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Dispute over amount of oil in Gulf tops Louisiana links
Lafayette Housing Authority investigation; Monroe company gets high-speed internet contract; Hammond transportation hub planned Here's what newspapers throughout the state are offering online readers...
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New Orleans is now a 'laboratory for innovation and change,' Mitch Landrieu...
Mayor says the city is gritty and determined In a speech Thursday that combined boosterism for his city and political commentary, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said New Orleans has become the nation's...
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Hospital board dispute hearing with former members and Landrieu is delayed
Legal wrangling over the composition of the eastern New Orleans hospital district board will continue until at least next week, as Mayor Mitch Landrieu's office and a group of residents suing the city...
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Oil spill has cost BP $6 billion so far, claims manager says
BATON ROUGE -- BP's chief claims manager told a joint legislative committee today that the Deepwater Horizon-BP oil spill in the Guf of Mexico has cost the company about $6 billion so far and the tab...
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Crowd jams hearing on Fat City makeover
Hundreds of people packed the Jefferson Parish Council chamber in Elmwood tonight for a public hearing on an ambitious plan to reshape Fat City, which supporters hailed as the path toward creating a...
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Business, labor back John Young for Jefferson Parish president
Business and labor have united behind John Young for Jefferson Parish president. Young said Monday he has endorsements from both the Jefferson Chamber's political action committee and the AFL-CIO in...
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Jefferson Parish property owners can protest their assessments Wednesday
Jefferson Parish property owners will get the opportunity on Wednesday to protest their most recent property tax assessments to the Jefferson Parish Council. Carrying out one of its annual duties, the...
View ArticleJefferson Parish Council set to hire engineers to study River Birch deal
After several months of false starts and setbacks, Jefferson Parish is poised to finalize a team of consultants to reevaluate a landmark 25-year, $160 million garbage-disposal contract awarded last...
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Pedicabs up for vote in New Orleans City Council on Thursday
The New Orleans City Council is expected to vote Thursday on an ordinance to legalize operation of for-hire pedicabs in the city. The measure seems likely to pass, though the council could defer...
View ArticleNew St. Charles Parish ER under construction
A second round of bids for a new emergency room at St. Charles Parish Hospital landed within the hospital's budget and the hospital plans a ground-breaking for Sept. 21. The parish Hospital Board...
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Superdome roof getting a good scrubbing to remove mildew
Roof's rough texture provides anchor for mold growth The job is enormous and the view spectacular, but at the end of the day the work is pretty ordinary: Like other New Orleanians caring for their...
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Extending President George Bush's tax cuts: Media links
Here is what some media outlets are saying about extending the tax cuts enacted during President George W. Bush's administration: A slight reprieve? Extending the cuts for a while may turn out to be...
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Haynesville Shale blamed for loss of new law school tops Louisiana links
Increase in young sex offenders in Caddo, Bossier parishes; Monroe hospital among the most profitable in nation; Sales tax holiday for hunters Here's what newspapers throughout the state are offering...
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Democrats want Sen. David Vitter to return 'questionable' funds
The Louisiana Democratic Party wants U.S. Sen. David Vitter to return $9,400 in campaign contributions from top executives of a Texas "tax resolution" firm that is in hot water for allegedly deceiving...
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Controversial St. Bernard apartment complexes still not built
After courtroom defeats last year, parish officials grant building permits -- but there has been no building The federal court battle over fair housing in St. Bernard Parish dragged on for months last...
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President Barack Obama's new stimulus proposals: Links to what others are saying
President Barack Obama this week is proposing a combination of tax incentives for businesses and an investment of $50 billion in the nation's transportation as a means of stimulating the economy. Here...
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Councilwoman Kristin Palmer to hold town hall meeting tonight in Algiers
New Orleans City Councilwoman Kristin Palmer is holding a town hall meeting tonight at Oak Park Baptist Church in Algiers to discuss economic development and the Oct. 2 ballot proposal that would...
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Agents in 2009 Jefferson Parish insurance scandal barred from new business
When it chose a company last month to provide supplemental insurance to parish employees, the Jefferson Parish Council worked to clean its decision of any remnant of the insurance scandal that wracked...
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River Parishes presidents cite challenges, achievments at chamber breakfast
Presidents of the River Parishes talked about construction projects, levees and freshwater diversion projects Thursday at the River Region Chamber of Commerce Parish Presidents' Breakfast in LaPlace....
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New York mosque investor declines Donald Trump's buyout offer
Donald Trump offered Thursday to buy out a major investor in the real estate partnership that controls the site near ground zero where a Muslim group wants to build a 13-story Islamic center and...
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