U.S. government backing biofuels project in Norco
The U.S. Department of Energy says that it will back a $241 million loan guarantee to help build a manufacturing plant for renewable diesel fuel in Louisiana. Plans call for the use of animal fats,...
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Colonial Country Club legal battle resumes in court next week
The future of Colonial Golf & Country Club in Harahan will briefly return to the spotlight starting next week with a hearing in state district court in Gretna concerning the ongoing foreclosure...
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President Barack Obama aims to put U.S. economy 'into overdrive'
Innovation and exports to other countries to be emphasized More than half the nation disapproves of President Barack Obama's policies to reduce stubbornly high unemployment, a new Associated Press-GfK...
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Jefferson Parish Council to hold meeting on dueling studies on garbage contract
The Jefferson Parish Council plans to hold a special meeting Feb. 2 seeking to reconcile contradictory studies about the financial viability of the parish's controversial 25-year garbage-disposal...
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Reader comment: Wal-Mart 'would create jobs and revenue for Belle Chasse'
In response to Kari Dequine's report on NOLA.com, "Belle Chasse residents wary of proposed Wal-Mart development," reader latrick5o4 had this to say: "I live in Belle Chasse and I would like to welcome...
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'Drill, baby, drill' is not a long-term strategy, Oil Spill Commission leader...
Spilled oil would have kept the U.S. going for only about a quarter of a day Amid a deluge of data emanating from the investigations into the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, there sometimes...
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President Barack Obama plans to focus on U.S. competitiveness in State of the...
He is expected to recommend spending on innovation, while reducing the national debt Under pressure to energize the economy, President Barack Obama said Saturday he will use his State of the Union...
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu urges federal focus on infrastructure
He points to relatively low jobless rate in New Orleans New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu hopes that congressional Republicans focused on cutting costs will consider the importance of infrastructure...
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Jackson Square rules are proposed by panel of residents
Task force findings will be discussed at Feb. 7 meeting Fix the sidewalks. Turn down the volume. Pick up the poop. And for goodness' sake, offer the community a head's up before anyone commandeers one...
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Jefferson Parish housing official charged $5,000 in meals to public credit card
Barry Bordelon, executive director of the Jefferson Parish Housing Authority, has a soft spot for Mediterranean food. It shows in his culinary choices in 2007, 2008 and 2009, when he spent $2,943 in...
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Gov. Bobby Jindal's Medicaid insurance plan gets support
Administration prepares to move ahead with its 'coordinated care networks' Black physician groups and operators of some health clinics for the poor have lined up in support of the Jindal...
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Reader comment: Private health insurance socializes risk just like...
Responding to The Associated Press story ''Gov. Bobby Jindal's Medicaid insurance plan gets support," reader upt86 commented, in part: Brett Duke, The Times-PicayuneGov. Bobby Jindal speaks at the...
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Reader comment: French Quarter needs laws which allow people 'to reside there...
Responding to Frank Donze's story "Jackson Square rules are proposed by panel of residents," reader shannon1111 said: Ted Jackson, The Times-PicayuneJitterbug, a mule working for Royal Carriages,...
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Mid-City homes moved to make way for new hospital complex
Medical complex is projected to open in 2014 State and city contractors are nearing completion of site preparation for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical complex projected to open in...
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Dan Packer resigns from New Orleans Aviation Board amid credit card scrutiny
He tells the mayor he doesn't want to be 'a distraction' Former New Orleans Aviation Board Chairman Dan Packer, facing questions about his use of an airport credit card, resigned from the board...
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River Birch puts its landfill message in Jefferson Parish mailboxes
Conflicting studies to be aired Feb. 2 The Times-Picayune archiveA truck dumps its load as a compactor spreads garbage at the River Birch landfill in 2002. Having stated its case in the news media,...
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Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne plans campaign to lure tourists in wake of BP oil spill
Most of the $30 million that BP has promised the state will go to local and parish tourism agencies Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne said Tuesday that his office will cobble together a $4.2 million tourism...
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Gulf oil spill, coastal restoration omitted from State of the Union address
Louisiana's delegates to Congress had also hoped for mention of the need to put drillers back to work Louisiana's congressional delegation was disappointed that President Barack Obama failed to...
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St. Bernard officials to meet with Feinberg over BP claims issues
St. Bernard Parish public officials will have have a brief public meeting Friday morning with businesses and fishermen who are having problems with their claims for damages from the BP oil spill. Matt...
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State launches new 'Pick Your Passion' tourism marketing campaign
Effort aimed at luring visitors back after Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused the cancellation of 26 percent of the trips that had been booked to Louisiana last year BATON ROUGE -- Lt. Gov. Jay...
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