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Vitter candidacy scarred by PTSD, among other disorders. »
At this moment in American history, about a third of veterans from the wars in Iraq and...
/ July 27, 2010 / No comment / Read More »Obama moratorium may be result of being twice bitten »
Despite howls from South Louisiana, President Obama hasn’t budged on his deepwater oil drilling moratorium, which will cost...
/ July 23, 2010 / 6 comments / Read More »“We don’t ground all planes” analogy crashes and burns »
On March 31, President Barack Obama surprised many when he announced plans to lift oil drilling moratoriums...
/ July 14, 2010 / 12 comments / Read More »Imagineering an oil disaster »
I drove my wife and daughters to Florida to see relatives and have a little holiday in...
/ July 8, 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »
As the offshore spill cleanup progresses, Louisiana regulators and residents are engaged in another fight against oil pollution on land....
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Criminal drunk driving charges were dropped for the New Orleans Police Department officer, but city officials did not respond for requests for an explanation....
/ July 16, 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Some of the 185 employees enjoying a taxpayer-subsidized car -- plus city-paid gas and maintenance -- are likely to lose those privileges under the mayor's new policy....
/ July 15, 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Residents question whether the $8.9 million project to widen a section of Earhart Boulevard serve the needs of post-Katrina New Orleans ...
/ July 7, 2010 / 10 comments / Read More »
Signs of the siege were scattered across East Grand Terre Island at the mouth of Barataria Bay: a pile of rakes crusted with oily mud, drenched absorbent matted into the sand, baby pools...
/ June 9, 2010 / No comment / Read More »
As Louisiana experiences week eight of the Deepwater Horizon oil catastrophe, globs of crude continue to wash into Grand Isle. Instead of fishers and sunbathers, workers hired by the oil giant raked contaminated...
/ June 8, 2010 / No comment / Read More »Over the Transom
Baton Rouge wins big in race for federal stimulus cash »
A year and a half after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal dismissed the federal stimulus as a debt-generating waste, the Pelican State has accepted about $5 billion from the...
/ July 29, 2010 / No comment / Read More »Jail advisory group will not open meetings to the public, administration says »
Though top city officials have convened a group to advise on a controversial proposed expansion of the Orleans Parish Prison, the group’s meetings are not open to the public because...
/ July 29, 2010 / No comment / Read More »Landrieu depending on furlough-averse City Council to balance this year’s budget »
Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s plan to balance this year’s budget relies on the cooperation of the City Council, which has already voiced serious opposition to one of his moves:...
/ July 23, 2010 / No comment / Read More »