NEW ORLEANS – Audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP released its biennial Competitive Alternatives study which found Baton Rouge and New Orleans ranked the first and second most cost-friendly city to do business in among the 18 mid-sized cities…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Thursday, March 31, 2016. Thursday, Mar. 31 – Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality hosts a Clean Power Plan Listening Session, 10:00 a.m. Location: DEQ Conference Center, 602 N. 5th…
NEW ORLEANS – The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released final Flood Insurance Rate Maps for New Orleans that remove many properties from Special Flood Hazard Areas. “The release of the finalized Flood Insurance Rate Maps for New Orleans…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Pentagon says Textron Inc. of New Orleans has a $175 million contract extension to build five more air-cushioned landing craft for the Navy. The Pentagon's daily list of contracts states that the work is…
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced that the City of New Orleans’s resilience strategy, Resilient New Orleans, has been awarded the 2016 National Planning Excellence Award for a Best Practice by the American Planning Association (APA). Released in August…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The chief executive of McKinsey Social Initiative, a nonprofit group that implements programs bringing stakeholders together to address global and social challenges, will deliver the commencement address at Xavier University's spring graduation. The university, in…
NEW ORLEANS – Mouton Long Turner Architects announced they have opened a new office in Downtown New Orleans’ Central Business District at 424 Gravier St. The office phone number is (504) 586-9121. Company reps said, due to the…
NEW ORLEANS – NOLA FoodFest at the Riverwalk’s Spanish Plaza and The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, 500 Port of New Orleans Place, takes place Saturday, April 2, from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., and on Sunday, April 3, 2016, from…
CHALMETTE, LA – The second annual Working on the Water Summit and Expo returned to St. Bernard Parish on March 22, 2016, at the Meraux Foundation’s Docville Farm, concluding a year of Working on the Water programming that began in…
COVINGTON, LA – The Covington City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution asking the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to de-snag and dredge the Bogue Falaya River in an effort to prevent flooding. The Council…
MANDEVILLE, LA – The Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Northshore program will hold an Investor Panel Competition at St. Tammany Parish Council Chambers on Monday, April 4, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. YEA! Northshore students will pitch their new business ideas…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $618 million contract modification to fund the construction of a new guided-missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy. The Sun Herald’s Wesley Muller reports the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers advanced a proposal Wednesday aimed at enacting work requirements on food stamp recipients, requirements that Gov. John Bel Edwards kept from taking effect earlier this year. A proposal by Rep. Jay Morris, R-Monroe, would…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A bill to keep peeping Toms from extending their range with drones has received unanimous support from a Louisiana House committee. One representative described it as helping Louisiana keep up with the times. Rep. Marcus…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Governors would have limited ability to dole out last-minute pay raises, if the House agrees to a measure that won unanimous support from state senators. The bill by Republican Sen. Gerald Long would require the…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Smokers, drinkers, car renters and every shopper around Louisiana will be paying more for their purchases beginning Friday, as millions of dollars in tax hikes passed by lawmakers to help balance the state budget take hold…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Wednesday, Mar. 30 – Members of New Orleans community anti-crime and activist groups hold a news conference showing their support for public safety and urging…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A suburban New Orleans court discriminates against Latinos by charging them for inadequate English interpreters and making them attend overpriced, ineffective English classes as a condition of probation, the Southern Poverty Law Center said Wednesday in…
NEW ORLEANS – Delgado Community College has scheduled an industry open house to celebrate the completion of the new Delgado Maritime and Industrial Training Center at 13200 Old Gentilly Rd., on Friday, April 1, 2016, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana senators voted to scrap a law that prohibits Louisiana from issuing driver's licenses that comply with the security measures of the federal REAL ID act. The Senate advanced the proposal — pushed by Gov.…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Facing another round of budget cuts, Louisiana likely can't afford all of its privatized LSU hospitals and could shutter the safety net facilities except for those in Shreveport and New Orleans, the health department's chief financial…
NEW ORLEANS – The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana will host the 2016 Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Town Hall on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at the JW Marriott on Canal Street. The event will feature as Keynote Speaker…
NEW ORLEANS, LA (AP) — Company officials say Bell Helicopter, which opened an assembly plant in Lafayette in August, so far has hired 27 of the planned 115 employees who one day will produce 200 new helicopters annually. Paul…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana's transportation secretary says recent flooding from storms that struck earlier this month caused up to $20 million in road and bridge damage. The Advocate’s Will Sentell reports Shawn Wilson described the damage Tuesday in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. companies added 200,000 jobs in March, buoyed by strong gains in construction, retail and shipping, according to a private survey. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that financial services firms also posted solid gains, while manufacturing…
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said Tuesday that the Fed still envisions only a gradual pace of interest rate increases in light of global pressures that could affect the U.S. economy. Her comments spurred a…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says he is getting closer to announcing a decision on who will be the first woman on U.S. paper currency in more than a century. He says even though the woman selected will…
NEW ORLEANS — Today, Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced that the City of New Orleans was selected by the Partnership for a New American Economy (PNAE) and Welcoming America to participate in the “Gateways for Growth Challenge” to attract, retain and…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Tuesday, Mar. 29 – New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation CEO Mark Romig and other tourism officials unveiling a new marketing campaign promoting the City of…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Public funds from the Orleans Parish criminal court clerk's office were used to pay for $78,000 in celebrations, donations to nonprofit organizations and gifts and meals for employees, Louisiana's Legislative Auditor's Office said in a report…
