Opinions on Crescent City Connection, River Birch: Jefferson Parish politics...
Gambit editor Clancy DuBos reflects on the nullification of the Crescent City Connection referendum and the collapse of the River Birch Inc. investigation. "In a sense, both stories were about tolls,"...
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Vitter plans to question SEC nominee about her role in NFL's bounty scandal...
WASHINGTON - Mary Jo White, the former New York federal prosecutor nominated by President Barack Obama to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, may face questions Tuesday about her role in...
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Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board gets Gov. Bobby Jindal...
Gov. Bobby Jindal on Monday announced appointments to the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board. In 1984, the state created the board to support the vast commercial fisheries industry. The...
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Questions remain about Crescent City Connection's future, with or without tolls
Last week's nullification of the election extending tolls on the Crescent City Connection means drivers are streaming freely through the West Bank toll booths for now, but a host of questions remains...
View ArticleFiscal outlook improving, but only for now
The federal budget deficit will drop to $845 billion this year WASHINGTON (AP) -- Despite constant budget wrangling and finger-pointing by the nation's policy-makers, the government's short-term...
View ArticleForbes columnist blasts Louisiana PSC vote to halt statewide energy...
A Forbes magazine contributor lambasted a decision by Louisiana's public utilities regulators to halt a statewide energy efficiency program, saying it's a step backward and leaves Louisiana as one of...
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Food aid: Continue to ship U.S. food abroad, or buy direct from recipient...
WASHINGTON - It's one of those issues that often confronts Congress - whether to continue a policy that means jobs for some key constituencies, or a new policy that is more cost effective. That's a...
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Ryan budget generates polar opposite views from Scalise and Richmond
WASHINGTON -- The latest debate over federal spending and deficit reduction efforts officially began Tuesday when House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan unveiled a plan he says will balance the...
View ArticleLockheed Martin tanks to be built at Michoud tap into growing fracking industry
Mark Schleifstein co-authored this report. Lockheed Martin Corp. announced Tuesday it will build two massive liquefied natural gas tanks at the Michoud Assembly Facility in eastern New Orleans in an...
View ArticleProposed outlet mall at Six Flags site appears to be dead
A leader of the Six Flags project defers to Riverwalk project Plans for an upscale outlet mall at the site of the former Six Flags amusement park in eastern New Orleans appeared to evaporate Tuesday...
View ArticleParish Council meeting, 'pump to the river' project: Jefferson politics links
The Jefferson Parish Council meets Wednesday (March 13) at 10 a.m. with an agenda running to 108 items. Among them are measures to refund stoplight camera fine revenue, to cancel the May 4 referendum...
View ArticleJefferson Parish waives permit requirements, fines for hailstorm repairs
Jefferson Parish residents whose homes and businesses were damaged by a Feb. 25 hailstorm won't have to get a parish permit or pay code enforcement fines for unpermitted repairs completed through...
View ArticleJefferson Parish Council cancels disaster cleanup contract over price...
The Jefferson Parish Council canceled a disaster cleanup contract Wednesday, illustrating the challenge of balancing qualifications, price and politics in choosing vendors. The council decided to seek...
View ArticleJefferson Parish delays contracting reforms, and disappointed advocates ask...
Jefferson Parish Council members Wednesday postponed a vote on contracting changes, as advocates expressed disappointment that officials were once more delaying proposals that have been on the works...
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Landrieu presses for bill to bar slaughter of horses for food
WASHINGTON -- In a room full of adults, Brittany Wallace, 17, stood out for her emotional appeal Wednesday for legislation that would prohibit the sale or transport of horses across states or to other...
View ArticleJefferson Parish stoplight fine revenue to be refunded to motorists ......
Stoplight scofflaws who were fined by Jefferson Parish's roadside camera system likely will get their money back. But perhaps not all of it, and certainly not soon. The Parish Council voted Wednesday...
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Scalise questions the president on energy, deficit and health care
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama appealed for cooperation to end the legislative gridlock as he met with House Republicans Wednesday. The closed meeting at the Capitol highlighted the differences...
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Julie Stokes sworn into state House seat, receives committee posts
Julie Stokes took the oath of office in a private ceremony Wednesday (March 13) to become the newest member of the state House of Representatives. The 79th District representative for west Metairie...
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Jindal administration doesn't say yes or no to Arkansas-type Medicaid deal...
WASHINGTON -- The Jindal administration, which has rejected an expansion of Medicaid to increase health coverage for the uninsured, is expressing some interest in a tentative deal between Arkansas and...
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Crescent City Connection's decorative lights could fade to black Friday
In what could be the most visible sign of the factious debate over the Crescent City Connection tolls, the lamps that outline and illuminate the iconic span may be turned off Friday night, partially...
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