NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The start of the second weekend of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival was marked with thunderstorms, but the music played on to crowds that were thinned by the bad weather. By the time…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Friday, April 29, 2016. Friday, Apr. 29 – New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Michael Harrison and Mayor Mitch Landrieu hold a graduation ceremony for the 28 members of NOPD…
NEW ORLEANS – The City of New Orleans announced the successful completion of this year’s tax sale of delinquent property taxes. The City held the three-day online tax sale April 12 through April 14, 2016, as part of the…
NEW ORLEANS – Engel & Völkers, a European-based premium real estate brand, announced the opening of its newest shop, Engel & Völkers New Orleans. The expansion comes with the union between the storied international brokerage and Delery Comarda Realtors, a…
NEW ORLEANS –The Ruby Slipper Cafe, a local breakfast and brunch spot offering Southern favorites at 4 locations throughout New Orleans, has launched a new app-based loyalty program. Customers will be able to turn to their mobile devices to…
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has proclaimed Saturday, April 30, 2016, as National Lemonade Day in the state of Louisiana. This is the sixth consecutive year that the Governor's office has proclaimed it Lemonade Day in the…
NEW ORLEANS – The University of Holy Cross (formerly Our Lady of Holy Cross College) has named new members to the University’s Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees of the University of Holy Cross Corporation was created with…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards pushed back Thursday against criticism he is ousting children from Louisiana's voucher program, telling pro-voucher pastors who unexpectedly showed up at the governor's regular press briefing that they are being misled about…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — State senators have overwhelmingly backed a bill seeking to cut the spending of a legislative agency whose meetings cost thousands of dollars each year. The Louisiana State Law Institute, which studies complex legal issues for…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Convicted sex offenders would be barred from working as door-to-door salesmen in Louisiana under a proposal that sailed through the House. State representatives voted 86-0 Thursday to send the measure to the Senate. Rep.…
NEW ORLEANS – With the 2016 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival set to open for its second weekend at the Fair Grounds Race Course today, Thursday, April 28, the City is reminding the public about the procedures and requirements…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Thursday, April 28, 2016. Thursday, Apr. 28 – Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards holds his weekly press availability - State Capitol. Baton Rouge, LA, 11:30 a.m., Speaks at the…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Unionization efforts continue at some charter schools in New Orleans. United Teachers of New Orleans says in a Wednesday statement that International High School in New Orleans has become the fourth New Orleans charter school…
BATON ROUGE – On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, the Louisiana Board of Regents approved a series of initiatives, which address the current and projected fiscal realities for Louisiana higher education. These initiatives are supported by four guiding principles and seven…
NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a retired New Jersey police officer can pursue a claim that he was demoted in violation of the First Amendment because of his perceived politics, overturning a precedential Third Circuit…
NEW ORLEANS – While the world's greatest jockeys and horses run the Fastest Two Minutes in Sports on Saturday, May 7, 2016, local celebrants won't have to travel the 705 miles from New Orleans to Kentucky to take part in…
NEW ORLEANS – The American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) and American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASOA) will welcome an anticipated 13,000 attendees to the joint Symposium & Congress at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center,…
MARRERO, LA – As part of Stroke Awareness Month, West Jefferson will be offering free carotid artery screenings and personalized stroke risk assessments on Friday, May 6, 2016, at West Jefferson Medical Center’s Fonseca Auditorium, 1101 Medical Center Blvd., in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Insurers will seek significant premium hikes under President Barack Obama's health care law this summer - stiff medicine for consumers and voters ahead of the national political conventions. Expect the state-by-state premium requests to reflect what…
METAIRIE, LA – St. Martin’s Episcopal School has hired veteran athletic administration professional Sue Bower as Director of Athletics. Bower brings experience from her 20-year tenure with Tulane Athletics. She was Head Women’s Golf Coach from 1992-2006. Bower also served…
NEW ORLEANS – Two Deutsch Kerrigan female partners were recently recognized in the Best Lawyers® 2016 Spring “Women in the Law” Business Edition issue. Nancy J. Marshall has been recognized for her defense work in Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury…
NEW ORLEANS – The World Trade Center of New Orleans has appointed five new members to the Board of Directors for 2016; Wynn Radford, IV, Associate Director of Communications and External Affairs, BP America; John Voorhorst, Director, Global Business and…
AUSTIN, TX – Sustainable Holdings Inc. CEO Alex H. Edwards III announced the appointment of Glenn Stoudt as the Director of Chemicals and Coatings, a newly created position at the company. In his role as Director of Chemicals and Coatings,…
GEISMAR, LA (AP) — Industrial gas firm Praxair Inc. will spend more than $100 million to add a new carbon monoxide purification unit at its Geismar plant. The Advocate reports the expansion will add 13 million cubic feet of…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers in the Louisiana House refused Wednesday to give felons the right to vote as soon as they exit prison. Rep. Pat Smith, D-Baton Rouge, proposed to let convicted felons register to vote while they…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — An effort to strip Medicaid financing from Planned Parenthood if the organization starts performing abortions at its New Orleans clinic won the backing Wednesday of the Louisiana House. Federal health officials have warned such efforts…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — State Rep. Patrick Connick says some local industrial facilities are gassing Louisianians. So the Marrero Republican has backed a bill requiring facilities that break state and federal environmental guidelines to line their fences with air…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A Shreveport lawmaker's bid to require movie theaters across Louisiana to install metal detectors has been rejected by the House criminal justice committee. Rep. Barbara Norton, a Democrat, proposed a mandate that every theater-goer be…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The federal government says private recreational anglers will have only nine days to fish for red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico this summer, but at least one Gulf state said Wednesday that won't apply in…
Navigation Restrictions in the Area of Southwest Pass (SWP): The Associated Branch Pilots of the Port of New Orleans (Bar Pilots) continue to recommend a maximum draft of 42 feet for all vessels transiting SWP as first implemented at 1030…
