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New Orleans to stick with Cox for cable TV system
Cox Communications has had a franchise to operate in Orleans Parish since 1981 There never was much doubt that Cox Communications would continue as New Orleans' cable television company. However, the...
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Congress careens toward a standoff over payroll tax
Legislation would prevent a Social Security payroll tax increase for 160 million workers on Jan. 1 WASHINGTON -- Partisan to the core, Congress careened toward a holiday-season standoff Monday on...
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New FAA rules are designed to stop pilots from flying while sleepy
Effort comes nearly 3 years after the deadly western New York crash of a regional airliner flown by two exhausted pilots WASHINGTON -- The government told passenger airlines Wednesday they'll have to...
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More Louisiana families turning to food stamps
Nearly 1 in 5 Louisiana residents depends on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to buy groceries, among the highest percentages in the nation The face of Louisianians on food stamps has...
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Payroll tax deadlock ends as House caves
The breakthrough almost certainly spares workers an average $20-a-week tax increase Jan. 1 WASHINGTON -- House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional...
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Reader comment: With all of Louisiana's oil reserves, citizens should be richer
Responding to Richard Thompson's story "Louisiana attorney general files suit over offshore drilling revenue," reader lostinla2 commented, in part: Manuel Balce Ceneta, The Associated PressInterior...
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New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board offices to be open on Friday
The New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board's main office walk-in service center and Algiers customer service office will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday. The main office is at 625 St. Joseph...
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Indian outcast is now a millionaire, but still feels 'quiet contempt'
This 'untouchable' owns a hospital, a shoe factory, a car dealership and a publishing company AGRA, India -- As far back as he can remember, people told Hari Kishan Pippal that he was unclean, with a...
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New Orleans property tax bills will hit mailboxes soon
Payments are due by Jan. 31 When the Orleans Parish School Board last week declined to reconsider its decision not to "roll forward" all of its property tax millages, New Orleans real estate tax bills...
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President Obama nominates 2 to Federal Reserve Board
One is a Democrat, the other a Republican A vacationing President Barack Obama has nominated a Harvard University professor and a former Treasury official under President George H.W. Bush -- a...
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White House to seek increase in borrowing limit
According to a deal reached in August, three increases are scheduled to take effect unless both chambers vote against them The Obama administration says the federal government has nearly reached its...
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Most Americans optimistic about 2012, poll finds
Most also say 2011 was a year they would rather forget. Take our poll Americans are hopeful for what 2012 will bring for their families and the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll,...
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Saenger Theatre restoration financing is in place, New Orleans officials say
Reopening in spring 2013 is anticipated With months of painstaking negotiations with private lenders now complete, New Orleans city officials announced today that the stalled renovation of the Saenger...
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Jackson Square artists gain permission to sell reproductions of their work
City ordinance had said the works must be 'accomplished essentially by hand' A consent order between the city of New Orleans and three Jackson Square artists will allow them to sell reproductions of...
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Louisiana wins delay in border-crossing pollution rule
Six states urged federal court to put the rules on hold until litigation plays out A federal court Friday put on hold a controversial Obama administration regulation aimed at reducing power plant...
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Downtown Development District names director of public affairs
Henry Charlot was the group's director of economic development Henry Charlot, who has been director of economic development for the Downtown Development District since 2005, has been named to the new...
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President Obama to name consumer watchdog
Decision to make a recess appointment is certain to cause an uproar from Capitol Hill to Wall Street In a defiant display of executive power, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will buck GOP...
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Defiant Obama bypasses Senate, installs new consumer chief
'I refuse to take 'no' for an answer,' the president said SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A defiant President Barack Obama, tired of Senate Republicans stalling his nominee to lead a new consumer protection...
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Hearing held on Plaquemines Parish big-box store rules
Would-be Walmart developer challenges Plaquemines Parish moratorium on big-box retailers A long-simmering dispute between the Plaquemines Parish Council and a developer seeking to bring a Walmart to...
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Oil and gas group starts election push
'Vote 4 Energy' campaign targets 'onslaught of regulations' Washington -- The nation's top oil and gas advocacy group unveiled a "Vote 4 Energy" campaign Wednesday to put an election-year focus on...
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