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New Orleans City Council gives tax break to bed-and-breakfast owners
A typical B&B owes an average of less than $60 a month, yet the minimum fine for late payment has been $500. The New Orleans City Council had a small but welcome Christmas present this month for...
View ArticleStarbucks using coffee cups to send political message: 'Come together'
NEW YORK -- Starbucks is using its coffee cups to jump into the political fray in Washington. The world's biggest coffee chain is asking employees at cafes in the Washington, D.C., area to scribble...
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Textron announces decision to stay in Slidell
Defense contractor Textron Marine & Land Systems on Wednesday said it will continue leasing a building owned by the City of Slidell for its headquarters rather than relocate. The company's...
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Upper Pontalba Building repairs funding approved by city council
The Upper Pontalba Building on St. Peter Street, like the state-owned Lower Pontalba Building on St. Ann Street, was built in 1849-51 by the Baroness Micaela Almonester de Pontalba. The city-owned...
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Federal City oversight committee is official but lacks members
A public-private partnership, the Joint Development Committee will have "exclusive oversight" over the Federal City in Algiers. A committee created to mend a years-old rift between two groups that...
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Reid wants Congress to protect Bush tax cuts for families earning up to $250,000
Washington -- Declaring that the fiscal cliff now appears unavoidable, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday called on House Republicans to pass a Senate measure retaining Bush-era tax cuts...
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New Orleans City Council's 2013 contracts for lawyers and other consultants...
As usual, by far the largest amount of money will go to the advisers who help the council regulate the Entergy affiliates that operate in the city. The New Orleans City Council has renewed its annual...
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Strike temporarily averted at East Coast, Gulf ports
The union for longshoremen along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico has agreed to extend its contract for 30 days. NEW YORK (AP) -- The union for longshoremen along the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico...
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St. Bernard Parish Council meeting over shooting range draws fire from audience
The proposed indoor Arabi firing range and gun store can move forward, as long as owner constructs certain sound control measures The St. Bernard Parish Council, which met across the street from a...
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Budget battle sends mixed signals on health care
Real money is at stake for big hospitals and small medical practices alike. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical...
View ArticleDeal reached to avoid spike in milk prices
WASHINGTON -- The top leaders in both parties on the House and Senate Agriculture committees have agreed to a one-year extension of the 2008 farm bill that expired in October, a move that would head...
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House considering bill to prod China to correct drywall problems
The drywall issues added additional layers of frustration for New Orleans area homeowners who rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina, only to face major corrosion and odor problems. WASHINGTON - The House...
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New Year's Eve in the Capitol -- lots of waiting for fiscal cliff deal
WASHINGTON -- This is probably not how members of Congress planned to spend New Year's Eve - waiting in Capitol offices and coffee shops to find out if Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Republican...
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Vitter bill lifts need for government approval to bring pets to movie sets
WASHINGTON - The House Monday gave final congressional approval to legislation that would exempt actors and extras who use their own pets in movies and television shows from submitting paperwork under...
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Landrieu and Vitter vote for bill averting the fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate early Tuesday morning easily approved a compromise bill to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. The bill passed by an unexpectedly large margin, 89-8. Both Louisiana...
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House now appears ready to take up Senate fiscal cliff legislation
WASHINGTON -- House Republican leaders late Tuesday decided against trying to amend a Senate bill aimed at avoiding automatic tax increases for most Americans and large spending cuts after concluding...
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Ending a hectic day, House approves bill averting big tax increases and...
WASHINGTON - After a day full of drama, including a rebellion by conservative Republicans, the House approved legislation late Tuesday night that averts automatic tax increases for most Americans and...
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Vitter bill aimed at toxic Chinese drywall waiting presidential signature
Washington -- Legislation designed to prevent toxic drywall from entering U.S. markets is on the way to President Barack Obama for his expected signature. The bill, sponsored by Sen. David Vitter,...
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Mandeville mental health hospital now under private management as opponents...
With the start of the new year, the hospital that for six decades made Mandeville synonymous with psychiatric care will have a new name and management structure. Under an agreement signed in early...
View ArticleBuses, a fence, coyotes and zoning in today's Jefferson Parish politics links
Kenner and Jefferson Parish officials are trying to hammer out a new agreement for how the parish funds public transportation in the city after several local officials have raised concerns that Kenner...
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