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President Obama completes economy team ahead of jobs speech
Alan Krueger expected to provide him with unvarnished economic guidance, not partisan political advice President Barack Obama tapped labor economist Alan Krueger for a top administration post Monday...
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President Obama sets sights on jobs speech after timing dispute settled
Speech to joint session of Congress will be Thursday President Barack Obama will a deliver rare address to a joint session of Congress next week to introduce a long-awaited plan for jobs and economic...
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The new program is set to launch March 1 Louisiana's state health agency Thursday tapped a publicly traded managed-care specialist to run an overhaul and expansion of mental health and addiction...
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New Orleans taxi passengers to get 'bill of rights'
A copy will be posted in every taxi in the city Within a few weeks, people riding in New Orleans taxis will be able to read an official notice spelling out their rights as passengers, including rights...
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President Obama halts controversial EPA smog regulation
Moves to reduce regulatory burdens and uncertainty for businesses at a time of rampant uncertainty about an unsteady economy President Barack Obama on Friday scrapped his administration's...
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New body scan technology unveiled at Newark airport
Less-invasive technology eventually will be installed at all U.S. airports Newark Liberty International Airport became the first New York-area airport to install body scanning technology that will...
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Sen. David Vitter praises EPA abandonment of new ozone regulations
'They would have been a regulatory disaster,' he says Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has had little nice to say about President Barack Obama. But this week, he praised the president for ordering the...
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Buddy Roemer speaks out on American trade policy
Protective tariffs should be restored, he says Former Gov. Buddy Roemer continues to march to his own drummer in his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Last week, he stood before the...
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President Obama's jobs speech this week will resonate in Louisiana
Jobs are likely to be the major issue in the 2012 presidential election WASHINGTON -- When New Orleanian Kenneth Metoyer lost his technician's job with a major oil company last year, it was a new and...
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U.S. Labor Secretary urges joint Dem-GOP effort on jobs
WASHINGTONÂ -- Labor Secretary Hilda Solis says both political parties must come together to attack slow economic growth and high unemployment. Solis says "we do need everyone to be on board" with...
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Robinette to discuss $250,000 loan from River Birch owners on his WWL radio show
WWL talk radio host Garland Robinette will address on his show Tuesday the disclosure that he received $250,000 from the owner of the River Birch landfill in 2007 after repeatedly criticizing the...
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New Orleans City Council works out wording of request for energy contultants
Issue had been contentious at Utility Committee meeting 2 weeks earlier As is often the case, what had been a heated dispute among New Orleans City Council members was resolved with hardly any...
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Sen. Mary Landrieu inserts money into bill for Coast Guard to buy more ships...
Move comes as the federal government seeks to recoup millions of dollars from Bollinger for producing 'unseaworthy and unusable' deepwater cutters WASHINGTON -- Even as the federal government seeks to...
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Getting back to even on jobs divides U.S. leaders
'Neither side can make a definitive case that they really know what they're doing' America's sickly economy can be healed with jobs, jobs and more jobs. On that, everyone agrees. Figuring out how to...
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Blighted properties to be auctioned off by NORA on Saturday
The city agency responsible for putting blighted real estate back into commerce will sponsor another in a series of auctions Saturday, offering buyers a shot at more than 100 structures and lots...
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List seized in 2010 raid on River Birch offices names Robinette, reporters,...
Landfill owner Fred Heebe's 'lobbyist' list includes bona fide lobbyists, consultants, others Gov. Bobby Jindal's chief of staff, his coastal issues adviser and almost three dozen other people were...
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Sen. David Vitter will sit out President Barack Obama's speech
He will be hosting a party for the New Orleans Saints game instead WASHINGTON -- Sen. David Vitter, R-La., will not attend President Barack Obama's economic address tonight in favor of hosting a...
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President Barack Obama says Congress should stop 'political circus'
Watch the live stream Struggling to fix the sickly economy, President Barack Obama planned to appeal to Congress Thursday night to support nearly $450 billion in tax reductions and new federal...
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Do you support President Obama's jobs initiatives? Links and poll
President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress Thursday evening. He urged them to pass his package of measures totaling nearly $450 billion to stimulate the economy and promote the...
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Mitch Landrieu ally snagged in crackdown on illegal short-term rentals
Henry Coaxum, who wasn't fined, says he didn't realize he was doing anything wrong When New Orleans officials this year vowed to crack down on illegal short-term rentals, they probably didn't expect...
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