BATON ROUGE (AP) — State tax extensions are available to Louisiana taxpayers whose homes, business and critical tax records are located in 20 parishes designated as federal disaster areas following recent flooding. The Louisiana Department of Revenue says for…
NEW ORLEANS – Second Harvest Food Bank, Chef Amy Sins of Langlois, local chefs and restaurant teams and Abe Smith of Chicago’s award-winning Uncle Bub’s BBQ will come together Tuesday, August 30, 2016, to barbecue 3,000 pounds of chicken, pork…
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans-based Bart’s Office Moving, Inc. will open its warehouse this week to the community as a collection point for donations and is seeking supply donations from the local community to fill its 26-foot moving trucks for…
LAFAYETTE, LA — Lafayette-based Parish Parcel, a monthly subscription service offering curated boxes of Louisiana goods, is donating 100% of sales from a specially designed T-shirt to United Way of Acadiana for flood relief efforts. The T-shirt, depicting a…
NEW ORLEANS – United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA) is awarding its initial phase of $120,000 in emergency grants to assist with flood recovery in Tangipahoa Parish where more than 7,500 homes flooded as well as child care centers and…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Insurance payments and traditional federal aid programs won't be enough to respond to the catastrophic flooding that ravaged tens of thousands of homes across south Louisiana, wrecking entire subdivisions and devastating entire cities. Louisiana, once…
BATON ROUGE – Applications are now being accepted by the Louisiana Small Business Rebirth Fund, which was created to award triage grants to support the thousands of small businesses impacted by the historic flooding in south Louisiana in August 2016.…
MIAMI, FL — Carnival Corporation Chairman Micky Arison and his wife Madeleine have matched the $250,000 donation made recently by Carnival Cruise Line and parent company Carnival Corporation to aid organizations assisting victims of the Louisiana floods. The additional $250,000…
NEW ORLEANS – HCA (NYSE: HCA), the parent of company of Tulane Health System in New Orleans and Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington, is donating up to $100,000 to the American Red Cross for flood relief in Louisiana, with…
BATON ROUGE – In response to the historic flooding in Louisiana, TruFund Financial Services announced the deployment of resources to assist several support efforts of small businesses across the impacted parishes. TruFund personnel has been on the ground leading response…
NEW ORLEANS – When Courtney Spence, founder and CEO of San Francisco-based creative agency, CSpence Group, heard of the devastating floods in Southern Louisiana that have affected 60,000 homes — the country’s worst natural disaster since Hurricane Sandy — she…
NEW ORLEANS – FEMA officials have distributed the following advisory regarding FEMA Determination Letters: Louisiana: Read Your FEMA Determination Letter Carefully If you’re a survivor of the Louisiana severe storms and flooding and get a letter that says…
BATON ROUGE (AP) – Business and economic development groups from across south Louisiana have teamed up to launch the Louisiana Small Business Rebirth Fund, which aims to give grants to companies hurt by the historic flood. Ansley Zehnder, a…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana legislator says he's looking for ways to provide smoother sailing for volunteer boaters — known collectively as the "Cajun Navy" — who turned out to help with water rescues during the recent floods. But…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Mobile homes will fill front yards across southern Louisiana again, just like after Hurricane Katrina, as federal authorities bring in temporary housing for thousands of people displaced by catastrophic flooding. These houses, though, will be…
NEW ORLEANS – Hudson Group and its joint venture partners New Orleans Air Ventures II were joined by New Orleans Aviation Director Iftikhar Ahmad, New Orleans Aviation Board Director Cheryl Teamer and representatives from the East Baton Rouge Council on…
NEW ORLEANS – To assist with relief efforts across south Louisiana following devastating flooding, the Louisiana Credit Union League (LCUL) is issuing the “Louisiana CU Strong Challenge” to credit unions nationwide. Funds raised by the challenge will be deposited…
BATON ROUGE — McGlinchey Stafford, a national law firm with offices in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, has launched the Flood Law Blog, a new legal resource for businesses affected by recent flooding. Thousands of companies operating in Louisiana…
ZACHARY, LA (AP) — Standing amid piles of waterlogged debris, President Barack Obama on Tuesday promised a sustained national effort to rebuild flood-ravaged southern Louisiana "even after the TV cameras leave" on a visit aimed in part at stemming campaign-season…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Heavy trucks and their works crews have begun hauling away mounds of moldy carpet, warped flooring and water-damaged furniture as south Louisiana digs out from flooding the governor estimated Tuesday had wrecked more than 100,000 homes.…
NEW YORK (AP) – Pop star Britney Spears is giving the clothes off her back to raise money for the Red Cross to benefit victims of widespread flooding in her home state of Louisiana. Spears, who's from Kentwood, tweeted…
BATON ROUGE – On Monday, August 22, 2016, House Majority Whip and U.S. State Representative from Louisiana Steve Scalise issued the following statement regarding the recent Louisiana floods: “As south Louisiana continues the recovery process following the heavy…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Connections Academy, a K-12, free, state certified public school conducted completely online by Louisiana teachers, welcomes students in all grades while individual school districts in the 20 impacted areas recover from the historic 2016 floods, announced…
NEW ORLEANS – Hudson Group, the largest travel retailer, and its joint venture partners New Orleans Air Ventures II were joined by Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport officials today at the Hudson News store inside the airport, outside of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is making his first visit to flood-ravaged southern Louisiana as he attempts to assure the many thousands who have suffered damage to their homes, schools and businesses that his administration has made their recovery…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The LSU AgCenter estimates that the floods in south Louisiana have caused at least $110 million worth of damage to agriculture — and the figure is likely to grow. Economist Kurt Guidry says in a…
MIAMI, FL — Carnival Cruise Line and its parent company, Carnival Corporation, are giving a total of $250,000 to charitable organizations to support their efforts on behalf of victims of the Louisiana floods. The cruise line is donating $125,000 and…
HARAHAN, LA – GenoVive, a genetic nutrition and fitness company based in Harahan, LA, is aiding flood victims in Louisiana. Thousands of victims are still staying in shelters or with friends on higher ground and do not yet know…
NEW ORLEANS – As of Friday, August 19, 2016, the New Orleans tourism industry collected more than 14 pallets of needed food and supplies at the offices of the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau (NOCVB) that filled a 20-foot…
NEW ORLEANS – The City of New Orleans announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will hold a Flood Insurance Workshop on Friday, August 26, 2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the New Orleans City Council Chambers…
