NEW ORLEANS – A construction update will be issued today to disclose the progress of the new $546 million terminal at Louis Armstrong International Airport, but, according to Robert McClendon with NOLA.com| The Times-Picayune, a labor protest may steal its…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Tuesday, June 30. BLACK WORKERS – RALLY — BlackWorkersMatter rally to win quality career jobs in the construction of the North Terminal Airport Project, 9:15 a.m. Location: Steps of City…
NEW ORLEANS – It’s an underused tract in Mid-City, but New Orleans businessman Sidney Torres IV sees the 9 acres of land he bought near Bayou St. John as the launching pad for his latest project – a large and…
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi have sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers in Houston federal court over a rule that they say strips them of jurisdiction over water. In a separate case…
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a rare bipartisan scene at the White House, President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law two hard-fought bills giving him greater authority to negotiate international trade deals and providing aid to workers whose jobs are…
NEW ORLEANS – Mayor Mitch Landrieu issued the following statement after President Obama signed the Trade Promotion Authority legislation into law. City Hall reps say TPA paves the way for the President to negotiate trade agreements that will level the…
BATON ROUGE – Scientists at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center have made a discovery about the way fat is stored and used in the body that could lay the foundation for future development of new treatments for obesity related conditions…
MONROE, LA (AP) — Miss Crescent City New Orleans April Nelson was crowned Miss Louisiana 2015 at the Monroe Civic Center Saturday night. The News-Star’s Bonnie Bolden reports Nelson, of Mandeville, is an Oklahoma City University student. Her platform…
HOUMA, LA (AP) — As a student at Vandebilt Catholic High School in Houma, playing sports was not a big part of Greg Rodrigue's life. Rodrigue was a member of the school's band and tried out for the cross…
LAFAYETTE, LA (AP) — Five-year-old Aailyah Cormier chattered excitedly as she walked along a hiking trail that led to a campsite where other young students were waiting. "What's this letter?" her teacher asked as she pointed to a letter…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Salaried workers who earn nearly $1,000 per week would become eligible for overtime pay under a proposal President Barack Obama unveiled Monday, lamenting that too many Americans are working too many hours for less pay than they…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices increased at a solid clip in April, led by double-digit jumps in Denver and San Francisco. The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 4.9 percent in April from 12 months earlier,…
NEW YORK (AP) — The era of free checked suitcases on JetBlue has come to an end. The airline proudly proclaimed itself a holdout on fees for years, allowing passengers to check one bag for free. Now it will…
NEW YORK (AP) — ConAgra Foods Inc. plans to sell its faltering business that makes store-brand food just two years after spending $5 billion to beef it up by buying the private-label foodmaker Ralcorp. The company said Tuesday that…
NEW ORLEANS – Leopoldo J. Yanez has joined Baker Donelson as an associate in the Firm's Business Litigation Group. Yanez joins the Firm's New Orleans office, where his practice covers a broad range of complex litigation, including securities, shareholder…
BILOXI, MS (AP) — Louisiana's new cap on film tax credits could send more movie business to Georgia and Mississippi, says the Mississippi Film Office's Gulf Coast project manager. As one of the top film locations outside of California,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Monday, June 29. CASSIDY – VETERANS — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy will host a media availability following a roundtable with veterans on health care and the proposed VA Community-Based Outpatient…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Supreme Court won't hear appeals from BP and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. over Clean Water Act fines for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The justices on Monday let stand a lower court ruling…
GRETNA, LA (AP) — Jefferson Parish Attorney Deborah Foshee says she's looking into whether the ride-hailing service Uber is operating illegally in the New Orleans suburb. The San Francisco-based company said it is now operating in Jefferson and St.…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana officials began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday, days after a historic Supreme Court ruling last week paved the way for gay marriages across the country. Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court Jon…
DALLAS – Corner Bakery Cafe, a fast casual restaurant concept known for its ingredient-inspired menu and neighborhood cafe atmosphere, is looking for top multi-unit franchise operators to expand into the Southeast region of the United States. Specifically, in Louisiana,…
NEW ORLEANS – Twenty-one executive directors in the nonprofit sector recently completed an intensive program designed specifically to give them the skills they need to succeed. The program was created by the Greater New Orleans Foundation Organizational initiative and CompassPoint,…
NEW ORLEANS – No time like the present to plan for the future! Learn how to build economic resilience into your business, chamber, or organization at Stay Local’s Business Resilience Workshops. The workshops are designed to help you identify…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tons of steel and miles of concrete have gone into the rebuilding of New Orleans in the decade since Hurricane Katrina. A lot of seeds and soil also have been a part of that rebirth. …
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The strategy for Gov. Bobby Jindal's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is partly based on a "tell them what you've done" approach. But touting his achievements back home could get him into muddy water quickly…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisianians who could benefit from medical marijuana may want to use the drug soon now that lawmakers have passed a pot proposal, which Gov. Bobby Jindal promises to sign. But the unfortunate reality is that…
HOUMA, LA (AP) — Houston-based Era Group has opened a 35-acre helicopter base for offshore flights to and from Houma-Terrebonne Airport. The Courier’s Keith Magill reports that the base houses 30 helicopters that will carry 15,000 workers to and…
LECOMPTE, LA (AP) — Even though he didn't major in forestry at LSU, Derwood Delaney, at age 81, continues to be a major player in the forestry business as the owner of what forestry experts hail as the premier forest…
NEW YORK (AP) — Global stock markets are stumbling as investors worry about fallout from Greece's deepening debt troubles as talks between the country and its creditors broke down over the weekend. Greece has shuttered its banks to prevent…
NEW YORK (AP) — In your quest to find a date, a spouse or a hook-up, you might discover something else when using dating apps: new music. From Madonna to Mariah Carey, an increasing number of acts are looking…
