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Fast-acess Internet to arrive on St. John west bank next year
Many Edgard residents who currently don't have access to broadband Internet may find companies fighting for their business next year. Comcast, the cable company that provides the service to portions...
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Hurricane Katrina leaves lessons for small-business owners
Repaying Small Business Administration loan is a struggle, St. Bernard Parish businesswoman tells senators Mindy Nunez Airhart, marketing director for Southern Services & Equipment Inc. in St....
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Louisiana GO Zone bond fund has about $13 million remaining
The bonds must be applied for and committed to projects by the end of the year The State Bond Commission has whittled the capacity left in the Gulf Opportunity Zone bond program to about $12 million,...
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Reader comment: Canal Street high-rise controversy is also about looks, not...
Responding to Bruce Eggler's story, "Swords drawn over Canal Street high-rise plans," reader bywaterbob commented: Harry Baker Smith ArchitectsThis rendering shows the design of the high-rise proposed...
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Mitch Landrieu in Washington to join mayors' charge for Obama jobs bill
'We don't want to wait,' he says Leaders of the U.S. Conference of Mayors urged Congress on Tuesday to put partisanship aside and pass President Barack Obama's American Jobs Act. They said the act...
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Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana catches flak for income remarks
'So by the time I feed my family I have, maybe, $400,000 left over,' he tells MSNBC host Chris Jansing Rep. John Fleming, R-Minden, came under attack from liberal bloggers this week after going on...
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Jefferson Parish Council approves stricter regulations on car washes
50-foot separation required from residential property New car washes in unincorporated Jefferson Parish must meet stricter requirements and existing ones that create problems for neighbors will be...
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Black carpenters working on housing complex file complaint over pay
New Orleans EEOC office is looking into the matter African-American carpenters rebuilding the B.W. Cooper public housing development lodged a complaint this week with the U.S. Equal Employment...
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Jefferson Parish extends insurer's contract despite rival's higher rating
Colonial Life & Accident Co. didn't submit complete application by deadline The Jefferson Parish Council extended Colonial Life & Accident Co.'s contract Wednesday to provide supplemental...
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Rejected New Orleans pedicab applicant appeals permit decision
Business owner calls lottery process flawed "Pedicabs" began operating in New Orleans' French Quarter last week but that doesn't mean a long-standing controversy over the people-powered transportation...
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New Orleans City Council approves modified plans for Canal Street high-rise
Developer plans 19-story apartment and retail building at site of old Woolworth's store In a 5-2 vote, the New Orleans City Council gave its blessing Thursday to a proposed high-rise building on Canal...
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Port of South Louisiana Commissioner Gregory A. Gravois of Vacherie died Sept. 17, after a period of illness. Gravois, 58, a contractor who was the governor's appointee on the port's board of...
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New Orleans taxicab drivers now required to 'fluently speak' English
City Council measure doesn't specify who will judge just how fluent a cabbie must be New Orleans taxicab drivers have long been required to be able to read and write English. The City Council now has...
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State scraps training seminar; director blames politics
Agency's policy director is challenging Jindal in governor's race BATON ROUGE -- Gov. Bobby Jindal's administration canceled plans for a training seminar involving one of Jindal's little-known...
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Sen. Rand Paul blocks pipeline safety bill on principle
Even explosion in home state of Kentucky doesn't shake him A senator who opposes federal regulation on philosophical grounds is single-handedly blocking legislation that would strengthen safety rules...
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Michoud chosen by NASA for heavy-lift rocket work
Project could bring a couple of thousand jobs to Michoud WASHINGTON -- NASA has chosen the Michoud Assembly Facility in eastern New Orleans to construct components of its new heavy-lift rocket for the...
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Energy-efficiency loans for New Orleans homeowners to be available at low...
NOLA wise program managers will identify upgrades, and help homeowners get them done A pool of $15 million in low-interest loans will be available to New Orleans homeowners looking to improve energy...
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Tawdry Airline Drive motels are set for redevelopment
Their reputations have faded along with their paint Airline Highway in Metairie was once a gateway to New Orleans, a corridor dotted with newly built motels catering to those making their way into the...
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Benetech deemed ineligible for federal set-aside program
Contracts are steered to disabled veterans The federal government has booted controversial contractor Benetech from a set-aside program aimed at steering contracts to disabled veterans after The...
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Ruling against Lacombe waste station stands
Judge rejects parish's plea in zoning fight In a one-page judgment issued Friday afternoon, a St. Tammany Parish judge denied the parish's request that he reconsider his ruling that voided a...
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