BATON ROUGE – NFIB, a national small business advocacy organization, presented its Guardian of Small Business Award to U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana. “The NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award is awarded to lawmakers who small businesses…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin apologized Wednesday for routine scheduled maintenance that shut down the state's voter registration website on the evening of National Voter Registration Day. The routine maintenance had been scheduled long ago…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The White House's coronavirus response coordinator Wednesday hailed Gov. John Bel Edwards' COVID-19 restrictions as helping to save lives, giving the Democratic governor a boost on the eve of a special session where Republican lawmakers will…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s fiscal health before the coronavirus hit was dismal, and the state is likely to come out of the current financial crisis even worse, a new report says. Louisiana’s elected officials have made repeated financial decisions that…
NEW ORLEANS - Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar earned unwanted attention from the City of New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits after the bar posted video on social media showing Saints fans in the bar not wearing masks during…
BATON ROUGE - State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced that the state's unclaimed property program is temporarily short of the money needed to pay claims because of state budget "sweeps," when money is taken from various funds into the state's…
NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans today became one of 12 cities representing more than 36 million city residents to pledge to divest from fossil fuel companies and advocate for greater sustainable investment as part of their commitment…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is on track Tuesday to pass a government-wide temporary funding bill to keep federal agencies fully up and running into December and prevent a partial shutdown of the government after the current budget year expires…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers announced Monday that they will convene a special session next week to address the near-bankruptcy of the state unemployment trust fund, to work on Hurricane Laura recovery and to try to scale back the…
NEW ORLEANS - According to William “Bill” Rials, associate director in the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement’s Information Technology program, local governments who oversee the protection of voting machines and their databases should be acting now to prevent cybersecurity…
BATON ROUGE – The federal government has granted Louisiana a $1.2 billion line of credit for flood mitigation, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Thursday. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing the funding to support the flood mitigation…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana legislators are hoping to find a way to avoid the higher business taxes and fees that could kick in next year to replenish the state unemployment insurance trust fund. Employers pay taxes to support the fund…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A programming mistake caused more than 4,000 out-of-work Louisiana residents to get notices saying they’d been overpaid thousands of dollars in unemployment compensation and had to return the money, officials say. “I apologize,” Louisiana Workforce Commission…
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Already burdened by the coronavirus pandemic and a tightened deadline, the Census Bureau must now contend with several natural disasters as wildfires and hurricanes disrupt the final weeks of the nation's once-a-decade headcount. The fires on…
BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana State Bond Commission on Thursday approved 61 local tax elections that will appear on voters’ December ballots, amid discussions about whether commission members should get involved in the policy debates behind those proposals. The commission…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, announced that the New Orleans Bioinnovation Center is receiving $1.5 million from the Economic Development Administration to create jobs and produce research in the biotechnology industry. “Biotechnology can provide…
NEW ORLEANS - Who knew it was this hard to give away $275 million? The Louisiana Main Street Recovery grant program debuted in late July as a way to distribute some of the state’s $1.8 billion in federal CARES Act…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana legislators asked Monday if a program meant to help small-business owners with COVID-19-related expenses could be streamlined. Lawmakers created the Main Street Recovery Grant Program with $275 million allocated through the federal CARES Act. Business owners…
BATON ROUGE – The federal program meant to help workers who lost wages due to the COVID-19 pandemic and response has ended. The White House authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to spend up to $44 billion to add $300…
NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Louisiana will move into “Phase 3” of its coronavirus restrictions starting Friday, Sept. 11. He said these are likely to be the restrictions that stay in place until a vaccine is…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said he will ease public gathering restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 when current restrictions expire Friday, but he did not immediately detail exactly which restrictions would be lifted. Details on…
NEW ORLEANS - Jesse M. Keenan, an associate professor of real estate in the Tulane School of Architecture, helped edit a report published by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on climate risk to the U.S. financial system. Titled Managing…
NEW ORLEANS - The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) Excellence in Government Awards 2020 honorees will be featured in a one-hour broadcast on WYES-TV airing at 8:30 p.m. Sept. 18 and at 10 a.m. Sept. 20. Created by BGR in…
BATON ROUGE – The National Federation of Independent Businesses said its Optimism Index increased 1.4 points in August to 100.2, a reading slightly above the historical 46-year average. Seven of the 10 Index components improved, two declined, and one was…
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana’s Republican legislative majority and Democratic governor couldn’t agree on how to safely hold an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the decision may be out of their hands. Three Louisiana voters, the state chapter of the…
NEW ORLEANS - City officials, state leaders, the business community and individuals all worked this week to aid residents of southwest Louisiana who have been affected by Hurricane Laura. Among the efforts: New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan is…
BATON ROUGE - Local governments across Louisiana are saving millions of dollars for taxpayers by refinancing debt, according to State Treasurer John M. Schroder. Over the course of three months, the State Bond Commission approved 18 refinancing applications, allowing local…
NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits has announced it will extend through the end of 2020 its temporary suspension of enforcement of off-street parking requirements for restaurants and bars with a Louisiana Department…
NEW ORLEANS - WWNO New Orleans Public Radio announced that Priska Neely has been hired as the first managing editor of the Gulf States Newsroom, the new collaboration among NPR, WWNO, WRKF Baton Rouge, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and WBHM Birmingham.…
BATON ROUGE - State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced the Main Street Recovery Program has awarded $19 million in grants to small businesses as of Sept. 2. "We are awarding millions of dollars in grants every single day. On Wednesday…
