BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday that he'll propose a state budget for next year that avoids cuts despite the coronavirus pandemic, while also giving modest pay raises to public school teachers and new…
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Demand for new homes in the U.S. surged 4.3% in January with the housing market still one of the strongest segments of the economy. Last month's increase pushed sales of new homes to an adjusted…
NEW ORLENS (AP) — The utility company serving New Orleans appears to have cut three times as much electricity as it needed to during emergency winter weather blackouts, slashing power to roughly 26,000 families and businesses on Mardi Gras night,…
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Amtrak has told freight railroads it intends to resume service next year along the northern Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Mobile for the first time since Hurricane Katrina, a spokesman said Wednesday. The plan, which…
NEW YORK (AP) - The housing market was among the very few bright spots for the U.S. economy in the year of the lockdown and Home Depot became its supplier, racking up an unprecedented $132 billion in sales for 2020.…
BATON ROUGE ass(AP) — Louisiana and its local governments will only have to pay 10% of the cost of cleanup, fixing roads and public buildings and other public expenses approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency after Hurricane Laura. FEMA…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s often said that restaurants are like theater. Few have more flair than Commander’s Palace, a rambling mansion in New Orleans’ Garden District that launched the careers of both Paul Prudhomme and Emeril Lagasse. Birthdays at…
NEW YORK (AP) - The recent GameStop frenzy provided what parents and educators call a teachable moment — an opportunity that presents itself to lend a little insight. So what is the best way for parents to teach kids about…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana will expand coronavirus vaccine access next week to another half-million people, allowing teachers, child care workers and older people with certain medical conditions to get the shots, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Thursday. The full…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s top elections official is pushing to resume his voting machine replacement effort, telling the state's chief procurement officer that her temporary hold on work to hire a contractor “needlessly upended” the process. Secretary of…
NEW YORK (AP) - Do you know which restaurant cooked your meal delivery? Increasingly, it can be hard to tell. Delivery-only brands __ cooked in another brand's kitchen and often delivered by third parties like Uber Eats __ were proliferating…
NEW YORK (AP) — The $600 stimulus checks got Americans shopping again. After three months of declines, retail sales soared a seasonally adjusted 5.3% in January from the month before, the U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday. It was the biggest…
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Winter weather that has overwhelmed power grids unprepared for climate change and left millions without electricity in record-breaking cold kept its grip on the nation's midsection Wednesday. At least 20 people have died, some while struggling…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Coronavirus-related limits on access to Bourbon Street, shuttered bars and frigid weather all prevented what New Orleans usually craves at the end of Mardi Gras season — streets and businesses jam-packed with revelers. Parades and parties on Fat…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — ExxonMobil is hosting a virtual event to scout for a wider network of local suppliers for its planned $410 million refinery project in Louisiana's capital city. The Advocate reports that the Baton Rouge Supplier Forum is scheduled for…
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Though lawmakers spurned recent proposals to raise Louisiana's stagnant gasoline tax, another Republican legislator is trying to muscle through the idea, hoping he can persuade colleagues that significant new money is needed to attack a…
DALLAS (AP) — Snow and ice blanketed large swaths of the U.S. on Sunday, prompting canceled flights, making driving perilous and reaching into areas as far south as Texas’ Gulf Coast, where snow and sleet were expected overnight. "Typically, we…
NEW ORLEANS - Crowds are usually welcome and even encouraged in tourist-dependent New Orleans in the days leading up to Mardi Gras but as the final weekend of the 2021 season began Friday, police warned that crowds won't be tolerated…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hospitality industry workers who will lose income because of an upcoming bar shutdown and other coronavirus restrictions in the French Quarter can apply for five days of part-time work with the city, the mayor's office said…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards disagrees with President Joe Biden's targeting of fossil fuel industries and wants the White House to reconsider its decision to pause new oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico,…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards decided against loosening his coronavirus restrictions Tuesday and received his first dose of the vaccine, a day after expanding access to the shots to include Louisiana government officials involved in pandemic response work.…
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Allegiant Air will soon begin twice-weekly service from Shreveport to Los Angeles International Airport, company officials announced. The flights will operate on Mondays and Fridays, The Shreveport Times reported. They begin July 2. It will mark the first…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards will receive his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine Tuesday, a day after he expanded access to the shots to include Louisiana government officials involved in pandemic response work. The Democratic governor was…
THIBODAUX, La. (AP) — Louisiana has hired a firm to design a $14.5 million coastal research center at Nicholls State University. Thibodaux-based Duplantis Design Group will design the project, and the building should be put out to bid by the…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Small minority-owned businesses have often struggled to gain access to capital and other tools to grow, a challenge made more daunting by the economic upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic. But a new effort announced Tuesday aims…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Aiming to increase the numbers of oysters spawning in public waters, Louisiana is taking steps to forbid harvesting on four artificial reefs. The reefs are east of the Mississippi River in St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The mayor of New Orleans says she will soon announce an official plan for crowd control ahead of Fat Tuesday. Friday’s announcement comes after video of huge crowds on Bourbon Street went viral over the weekend, WDSU-TV reported.…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — GameStop and a handful of other stocks whose meteoric rise last month shocked Wall Street began falling back to Earth this week. But the campaign that briefly pushed GameStop up by 1,600% at the expense of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's top financial markets regulators say they will look into whether recent stock market turbulence is an indication that current trading practices are not doing enough to protect investors. The Treasury Department said Thursday that regulators…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says there are “tough months ahead” for the country with COVID-19 continuing to flare, making it critical that Congress pass President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion relief package. In her first public interview since…
