Vitter/Brown, 'odd couple' of financial regulation, unveil their banking bill
WASHINGTON - The Senate's odd couple on financial regulation Wednesday unveiled legislation to minimize the risks to taxpayers they say result from under-leveraged mega banks. The bill, offered by...
View ArticleJefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts' signature forged in Cox...
A Jefferson Parish official said his signature was forged on a contract with Cox Communications, and the parish Wednesday said the cable giant is conducting an internal investigation of the incident...
View ArticleCassidy proposes bill to force the president and his cabinet to use health...
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, introduced legislation Thursday that would require President Barack Obama and his cabinet to use the health care exchanges being created under the...
View ArticleVitter/Boxer water bill drawing opposition after unanimous committee OK
WASHINGTON - Legislation drafted by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., to authorize projects and policies for the Army Corps of Engineers is running into some opposition after...
View ArticleScalise/Richmond press FEMA to work with locals on new flood insurance rate maps
WASHINGTON -- Reps. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson and Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, are asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to work with state and local officials as it move forward to...
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Jefferson Parish arts center's contractor to address Parish Council, dispute...
The contractor building the Jefferson Parish performing arts center says he will make a presentation at the May 1 Parish Council meeting that will show that he's not to blame for delays and cost...
View ArticleCongress votes to end furloughs for air traffic controllers
WASHINGTON -- Congress has easily approved legislation ending furloughs of air traffic controllers that have delayed hundreds of flights daily. The House approved the measure Friday on a 361-41 vote,...
View ArticleOn the Hill: Richmond stand on same-sex marriage not good enough for advocate
Same-sex marriage petition After the liberal group Moveon.org named Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, as one of only 17 House Democrats not to endorse same-sex marriage, the congressman issued a...
View ArticleLouisiana Republicans object to bipartisan immigration bill
WASHINGTON - Louisiana Republicans are pushing back at a comprehensive immigration bill proposed by four Democratic and four Republican senators, including Marco Rubio, R-Fla. They don't buy the...
View ArticleKenner man appointed to state building contractors panel
Gov. Bobby Jindal has appointed Nick Castjohn of Kenner to the Residential Building Contractors Subcommittee. The five-member panel conducts hearings on alleged violations by residential building...
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The banking leak that backfired: On the Hill
According to staffers for Sen. David Vitter, R-La., a banking representative invited to take a look at draft bank legislation by the Louisiana senator and Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio, leaked the...
View ArticleState auditor says film tax credits cost Louisiana $170 million in lost taxes...
Louisiana's film tax credits cost the state nearly $170 million in lost tax revenues in 2010, according to a report released Monday by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor's Office. That year, Louisiana...
View ArticleKenner Mayor Mike Yenni vetoes ordinance awarding $100,000 pipe contract
Kenner Mayor Mike Yenni has vetoed a $100,000 contract that the City Council awarded for PVC pipe. It's the second time since taking office in 2010 that he's nullified a council ordinance. Yenni...
View ArticleLouisiana House committee votes to phase out solar energy tax credits
Louisianians receiving solar energy tax credits could see those incentives phased out under a bill passed in committee Monday. The legislation was introduced as the state's clean energy tax credits...
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Corps looking at shallower-draft Inner Harbor replacement lock project
WASHINGTON -- One of Metro New Orleans largest federal projects -- the planned $1.3-billion Inner Harbor Navigational Lock Replacement -- is on hold due to a combination of legal and cost impediments....
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Bill to fund community college construction passes Louisiana Senate...
A bill to finance construction projects at Louisiana community and technical colleges passed a Senate finance committee A bill to finance construction projects at Louisiana community and technical...
View ArticlePost-Katrina rebuilding in New Orleans and St. Bernard nears 80 percent
The post-Katrina recovery continues as 79 percent of the homes damaged by the storm within the flood zone of Orleans and St. Bernard parishes have been rebuilt or are in the process of being...
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Al Copeland statue, stage, could be erected in Metairie's Lafreniere Park
Al Copeland's survivors are negotiating with Jefferson Parish officials to erect a statue of the late fried chicken king in Lafreniere Park. The Parish Council is scheduled Wednesday to vote on an...
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Three civil rights commissioners say immigration reform bill would hurt...
Letter comes from two Republicans and one independent on the eight-member commission. WASHINGTON -- Three members of the U.S. Commission of Civil Rights say that a Senate bipartisan proposal to give...
View ArticleWatchdog urges state lawmakers to bring New Orleans' firefighters' pension...
A government watchdog group is calling on state lawmakers to pass legislation that would bring the city's beleaguered pension fund for firefighters under local control. Any changes to the New Orleans...
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