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Small-business bill fails after eight weeks of debate, 150 amendments
Sen. Mary Landrieu is frustrated to end up 'right back where we started' You would think prospects would be good for a small-business bill that had passed a Senate committee 18-1. View full sizeHarry...
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Kenner makes play for Coconut Beach volleyball complex
Legislation would allow commercial use of Laketown land Kenner officials are making a play for the hugely popular Coconut Beach, the West End volleyball complex that has remained in permanent pump...
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Oil executives are grilled on tax incentives for drilling
Senators question whether federal subsidies are needed Oil company executives were called before Congress a year ago to answer for what were alleged to be lax industry practices that set the stage for...
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Commercial development in Kenner's Laketown: What do you think?
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Chemical-plant security vote postponed
Critics, including Greenpeace, call legislation inadequate The House Energy and Commerce Committee put off a scheduled vote last week on legislation to extend a program that requires many chemical...
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Oil and gas industry's contributions to society exaggerated, watchdog group says
Industry takes credit for contributing $86 million a day to the federal treasury A fiscal watchdog group this week accused the American Petroleum Institute and others of exaggerating the contributions...
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Rep. Cedric Richmond shifts course on pace and scope of oil and gas drilling
He opposes provision to prevent challenges to drilling permits 'that are not environmentally sound' Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, was one of 33 House Democrats to support the first of three...
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Rush Limbaugh finds something nice to say about Sen. Mary Landrieu
He says her defense of Big OIl shows she 'understands exactly what's going on' Well, it finally happened. Rush Limbaugh, who once described Sen. Mary Landrieu as a prostitute who sold her vote for...
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Bill on penalties for environmental crimes is set aside
Sen. Patrick Leahy's bill faces an uphill climb The Senate Judiciary Committee put off a scheduled vote last week on legislation that would increase penalties - including possible prison time - for...
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Oil spill commission co-chair skeptical on offshore drilling regulatory...
William Reilly also faulted industry analysts for not factoring safety into their assessment of a company's soundness WASHINGTON -- William Reilly, co-chairman the National Oil Spill Commission,...
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Campaign contributions shed new light on Jefferson Parish Council's recycling...
All proposals were scrapped in favor of new solicitation When Jefferson Parish Council member Byron Lee proposed last week that all proposals be scrapped in favor of a new process to resurrect...
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Deutsches Haus in Mid-City falls to wrecking ball
German cultural center has moved temporarily to Metairie while a new home is sought The fate of Deutsches Haus in Mid-City, an old telephone company building at 200 S. Galvez St., was sealed once it...
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Law on peddling in Jazz Fest area is changed by New Orleans City Council
Stores can sell their regular goods in front of their buildings to crowds walking to or from the festival grounds In an effort to control unauthorized peddling around Jazz Fest each year, the New...
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Immigrant-worker measure approved by Louisiana Senate
Private companies bidding on contracts with state agencies would have to verify they don't employ illegal immigrants, or face being barred from state work for a maximum of three years under a bill...
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Oilfield remediation measure defeated in Louisiana House committee
Oil and gas firms lose bid to shift jurisdiction over lawsuits to the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources The old fault line between big business and the plaintiffs bar revealed itself again...
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Sen. David Vitter opposes offshore drilling measure, calling it too burdensome
He says other bills went further to open new tracts for drilling along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico Sen. David Vitter, R-La., was one of five Republican to vote...
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Port bill seeks broader powers for director, but scraps plan for more clout...
Opposition from some landowners where the port hopes to build a new cargo terminal prompted the change The Port of South Louisiana is pulling back on a bill pending in the state Legislature that would...
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St. Charles land use study urges housing diversity
Study predicts slower growth than in the past A land use study for St. Charles Parish predicts slower growth than in the past and calls on parish officials to encourage a variety of housing types to...
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Republicans grill administration officials over energy policy
Political parties lay out competing narratives of what and who is to blame for Americans' pain at the pump Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee issued a 43-page report...
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Louisiana could have a new official gemstone, made from oyster shells
Classy oyster shells may be bumping the agate as the state's official gemstone. But all would not be lost for agate found in Louisiana gravel, a legislative committee decided Wednesday. It would be...
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