State’s four-year colleges battle community & technical colleges for state funding
State policy limiting funding cuts benefits slower-growing four-year colleges.
Clean audit, alternative retirement plans dominate McDonogh City Park board meeting
More massive tar mats from BP oil spill discovered on Louisiana beaches
Loaders are lined up along the beaches between Port Fourchon and Elmer's Island to collect massive tar mats. In the past few weeks, 1.5 million pounds of oily sand and mud have been collected from one spot alone. Experts say remnants of the spill will turn up along the coast for decades.
ReNEW board simplifies payroll payments, hears update on grants
CEO Kevin Guitterrez said he thinks Sprint will discount the school system's telecommunications bills if subsidies fall short.
911 board clears way for Landrieu donor to build billboard along I-10
Marco Outdoor Advertising says the city promised the billboard location 10 years ago.
Not enough members show up to have meeting, but principal discusses growth
First-year school reporting growth in student achievement and fund-raising.
Company closes in on no-bid deal to build billboard at city-controlled land along I-10
Marco Outdoor Advertising has tried for a few years to get the 911 board to let it build a billboard next to its call center — prime advertising space along the interstate. The board has refused, saying it should bid the work. Now the city has stepped in with an agreement that could enable it to approve the deal.
Rush to oppose coastal reclamation suit exposes weakness of Jindal’s case
Sandy Rosenthal: " ... if there were a good reason for Jindal to continue shielding Big Oil from its legal responsibilities to the people of Louisiana, we would have heard it by now."
First recipient of Fresh Food Retail Initiative closes, puts store on market
DaFresh Seafood received a $117,000 low-interest loan through the city's program. The owner says he'll repay it.
