More bicycling, boat launch damage, JEDCO spending in Jefferson Parish...
Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes are looking at expanding bicycling options. Jefferson soon expects to see a report from a $250,000 bicycling master plan study it commissioned last year, The...
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St. Tammany Parish Council appoints 2 to boards
The St. Tammany Parish Council recently appointed two people to public boards in the parish. At its Feb. 7 meeting, the council approved a resolution naming John Bollinger to the board of the St....
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Jefferson Parish's public hospitals are subject of closed council meeting
The challenges and opportunities facing Jefferson Parish's two publicly owned hospitals, are the subjects of a special Parish Council meeting scheduled Thursday (Feb. 21). But the public is not...
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Crescent City Connection referendum vote upheld after partial recount
The vote to approve a 20-year extension of the Crescent City Connection tolls has been upheld following a partial recount Saturday of nearly 4,000 paper ballots in Orleans Parish. The official 18-vote...
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Vitter fighting environmental lawsuit settlements he says are unfair to...
Washington -- Sen. David Vitter's latest fight with the Obama administration is over what he labels "sue and settle," in which federal environmental regulators settle lawsuits brought by environmental...
View ArticleJefferson Parish judge will rule next month on on whether political e-mail...
Judge Glenn Ansardi of the 24th Judicial District Court will rule early next month on whether NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune can view e-mails sent over a Jefferson Parish e-mail server. A Jefferson...
View ArticleAudits, candidates, debt critics, gun advocates, more in Jefferson Parish...
Jefferson Parish Council Chairman Chris Roberts said the council ordered an audit of the non-profit Jefferson Performing Arts Society in part because it has become increasingly reliant on public...
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Most Louisiana members get low grades from environmental advocacy group
WASHINGTON - Few states face the difficult environmental challenges that Louisiana does. Yet, according to a survey of congressional votes in 2012 by the League of Conservation Voters, most Louisiana...
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Baton Rouge hospital getting FEMA grant for Hurricane Katrina efforts
WASHINGTON - Baton Rouge is getting some belated financial assistance from the federal government for sheltering and providing medical care for Hurricane Katrina victims in 2005. Women's Hospital in...
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Louisiana military operations to take big hit under sequestration
WASHINGTON - With no deal in sight to avoid mandated budget cuts from taking effect as scheduled on March 1, the Pentagon began notifying 800,000 civilian employees that they could be placed on unpaid...
View ArticleJefferson Parish Council meets privately with hospital advisers
The Jefferson Parish Council went behind closed doors Thursday morning to meet with its advisers on the future of East Jefferson General Hospital and West Jefferson Medical Center. The council opened...
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Jefferson Parish's 2 public hospitals considering 'partnership' with other...
Jefferson Parish's two publicly owned hospitals are negotiating a potential "partnership" with outside entities to bolster their position in the complex and evolving health-care marketplace, officials...
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Interior Department: Oil and gas permitting delays likely under sequestration
Washington -- The Obama administration is warning of delays in processing permits for offshore oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of Mexico if mandatory cuts go into effect on March 1. Both President...
View ArticleCity Councilwoman Stacy Head revises her food truck proposal
Councilwoman Jackie Clarkson said she wants to have at least one more committee hearing on the issue before the full council votes on it. After her first proposal to liberalize New Orleans'...
View ArticleSmall business owners worry insurance tax will raise costs
Tax is one of several in Affordable Care Act designed to pay for expansion of health insurance. New Orleans-area small business owners say a tax assessed on insurance companies as part of the federal...
View ArticleKenner seeks tax-break program for Rivertown restoration
Some Rivertown property owners and businesses in Kenner's historic core would be eligible for new tax breaks under a state program that the City Council decided Thursday to join. The 7-0 vote asks...
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Harahan residents complain about composting operation in river batture,...
Harahan residents living near a wood chipping and composting operation in the Mississippi River batture asked the City Council Thursday night to restrict the operation or push it farther away from...
View ArticleJefferson Parish ordinance with contracting changes filed, but Wednesday's...
Jefferson Parish Council members would have to consider price in some contractor rankings and select companies ranked at or near the top in technical evaluations, under an ordinance filed by...
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Metairie's large Tolmas tract on Veterans Memorial Boulevard is for homes...
Metairie's Tolmas tract, the largest vacant plot along a prime section of Veterans Memorial Boulevard, must be used for single-family homes unless its owner successfully changesn the zoning, appeals...
View ArticleUSDA deputy secretary to visit New Orleans urban farm
U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan and chef Paul Prudhomme are visiting a farm in New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS -- U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen...
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