NEW ORLEANS – Baker Donelson announced that the 2016 edition of Chambers USA, a highly regarded directory of America's leading lawyers for business, will recognize 83 Baker Donelson attorneys as leading practitioners in 23 practice areas. In addition, Chambers…
NEW ORLEANS – Beginning Monday, February 29, 2016, on-street parking ticket violation prices will increase in the City of New Orleans. On Thursday, February 4, the New Orleans City Council approved an ordinance increasing on-street parking ticket violations from…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Monday, February 29, 2016. Monday, Feb. 29 – New Orleans Vieux Carre Commission nomination deadline for the architectural awards held in May. Location: New Orleans www.nola.gov/home Monday, Feb.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The foundation behind Tulane University's Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life has promised the university $5 million to support faculty. School officials announced Friday that the Carol Lavin Bernick Family Foundation will give the school the…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A south Louisiana flood board's lawyers head to a federal appeals court in hopes of reviving a lawsuit against dozens of oil and gas companies. The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East filed the suit in…
NEW ORLEANS – The Orleans Parish Assessor’s Office will be holding question and answer sessions to help business owners understand how to log-in to the Assessor’s online portal to fill out their LAT 5 Business Personal Property Self Reporting Forms…
NEW ORLEANS – Beginning in the Summer of 2016, the Theology Program of the University of Holy Cross (formerly Our Lady of Holy Cross College) will begin to offer a new Master’s of Arts in Catholic Theology (MACT). “This…
NEW ORLEANS – The Downtown Development District (DDD) announces “Wednesdays At The Square” is back. • YLC has volunteer opportunities for YLC's 2016 Wednesday at the Square concert series at Lafayette Square beginning on Wednesday, March 2 and going every…
KENNER, LA (AP) — Kenner has inched closer to one day building a new, $844,000 home for the Hispanic Resource Center, which — despite its name — provides help to people of all ethnicities who need assistance buying homes or…
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Tax Free Shopping for International Visitors (LTFS) announced that annual figures for 2015 showed sharp increases in visitor spending and total number of transactions processed by the program. The 2015 figures represent the highest numbers in…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana senators Sunday reworked the state sales tax increase that is the linchpin of rebalancing this year's budget, deciding to keep the tax on the books for five years, rather than the 18 months sought by…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana House is proposing to take a hatchet to the Department of Education in the final four months of the budget year, with cuts that the state's education superintendent says would shutter nearly every program…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana House's action to rebalance this year's budget hasn't "come close to fixing the problem," Gov. John Bel Edwards said Friday. The Democratic governor said while he appreciates the House tax votes so far,…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers in the House on Friday held a first-ever hearing to review tax estimates from its nonpartisan financial analysts' office. Several House Republicans — and the Democratic chairman of the House tax committee — said…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards administration is questioning why Treasurer John Kennedy hasn't moved his employees to cheaper office space to help the state save money. Edwards' chief financial adviser, Jay Dardenne, sent a letter to…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Governors change in Louisiana, but one thing remains constant: at some point during the tenure of an administration, a governor will butt heads with Louisiana's outspoken treasurer, John Kennedy. The latest dust-up has Kennedy sparring…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana has seen a mild start to this flu season, but doctors and national experts say that may be about to change. The latest data available from the state Department of Health and Hospitals show…
ATLANTA (AP) — About 40 scientists from around the nation are expected to participate in "VORTEX Southeast," an upcoming study of the unique characteristics of tornadoes that develop in the South, weather researchers say. Like earlier studies in the…
The Lower Mississippi River (LMR) Dredging Update 22616 is attached for your reference. CONTINUING 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…
NEW ORLEANS – The City of New Orleans announced a new structure of the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission (NORDC), which provides governance over the recreation functions of the City. The 13-member commission elected their District D commissioner Byron…
NEW ORLEANS – DEVENEY announced the appointment of Carrie DeVries, APR as Vice President of Programming and President-Elect, and Cory Cart, APR as Board Member-at-Large/ Awards Chair of the Public Relations Association of Louisiana (PRAL) New Orleans Chapter. DeVries…
OMAHA, NE (AP) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said Saturday that the nation's economy is in better shape than the presidential candidates make it seem, though businesses like his still face challenges. In his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway…
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wants to require the Federal Aviation Administration to establish seat-size standards for commercial airlines, which he says now force passengers to sit on planes "like sardines." The New York Democrat told…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching a version of "take your child to work day" that's focused on America's science laboratories instead of its corporate workspaces. It's part of Obama's effort to encourage young people, especially girls…
SHANGHAI (AP) — Finance officials of the world's biggest economies promised Saturday to use "all tools" to shore up sagging global growth and to avoid devaluing their currencies to boost exports, but made no pledges of joint action. Finance…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Friday, February 26, 2016. Friday, Feb. 26 – New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu announces 'NOLA For Life' Midnight Basketball, providing safe recreational opportunities in crime hot spots for young…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers in the Louisiana House agreed Thursday to a short-term state sales tax hike that would raise hundreds of millions of dollars for the budget, supporting the centerpiece of Gov. John Bel Edwards' tax package. …
NEW ORLEANS—According to the year-end Uniform Crime Report (UCR), overall persons and property crime in New Orleans dropped six percent in 2015 when compared to 2014 numbers. The numbers represent a continued downward trend in overall crime reported in New…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new president of Xavier University, the nation's only Roman Catholic historically black college, says the nation needs to do a better job of tapping the talents of minority students to meet the need for more…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A former BP rig engineer was found not guilty Thursday on a charge of negligence that contributed to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Robert Kaluza was a rig supervisor aboard the Deepwater Horizon…
