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Louisiana House Wants Parishes to Help Pay State Levee Debt

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Lawmakers in the state House want New Orleans and four neighboring parishes to come up with a plan to help...

Louisiana House GOP Leaders Unveil Budget Proposal

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana House lawmakers Monday released their multibillion-dollar spending plans for next year, advancing budget bills that would start earmarking the...

Register Now to Apply for Help from SBA Restaurant Revitalization Fund

NEW ORLEANS - Business owners can register now to apply for help from the Small Business Administration’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a program designed to...

Edwards Outlines Proposal to Spend $1.6B in Federal Aid

BATON ROUGE (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Thursday offered his list of proposals for spending $1.6 billion in new federal coronavirus aid...

$302M in BP Oil Spill Money Budgeted to Restore Ecosystems

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Texas can get up to $79 million in BP oil spill restoration money, Mississippi nearly $69 million, and Florida almost...

Louisiana Senate Committee Requests Raises for Teachers, Staff

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Senate Education Committee agreed Thursday to call for bigger raises for teachers and school support personnel than the state...

Report: Gulf South Consumers Ready for Adventure, Trust Local Sources

NEW ORLEANS – The most recent edition of Gulf South Index, created by the Ehrhardt Group and Causeway Solutions, shows that consumers in the...

City Allows Bigger Gatherings, Keeps Mask Mandate

NEW ORLEANS - At a Thursday morning press conference, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Dr. Jennifer Avegno, director of the city’s health department,...

Oil Pipeline Disputes Raise Tensions Between U.S. and Canada

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Months after President Joe Biden snubbed Canadian officials by canceling Keystone XL, an impending showdown over a second crude...

Louisiana House Approves Corporate Tax Swap

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana House endorsed a pair of bills Monday that would cut tax rates for some corporations while eliminating a major...

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