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Trump Administration Cuts Nearly $8B in Clean Energy Projects

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is cancelling $7.6 billion in grants that supported hundreds of clean energy projects in 16 states, all of...

New Orleans Police Official Says Crime is Down After Governor Requests National Guard Troops

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A top New Orleans police official on Tuesday welcomed the possibility of a National Guard deployment in his city but pushed back...

Congressman Troy A. Carter Part of Effort to Reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program Following Government Shutdown

Bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through Nov. 21, 2025, matching the program authorization extension that was included in the September House Continuing Resolution bill.

Business Leaders Share Biggest Concerns Ahead of Mayoral Election

New Orleans’ problems aren’t news to anyone who lives here. Issues from aging infrastructure, to crime, to affordable housing to the inevitable summer slowdown...

Candidates Line Up for New Orleans Municipal Primary

NEW ORLEANS – The field is set for the upcoming October 11 New Orleans municipal primary, with the qualifying period now closed and candidates...

Political Scientist & Global Affairs Expert to Deliver Tulane Address

NEW ORLEANS (press release) — The Tulane University School of Liberal Arts has announced that alumnus Dr. Ian Bremmer (A&S ’89), renowned political scientist,...

CIA Inspector General Nominee from New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS (press release) – Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C. firm member Peter M. Thomson has been nominated by United States President Donald Trump to be the...

Episode 232: Tax Talk – Amendment 2

Voting is going on this week on four amendments to Louisiana’s constitution. One of those, Amendment 2, would be the biggest change to the...

Louisiana Leaders Advocate for Proposed Amendment 2 in Statewide Briefing

NEW ORLEANS – At a statewide media briefing organized by Louisiana Economic Development (LED), Louisiana Department of Revenue Secretary Richard Nelson and LED Secretary...

Jefferson Chamber PAC Announces Candidate and Millage Endorsements

METAIRIE, La. (press release) – Jefferson Chamber Political Action Committee (PAC) has announced its endorsement of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – West...

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