Harahan businessman's house scrutinized, parish contracting examined, more:...
Phil Ramon's 6,385-square-foot house on Colonial Club Drive Phil Ramon, the Harahan resident, ex-homicide detective and former Kenner official now under federal investigation for his consulting work...
View ArticleObama says new jobs growth part of 'real progress'
HILLIARD, Ohio -- President Barack Obama is hailing another month of job growth but declaring "we've got more work to do." Falling just four days before Tuesday's election, the government's latest...
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Nearly 200 West Bank businesses say 'no' to Crescent City Connection tolls
With Election Day in sight and voters being asked to extend tolls on the Crescent City Connection for 20 years, businesses around the New Orleans area jumping on the bandwagon of a grassroots movement...
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Oil industry seeks to intervene in environmental lawsuit over chemical...
Environmental groups oppose oil industry involvement in lawsuit over chemical disperants. WASHINGTON -- An oil industry association is seeking to intervene in a federal lawsuit in which environmental...
View ArticleJefferson Parish electronic sign proposal subject of business, neighborhood...
The proposal to regulate electronic signs in Jefferson Parish has divided business owners and neighborhood activists for weeks. But on Friday their representatives announced a compromise. The...
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Landrieu finds similar splits on energy production during Israeli trip
Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., finds same arguments about oil and gas production in Israel. Washington -- Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who visited Israel last weekend along with Gulf Coast oil and gas...
View ArticleAs green power debate continues, jobs dwindle
DENVER -- An eerie quiet has settled over the Walker Components plant, which assembles custom cables for a global wind turbine company. Orders are down from earlier in the year and one-third of its...
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Jefferson Performing Arts Center should be denied new funding, parish...
Resolution makes for an extraordinary instance of a local government asking the Legislature not to send money its way The Jefferson Performing Arts Center, the budget-busting, schedule-shredding...
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Voters have the last word on Crescent City Connection toll extension
After weeks of highly charged debate via email blasts and Facebook, dueling news conferences and pitches at public meetings, voters will have the final say today on whether tolls on the Crescent City...
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Stocks trending higher Tuesday in early trading on Wall Street as Americans...
NEW YORK -- Stocks are heading higher in early trading on Wall Street as Americans lined up to cast their votes in the U.S. presidential election. Companies including Computer Sciences and Medifast...
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Jefferson Performing Arts Center funding cut-off draws John Young's objection
Jefferson Parish President John Young objected Tuesday to Councilman Chris Roberts' move to block more state construction money for the troubled Jefferson Performing Arts Center. Young said he's not...
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Crescent City Connection toll extension rejected by Plaquemines voters;...
With election results in Orleans and Jefferson parishes still coming in, voters in Plaquemines Parish have rejected a measure to continue tolls on the Crescent City Connection for 20 years. Unofficial...
View ArticleCovington voters give thumbs-up to sales tax rededication
Measure does not increase the city's sales tax; it only changes how the money is used Covington voters approved a proposition to rededicate revenues from a one-cent sale tax, a move that allows about...
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Crescent City Connection toll extension rejected by Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish voters have rejected a 20-year extension of the tolls on the Crescent City Connection. With all 271 precincts reporting, the vote was 87,019 or 54 percent in opposition compared to...
View ArticleOrleans Parish voters apparently reject tax in Regional Business Park
Unofficial late returns show 51.3 percent against By the narrowest of margins, New Orleans voters apparently voted Tuesday against renewing a 20-mill tax on commercial and industrial property within...
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Jefferson Parish Council to weigh signs, blight, lawyers, arts center, more
The Jefferson Parish Council meets Wednesday to attack blight, restrict electronic signs, make Mardi Gras float riders wear masks and suspend building permit fees. As if that's not enough, it also is...
View ArticleCrescent City Connection toll extension appears to have passed by 8 votes
Secretary of state website now shows tolls narrowly pass, but by just 8 votes out of more than 300,000 cast The outcome of a referendum to extend the tolls on the Crescent City Connection for 20 years...
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Textron considers move from Slidell city-owned building
That would leave city officials with the task of plugging a $1 million hole in next year's budget After nearly six years of paying rent to the city of Slidell, defense contractor Textron Marine &...
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Fate of Crescent City Connection tolls still unknown as both sides seek...
The unofficial tally, a slender eight-vote margin, declares that tolls on the Crescent City Connection will continue for another 20 years. But as both sides wait for the final count on Saturday, they...
View ArticleJefferson Performing Arts Center: 'White elephant,' 'black hole,' major headache
The Jefferson Performing Arts Center, whether it's called a "black hole" or a "white elephant," is clearly the most colorful public conundrum in Jefferson Parish. The Parish Council spent close to an...
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