harvey has been appointed by Gov. Bobby Jindal to the West Bank levee board. Formally called the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-West Bank, the board is responsible for...
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Program to help disadvantaged businesses needs tune-up, advisers to Mitch...
The City Council last year approved a law that says socially and economically disadvantaged businesses, especially those in flood-damaged areas, should receive 35 percent of all public spending. But...
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Communist Cuba will allow some hair salons to go private
Cuba has begun turning over some state-run barber shops and hair salons to their employees, a small but potentially significant step toward loosening the communist government's strict controls on the...
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New Orleans Saints workers compensation processes to be reviewed by House panel
Three bills that could tighten the way the New Orleans Saints and other professional sports franchises in the state pay workers' compensation benefits to injured players are scheduled to be heard in a...
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NASA changes won't derail space exploration, President Barack Obama says
He predicts Americans will reach Mars in his lifetime Alex Brandon/The Associated PressPresident Barack Obama takes the stage Thursday at Kennedy Space Center.President Barack Obama predicted Thursday...
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Saints workers compensation bill expanded to apply to all Louisiana employers
Compensation for injuries sustained while working out of state are at issue Andrew Boyd/The Times-PicayuneRichard Berthelsen, general counsel for the National Football League Players Association,...
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Nucor permit debate pits economic, environmental concerns
State air quality permit sought for proposed $2 billion steel plant St. James Parish residents faced off on Thursday over a proposed $2 billion steel plant, that, depending on who was speaking, would...
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Jefferson Parish implements hiring freeze as sales taxes decline
Jefferson Parish has implemented a hiring freeze as sales tax collections for the first two months of the year were down 11 percent or $2.3 million from the same months in 2009, interim Parish...
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V-Vehicle renews lease for Monroe plant
MONROE -- Startup automaker V-Vehicle Co. says it has renewed its lease for a vacant manufacturing plant in Monroe. V-Vehicle is making a second attempt at getting a federal Energy Department loan to...
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Fat City bar loses alcohol license amid neighborhood reforms
A Fat City bar lost its alcohol permit last week as part of a broad push to raise the Metairie neighborhood from disorder to distinction. Jefferson Parish Councilwoman Cynthia Lee-Sheng was involved...
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Economic development spending reports mandated by measure sent to House for...
The House Commerce Committee passed bills Monday to create a more formal process for public documentation of the state's major economic development deals. Rep. Wayne Waddell, R-Shreveport, won passage...
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Offshore-drilling revenue sharing faces Senate challenge
Senators from New Mexico, North Dakota and West Virginia say U.S. can't afford 'giveaway' Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle/The Associated PressThe ultra-deepwater drillship Discoverer Inspiration...
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Gretna City Council looks for ways to keep day workers out of motorists' path
'Somebody is going to get killed,' police chief says Susan Poag/The Times-PicayuneGretna Police Chief Arthur Lawson says that day workers who congregate under the West Bank Expressway at Stumpf...
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Biodiesel plant financing approved by St. Charles Parish Council
Construction on a biodiesel plant in St. Rose could resume as soon as credit markets recover, the president of the company building the facility said. The St. Charles Parish Council on Monday approved...
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Gulf of Mexico fish farming pros and cons aired at New Orleans meeting
80 percent of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported, with about half of those imports coming from aquaculture NOAA photo, courtesy of Snapperfarm Inc.Divers survey one of the submersible cages used...
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Louisiana Cold Case deck tops today's 'Louisiana roundup'
Caddo Parish drinking water contaminated; V-Vehicle Co. renews lease on plant; blessing of the shrimp fleet; Lafayette's Festival International 2010 Here's what newspapers throughout the state are...
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Foreclosure lawsuit against Phil Capitano is dropped
It was an issue in March 27 election The lawsuit that was filed against former Kenner Mayor Phil Capitano for not paying his house note was dismissed Tuesday, according to 24th Judicial District Court...
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Government goes high-tech to redesign $100 bills
The new currency will go into circulation next year U.S. Dept. of the Treasury/The Associated PressThe bright blue ribbon on the redesigned $100 bill is composed of thousands of tiny lenses that...
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Financial overhaul plan seems to be gaining momentum in Congress
Sen. Mary Landrieu says she will seek protection for community banks Harry Hamburg/The Associated PressThe hand of Agricultural Committee Chairman Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., rests on the cover of the...
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Kenner to consider $1.1 million in tax breaks for two businesses
Companies say they created almost 200 jobs The Kenner City Council plans Thursday to consider endorsing requests from two businesses to participate in a state program that could exempt them from...
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