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Nucor hits milestone with air quality permit for St. James iron plant
Company has yet to decide between Louisiana site and one in Brazil The Times-Picayune, Brett DukeA tractor works leveling a sugar cane field in Convent. Four plantations once existed on the land Nucor...
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Walgreen's move irks River Ridge neighbors
A proposed Walgreen's store at Jefferson Highway and Garden Road in River Ridge is stirring up neighborhood angst as it winds through the Jefferson Parish regulatory process. The drugstore chain wants...
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Legislation designed to move more policies from Citizens approved by Senate...
BATON ROUGE -- A bill designed to encourage private insurance companies to take policies from the state-run insurer of last resort cleared a Senate committee today. The Insurance Committee gave...
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V-Vehicle reapplies for federal loan to build Louisiana car plant
Firm's initial application for $320 million in March was denied Mario Villafuerte / The Times PicayuneThe old Guide Corp. headlamp plant in Monroe was being prepared by the V-Vehicle Car company to...
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Jefferson Parish Council odds and ends
The Jefferson Parish Council on Wednesday: Credit cut -- Added 63 days and subtracted $3.9 million from its contract with Mapp Construction to build a new emergency operations building, citing a sales...
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Business emergency center opens on LSU campus
The Louisiana Business Emergency Operations Center opened Wednesday in Baton Rouge to provide an institution and information nexus assisting businesses in times of crisis. Located at Louisiana State...
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New Orleans City Council requires city contractors to name their subcontractors
Reacting to repeated scandals involving city subcontractors, the New Orleans City Council has passed an ordinance requiring anyone awarded a city contract to disclose the names of all subcontractors...
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AT&T digital TV proposal faces questions about utility cabinets in right of way
Service expansion into unincorporated St. Tammany proposed AT&T wants to expand its new digital TV service to unincorporated St. Tammany Parish, but first the Parish Council must decide on the...
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Mortgage company sues to foreclose on Aaron Broussard's home
He owes more than $400,000, lender says A mortgage company has filed suit to foreclose on the Kenner home of former Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard and his ex-wife, Karen. Aaron...
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Bob Graham says he expects White House panel to look for ways to sustain...
Former Florida Sen. Bob Graham, co-chairman of the White House commission investigating the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, is a busy person. He already has a commission gig: membership on the...
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Long search ending for company to audit River Birch landfill deal
Jefferson Parish officials settle on obscure Texas company to assist in review Susan Poag/The Times-Picayune archiveA truck dumps its load as a compactor spreads garbage at the River Birch landfill in...
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Jefferson Parish Council launches a review of Airline Drive
Persistent problems at motels may be solved by zoning changes After years of police stings, code enforcement sweeps and new rules against renting rooms by the hour, Jefferson Parish officials said...
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Ad campaign reassures tourists that Louisiana 'is still a great place to visit'
Special effort funded by BP money BATON ROUGE -- People fishing and golfing, paddling on the Atchafalaya Swamp or walking through Jackson Square and eating hearty portions of gumbo and meat pies are...
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Mandeville Planning Commission evaluates proposal for gated community
A plan to put 11 homes on a five-acre lot on the Mandeville lakefront has nearby residents concerned about how the gated development will affect their sense of community. Sunset Cove would be the...
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House cold to Caldwell's request for authority to hire lawyers on contingency
Amid a feverish lobbying effort that reaches to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, House leaders say that Attorney General Buddy Caldwell's quest for wide authority to hire outside attorneys on contingency...
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu hasn't gotten around to parking-meter issue
Action promised by August Besides the revival of the five-day work week, Mayor Mitch Landrieu has knocked a few other items off his short-term to-do list, including choosing a police chief and...
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BP stock value is at heart of lawsuit by New Orleans city employee pension fund
Emphasis on output, rather than safety, blamed for decline in value in wake of Gulf of Mexico oil spill Joining the queue of plaintiffs suing BP and other companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon...
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RTA will put brand-new buses on the streets
It's an unprecedented overhaul of the fleet Those creaky purple-green-and-gold buses that have been propping up New Orleans' wobbly public transit system are about to disappear for good....
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Kenner company questioned about payments to Aaron Broussard
Firm denies giving consulting fees to former Jefferson Parish president Federal investigators have questioned a Kenner company about whether it paid consulting fees to Aaron Broussard while he was...
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Kenner could outlaw human billboards, political sign-wavers
'Trashy' and distracting to motorists, officials say Human billboards -- those people who wave retail advertising signs along the street -- would be outlawed on Kenner public property under a measure...
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