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Old Gentilly Landfill fight reveals unexpected mutual political interests
Wildlife and Fisheries Commissioner Henry Mouton and former state Sen. Derrick Shepherd both railed against the dump In his quest to shutter the Old Gentilly Landfill in the tumultuous months after...
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St. Bernard authority usurped in battle over mixed-income apartments, parish...
HUD has threatened to revoke all of St. Bernard Parish's federal funding Buffeted by federal accusations of racial discrimination and pressure to allow mixed-income apartments in Chalmette, St....
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White House officials call on Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, congressional...
Sen. Mary Landrieu is a sponsor of the waiver measure White House officials Wednesday called on Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and congressional Republicans not to dismiss legislation that would enable...
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Rebels in Libya reinforce key oil port in east
President Barack Obama calls on Moammar Gadhafi to leave office Rebels reinforced a key oil port Thursday while facing new regime airstrikes in eastern Libya, and thousands of angry mourners buried...
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U.S. Rep. Jeff Landry scolds Interior Department over pace of drilling permits
Secretary Ken Salazar says agency needs more manpower and resources Louisiana lawmakers sparred with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Thursday, with Rep. John Fleming, R-Minden, suggesting that the...
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Metairie man voices small-business concerns
Mike Mitternight has been a vocal critic of the federal health care overhaul The National Small Business Association last week released its top 10 priorities for the 112th Congress, beginning with a...
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Avondale Shipyard vessels getting better, Navy says
'I'm pleased with how those ships are now starting to perform,' official says The Navy says that the 700-foot amphibious transport vessels built at Avondale Shipyard by Northrop Grumman are getting...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu, missing Mardi Gras, touts SBA's SCORE program
In the program, entrepreneurs share their wisdom and experience with small-business people free of charge With a wistful acknowledgement that she was missing Mardi Gras, Sen. Mary Landrieu convened a...
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Sen. David Vitter joins GOP effort to enact national right-to-work law
Right to work laws let employees decide whether they want to join a union on the job Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has joined with seven Republican colleagues in introducing the National Right to Work...
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Lawmakers push for extension of offshore drilling leases
They want oil companies to regain the time they lost to moratorium A group of Gulf Coast lawmakers Wednesday proposed legislation that would extend offshore drilling leases for a year to give oil...
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Louisiana lawmakers say President Obama's Gulf oil production claims are too...
'Someone should tell the President that April Fool's Day is still weeks away,' Rep. Jeff Landry says Louisiana lawmakers lambasted President Barack Obama's remarks Friday about oil drilling in the...
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Louisiana lawmakers have praise for FEMA
Policy would link flood insurance requirement to federal levee system Louisiana lawmakers are praising a decision last week by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to take another look at a policy...
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Louis Armstrong International Airport seeks views on concessions
Survey seeks input on the types of eateries and shops that customers would like to have at the airport Have a view on the food and retail operations that Louis Armstrong International Airport is...
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Jefferson Parish President John Young to address business group
Jefferson Parish President John Young plans to address the Project Management Institute's local chapter at its supper meeting Wednesday in Metairie. T-P archiveJohn Young The meeting, which is open to...
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Senate votes to move on small business bill as Landrieu criticizes Vitter for...
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted to invoke cloture Monday evening and allow for consideration of some small business legislation being managed by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., over the opposition of a...
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In week of congressional hearings, Offshore Marine Service Association finds...
WASHINGTON -- This week is chockablock with congressional hearings on the Macondo oil spill and the impact on the local economy and national energy policy of the slowdown in drilling in the Gulf of...
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U.S. International Trade Commission votes to keep tariffs on imported shrimp
The affirmative vote keeps in place import taxes that had been in place for five years WASHINGTON -- In a victory for Gulf shrimpers, the United States International Trade Commission voted 5 to 1...
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Kenner City Council could revoke Taqueria Sanchez liquor licenses
'B-drinking', crime cited in crackdown The Kenner City Council tonight will consider stripping two restaurants of their liquor licenses after police reported finding women who solicited patrons to buy...
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River Birch landfill meeting fails to resolve conflict
Jefferson Parish Council evaluates assessments of the deal that are tens of millions of dollars apart Two firms that reached opposite conclusions about the financial merits of Jefferson Parish's $160...
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Donelon reduces property rate increase request sought by Citizens
BATON ROUGE -- Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said Thursday he has reduced the proposed rate increase sought by Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., from a requested 9 percent to an...
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