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New Orleans City Council delays final decision on proposed high-rise...
The City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Tuesday on a request for permission for increased building height and mass The fate of a proposed high-rise apartment building on Canal Street...
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FAA shutdown ends as Senate Democrats give way to GOP
Nearly 4,000 furloughed FAA employees can return to work as soon as Monday The Senate approved legislation Friday ending a two-week partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration and...
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White House launches program to help jobless veterans
Businesses that hire unemployed veterans could get tax credits Veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are finding it hard to get a job, prompting a new White House initiative Friday and a...
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Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne promotes Louisiana, and its seafood, in Canada
He is the guest of honor at Louisiana Day, part of Quebec City's annual Le Fetes de la Nouvelle France Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne was in Canada this week meeting with officials in Quebec City to drum up...
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Reps. Bill Cassidy, John Fleming back end of rural air service subsidies
Supporters of the federal subsidies say that maintaining air service in certain areas is vital to attracting business Reps. John Fleming, R-Minden, and Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, are strongly...
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Two companies sue state for share of Medicaid privatization contracts
Aetna Inc. and Coventry Health Care Inc. have challenged a decision by the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals to deny their subsidiaries a share of a $2.2 billion Medicaid privatization...
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Some Louisiana Republicans unmoved by S&P's call for more revenue
Louisiana Democrats push for compromise WASHINGTON -- Some Louisiana Republicans are sticking to their guns against any tax increases despite admonitions by Standard & Poor's that a bipartisan...
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Jefferson Parish Council odds and ends, Aug. 10
The Jefferson Parish Council on Wednesday: Health insurance: Selected Coventry Health Care of Louisiana to provide health insurance coverage to parish employees and their families. Drug insurance:...
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Elevation grant workers allege corruption in program
State officials received gifts, they allege in lawsuit Two employees of the state's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program have filed an explosive whistleblower lawsuit alleging that state officials got...
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Debt supercommittee gets final members
The 12-member panel, half Democrats and half Republicans, has until Thanksgiving to propose $1.5 trillion in savings WASHINGTON -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's appointment Thursday of three...
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Louisiana insurance fraud investigators should carry guns, commissioner says
Two investigators were shot and killed in a Ville Platte agent's office in June Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon said he likely will ask the Legislature next spring to allow his department's fraud...
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President Barack Obama sets his sights on rural America to talk jobs
Midwest states are critical to his re-election prospects Trading Washington's hot house for states critical to his re-election prospects, President Barack Obama is headed to the Midwest after a summer...
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Inspector general pursues anti-fraud unit for New Orleans school projects
City Council authorizes 2 new jobs; other 2 workers will be classified city workers Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux is pushing ahead with the creation of an anti-fraud unit to monitor $1.8 billion in...
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Official with nonprofit loan program got loans herself
Family members of agency staff also benefited, records show When audits last year revealed that a local nonprofit finance agency had paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer-subsidized...
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Water boiling advisory issued for Alton area
Residents of the Alton area north of Slidell have been advised to boil their water because a loss of pressure may have resulted in contaminants entering the water system, officials said. The water...
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Jefferson Parish assessment rolls are open to challenges by property owners
Jefferson Parish property owners have until Aug. 23 to challenge their latest valuations from the assessor. T-P archiveJefferson Parish Assessor Tom Capella In keeping with a seasonal requirement of...
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In rural America, President Obama seeks economic advice
He urges Iowans to give him ideas about how leaders can give an economic jolt to the nation's heartland PEOSTA, Iowa -- Seeking some help from rural America, President Barack Obama on Tuesday implored...
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Robert J. Conrad, longtime New Orleans civic leader, dies at 86
He was head of the real estate division at the law firm of Adams & Reese Robert J. Conrad, a real estate attorney and civic leader who served on several regional boards, died Monday at Our Lady of...
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French Quarter charity solicitations drive merchants to press for restrictions
Proposal headed to New Orleans City Council is intended to put a damper on the Party Patrol and others hustling donations On Bourbon Street, they blend into the chaos. The endless stream of neon...
View ArticleBaton Rouge area achieves long-sought EPA ozone designation
Federal restrictions on new industries may be eased The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate the five-parish Baton Rouge area in compliance with federal ozone pollution standards,...
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