Suitably opaque, Section 2006 takes up only a few dozen lines in a sweeping health care bill that runs to 2,074 pages and ...
HEALTH-CARE MILESTONE One close vote in the House, one giant leap for health-care reform. After weeks of give-and-take, the House of Representatives on ...
CenturyLink agrees to add 350 jobs, stay in Louisiana Telecommunications provider CenturyLink has agreed to add 350 jobs in Louisiana while maintaining its headquarters in the state for at least the next decade. Gov. Bobby Jindal revealed the deal after meeting with ...
Former Louisiana congressman convicted of taking bribes will remain free while appealing A former Louisiana congressman who was sentenced to 13 years in prison on bribery charges will be allowed to remain free on bond while he appeals his conviction. Wednesday's ruling ...
Louisiana casinos record 6.9 percent dip in winnings Louisiana's state-licensed casinos, continuing to wade through the economic downturn like their counterparts in other states, recorded a 6.9 percent drop in gambling revenue last month from the previous October, state police reported Tuesday. ...
USDA: Progress made in harvest of cotton, other crops in Louisiana, Mississippi Farmers took advantage of the drier weather to make headway on their rain-delayed fall harvest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says cotton farmers in Louisiana and Mississippi had completed at ...
US ag secretary Vilsack appoints 2 Louisianans to National Peanut Board Two Louisianans have been appointed to the National Peanut Board. Francis V. Jordan III, of Rayville, was one of three members reappointed to the board by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. ...
La. has more than a dozen film and TV projects on tap; New Orleans set to break filming record With hurricane season ending, film and TV production in south Louisiana is picking up, and New Orleans is on track to break last ...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Mystery group run by NC law firm fans opposition around US to health bill One operative tried to enlist trade groups in Maine to oppose government-run health coverage. Another helped a member of a Las Vegas conservative group appear ...
One-week layoff drives up jobless claims 21 percent in Louisiana First-time claims for jobless benefits in Louisiana shot up 21 percent last week because of a temporary one-week layoff in the transportation equipment sector. That's according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission, which ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The brown pelican, listed as an endangered species even before the 1973 U.S. Endangered Species Act existed, is officially back from the brink of extinction, the Interior Department said on Wednesday. There are now more than 650,000 brown pelicans ...
Tropical Storm Ida bore down on the US Gulf coast on Tuesday, with weakened force after cutting a swath of destruction that left 136 dead in Central America. Ida was 60 miles (95 kilometers) southwest of Mobile, Alabama at 0900 Tuesday, moving ...
