Viewpoint: Who dat say dey gonna raise dem fees?
If a visit to the Office of Motor Vehicles isn’t taxing enough for the average motorist, LaPolitics columnist John Maginnis writes, starting this week it gets much more expensive.
When A-list political pundits and consultants came to New Orleans to hold forth about what’s wrong with politics, solutions were hard to come by.
Northrop Grumman has opened its new 20,000-square-foot facility in Slidell, combining that office and its Stennis Space Center operations in a $4 million campus.
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RACELAND (AP) — U.S. Sen. David Vitter wants to stop the Federal Emergency Management Agency from updating flood maps around communities working to fix levees found to be deficient.
(From The Times-Picayune) Entergy Corp. is $236 million behind in its investments to pay for the eventual shutdown of its two nuclear plants in Louisiana, and the company has asked the Louisiana Public Service Commission for permission to increase rates so that customers can make up the shortfall.
As of December, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans have emerged from the recession, according to a national report.
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Gov. Bobby Jindal joined Monsanto Co. Chairman, President and CEO Hugh Grant at the grand opening of the company's new expansion in Luling. Monsanto's expansion creates 26 new jobs, represents $196 million in capital investment and will generate 166 indirect jobs.
After managing presidential campaigns around the globe and becoming a national political celebrity, the Ragin’ Cajun is putting down new roots in the place where it all began.
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If a visit to the Office of Motor Vehicles isn’t taxing enough for the average motorist, LaPolitics columnist John Maginnis writes, starting this week it gets much more expensive.
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John Donahue III has been named chief executive officer of DonahueFavret Contractors in addition to his role as president. Donahue began his career at DonahueFavret in 1990 as a project manager/estimator, and became president in 2007. Jack Donahue remains chairman of the board of the company.
“My hometown is very special to me. My father was mayor of this city for 17 years, and the first place I would recommend to anyone visiting Slidell is actually a combination of three places that are right next to each other, and that were part of the legacy he built in Slidell.
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