NEW ORLEANS – Mayor Mitch Landrieu, City and State officials, and FEMA celebrated the ribbon cutting and opening of the new Andrew P. Sanchez & Copelin-Byrd Multi-Service Center (Sanchez Center), located at 1616 Caffin St. in the Lower Ninth Ward,…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Friday, May 29. LEGISLATURE — Senate Finance Committee meets, 9:00 a.m. Location: State Capitol, Baton Rouge. GOVERNOR'S RACE – VITTER — Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund To…
NEW ORLEANS, LA—As part of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Office of Economic Development’s Business Information Sessions, designed to connect local entrepreneurs and business owners with useful tools and resources, the next session, on Thursday, June 4, 2015, will feature presentations on…
NEW ORLEANS – "Looting Louisiana: A Scandal Hiding in Plain Sight," is a 30-minute infomercial alleging the oil and gas industry used its power and influence to worsen the state's fiscal crisis. It will air in New Orleans on…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — For the third time in recent weeks, a House committee on Thursday voted down a proposal requiring workers — regardless of gender — to be compensated equally for similar work. That, supporters of the equal…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana's motorists could be hit with $79 million in fee hikes if budget-balancing proposals under consideration by state legislators become law. Senators have attached a $60 million annual fee increase on two House bills that…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers in the Louisiana House refused a 1-cent sales-tax hike Thursday that would help pay for a $12 billion backlog of needed improvements to the state's crumbling roads and bridges. Shortly after the proposal was…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. Bobby Jindal says he has "no concerns" about a medical marijuana bill nearing final legislative passage and would sign it into law if it reaches his desk. A proposal by Sen. Fred Mills, a…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — A search committee is recommending three finalists to serve as chancellor-president of Southern University. The committee held interviews Thursday. The university's board of supervisors hopes to name a new leader by July 1. Finalists,…
PLAQUEMINE, LA – Federal and state wildlife officers are investigating the poisoning deaths of two bald eagles in Iberville parish, LA, last month. A reward of up to $11,000 is being offered for information leading to the arrest and…
BILOXI, MS (AP) — Fresh Mississippi shrimp can be caught beginning Wednesday. The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources says in a news release that fishermen can trawl state waters beginning at 6:00 a.m. Shrimper Sam Sisavath was getting…
BILOXI, MS (AP) — City officials now say the Biloxi Shuckers' stadium will be ready for the first home game on June 6 against the Mobile Bay Bears. According to local media reports, the city, the team and Yates…
MIAMI (AP) — Researchers trying to figure out what makes some hurricanes strengthen into catastrophic monsters have a new lab that allows them to generate tropical storm conditions with the flip of a switch. The lab is at the…
NEW YORK (AP) — There's a new bird's eye view of New York City. The One World Trade Center observatory is officially opening to the public on Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Visitors will get a view of…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's next version of its Android operating system will boast new ways to fetch information, pay merchants and protect privacy on mobile devices as the Internet company duels with Apple in the quest to make their…
NEW ORLEANS – Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard announced one of its shareholders, Benjamin W. Kadden, is the recipient of the 2015 Pro Bono Publico Award from The Louisiana State Bar Association. The award recognizes attorneys and law…
NEW ORLEANS – In his annual State of the City address today, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu touted the progress the city has made over the last five years and announced the City’s plans for the commemoration of the 10th…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Thursday, May 28. NEW ORLEANS MAYOR — Mitch Landrieu delivers State of the City address, 11:00 a.m., Carver Theater, 2101 Orleans Ave., New Orleans. CUT OFF YOUTH CENTER —…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Developers have proposed expansion plans that could drastically change the face of riverfront property adjacent to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. New Orleans CityBusiness’s Robin Shannon reports the Convention Center is looking to build…
NEW ORLEANS – The 2015 Parade of Homes, presented by the Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans (HBAGNO), kicks off this weekend as the region’s top builders will showcase 18 new homes in neighborhoods across the metro and a…
METAIRIE, LA – Emmett Dupas III, a Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Advisor in Metairie, was recognized by the Financial Times as one of the Top Retirement Plan Advisors in the country. A native of Arabi, LA, Dupas has qualified…
WASHINGTON – Google released its annual Economic Impact Report, a study highlighting the economic benefits received by businesses and nonprofits across the country through the continued growth of e-commerce, and featured The New Orleans School of Cooking as one of…
NEW ORLEANS – Emeril’s Homebase announced that Brian Mottola has been named chef de cuisine at celebrity chef/ restaurateur Emeril Lagasse’s NOLA Restaurant, located at 534 St. Louis St. in the French Quarter. Chef Mottola has been a member…
NEW ORLEANS — The SoFAB Institute announced the arrival of the complete works of Chef Louis Osteen to the John & Bonnie Boyd Hospitality & Culinary Library, located at 1609 Oretha C. Haley Blvd. Louis Osteen, a South Carolina…
NEW ORLEANS – Delgado Community College will host groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Delgado River City site and the Advanced Manufacturing Center of Excellence in Avondale on Friday, May 29, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. “We are pleased to announce…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers in the Louisiana House have backed a nearly $3.7 billion financing formula for public schools that would boost funding $85 million next year. Nearly half of the increase — about $41 million — is…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Medical marijuana advocates have done this year what they failed to do in the past: push to the brink of final passage a bill that could finally make good on Louisiana's 1991 medicinal pot law. …
BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana House agreed Wednesday to the main planks of a Common Core compromise, appearing to quiet the controversy over the education standards for the legislative session. Near-unanimous votes for the two bills came as…
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Organizers of a drive to create a new city in East Baton Rouge Parish believe they have collected enough signatures to hold an election to decide the fate of the proposed new city. The petition…
LAFAYETTE, LA – The Louisiana Garden Club Federation (LGCF) has awarded Lafayette the Cleanest City title for 2015. Cities are grouped according to size, and this year Lafayette surpassed Baton Rouge and Metairie in their size category to win the…
