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Jefferson Parish sales tax receipts continue to climb
'We're still not out of the woods,' Jefferson Parish President John Young says First, the good news: Jefferson Parish's sales tax receipts for January were up more than 10 percent from a year earlier,...
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Kenner council revokes liquor licenses at two Taqueria Sanchez restaurants
Efforts to address community concerns called 'too little too late' The Kenner City Council on Thursday unanimously revoked the liquor licenses of two restaurants after police found women who solicited...
View ArticleNew Orleans area leaders lament cuts in $5 billion energy assistance program
President Barack Obama's proposal to cut in half a $5 billion energy assistance program for the poor and elderly could be the last straw for some New Orleans area families struggling to recover from...
View ArticleShreveport neighborhoods slated for new housing
The federal government has awarded a $250,000 grant for a plan to convert two inner-city neighborhoods in Shreveport into new mixed-income housing. The Department of Housing and Urban Development says...
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Sen. David Vitter challenges loan for drilling in Brazil by Export-Import Bank
'Louisianans are frustrated with the ongoing de facto moratorium,' he says Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has written the Export-Import Bank to ask why it is providing a $2 billion loan to support a...
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Robert Heitmeier of Metairie to chair Mississippi River pilots board
Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Robert Heitmeier of Metairie to be chairman of the Board of Examiners of the New Orleans/Baton Rouge Steamship Pilots for the Mississippi River. By law, the...
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Saenger Theatre renovations should resume in April
City agrees to front more than $1 million for the project; opening now is expected in fall of 2012 The stalled renovation of the Saenger Theatre on Canal Street is scheduled to resume next month,...
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River Birch landfill report's conclusions challenged
The conclusion changed after Jefferson Parish officials talked with the report's author, River Birch officials say A preliminary draft of a study that determined Jefferson Parish's controversial $160...
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Case of sleeping air traffic controller renews debate over solo shifts
'One-person shifts are unsafe. Period,' the president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association says Should jetliners be landing with only a single air traffic controller on duty -- even if...
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Jefferson Parish likely to cancel River Birch contract 'very soon,'...
Chris Roberts cites study that found the deal would be costly for the parish Jefferson Parish will likely take steps "very soon" to cancel its controversial $160 million garbage-disposal contract with...
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Haynesville natural gas field is the most productive in the U.S.
The north Louisiana boom has had a profound effect on the state's economy Three years after the first successful well reached the 11,000-foot-deep Haynesville shale formation in northwest Louisiana,...
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DeSoto Parish's instant millionaires hold on to their humble roots
The economy of one of the poorest parishes of the state was super-charged by a massive natural gas strike in 2007 DeSOTO PARISH -- Three years after a massive natural gas strike under this blue-collar...
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Tickets still available for Governor's West Bank Luncheon on April 19
Tickets are still available for this year's Governor's West Bank Luncheon on April 19 at the Alario Center. Susan Poag/The Times-PicayuneLast year, more than 900 people attending the annual...
View ArticleNew Ecuadorean consulate opens today in New Orleans
A new Ecuadorean consulate will open Tuesday in New Orleans. Ecuador's ambassador to the United States, Luis Gallegos, will be on hand to open the consulate. The new consulate, at 365 Canal St.. Suite...
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Road Home properties on the auction block
Lots, vacant houses to be sold Saturday The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority will hold a public auction Saturday for 95 blighted or vacant Road Home and NORA-owned properties throughout the city....
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Ecuador's ambassador in New Orleans to inaugurate new consulate
Office will be 14th in U.S. for South American nation Ecuador will inaugurate a new consulate in New Orleans today, its 14th in the United States. Embassy of EcuadorEcuador's ambassador to the United...
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Ecuador re-opens consulate in New Orleans
Restores 14th U.S. consulate after Katrina forced closure The nation of Ecuador re-opened its consulate in New Orleans on Tuesday, serving about 10,000 Ecuadoreans living in Louisiana, Arkansas and...
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Women of the Storm urge Congress to devote BP penalties to coastal restoration
'This is Manners 101 -- you mess something up, you clean it up,' Lucy Buffett says WASHINGTON -- The weather was bright and brisk, and the spirits high, as about 140 Gulf Coast Women of the Storm...
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Michael Bromwich accused of 'half truths' by freshman Louisiana Rep. Jeff Landry
Obama administration has insisted that Gulf drilling is likely to continue near record levels despite a slowdown in permitting WASHINGTON - Continuing his harsh rhetoric on the Obama administration's...
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Americans souring more on economy, poll shows
But so far, people aren't taking it out on President Barack Obama, poll says For all the talk of recovery, Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about the economy as soaring gas costs strain...
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