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KATC Lafayette News
April 23, 2018
One Louisiana couple is facing charges in connection with a crash that killed a 5-year-old girl in Ascension Parish earlier this month. ... 10 counts of vehicular negligent injuring, aggravated obstruction of a highway of commerce, obstruction of justice, driving under suspension, no inspection sticker, and 4Ãâà...
NOLA.com
April 22, 2018
A bill moving through the Louisiana Legislature seeks to impose stiffer penalties on people who cause criminal damage to "critical infrastructure" or enter such infrastructure without authorization, and it's adding oil pipelines to the ... Thibault says his bill "protects against those who want to inhibit commerce.
KATC Lafayette News
April 21, 2018
The Greater Southwest Louisiana Black Chamber of Commerce is honoring business leaders and students for helping the community. The organization held an event this evening at the Cajun Convention Center to celebrate its trailblazers and scholarship award recipients. Organizers say the annual awardÃâà...
Herald-Whig
April 18, 2018
Ãâú Monday, July 2: A host or hostess for the day is needed to help coordinate organizational and business events and work with the Louisiana Chamber of Commerce and the Unified Economic Development Council. The committee is encouraging businesses and organizations to use this day to celebrateÃâà...
The Advocate
April 18, 2018
The most notable storm was the one that killed the girl, stretching 22.5 miles (36.2 kilometers) across Shreveport and Bossier City, damaging commercial buildings, mobile homes and trees before lifting off near Princeton. Top winds were estimated at 110 mph (175 kph), rating EF-1 on the Enhanced FujitaÃâà...
WGNO
April 18, 2018
“For years, Chinese companies have dumped inferior, sometimes fraudulent, seafood products into the American marketplace, and Louisiana industries have suffered as a result.” Access to the Chinese market has put a dent in the $2.4 billion Louisiana commercial seafood industry, Kennedy wrote in theÃâà...
Pine Bluff Commercial
April 17, 2018
This headwater swamp is representative of the swamplands that were common in eastern Arkansas before the vast bottomlands were drained and cleared for farming and commercial purposes. “Teachers, students and visitors are welcome to download the Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park booklet,Ãâà...
TBO.com
April 17, 2018
ST. PETERSBURG — The collapse of a New Orleans bank is proving a boon to a fast-growing St. Petersburg real estate finance firm. Directed Capital has acquired $80.2 million in distressed loans originated by the failed bank and collateralized by hotels, apartments and dozens of other commercialÃâà...
People's Tribune
April 10, 2018
Louisiana Celebrates Another Successful Year At Annual Chamber Of Commerce Banquet ... A brief presentation was given by Jim Crawford and Dr. Gary McKiddy, both former Louisiana residents. They have been working on a book that will present a pictoral history of Louisiana through the years.
The Advocate
April 7, 2018
An escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China could in a worst-case scenario disrupt up to $9 billion in commerce between Louisiana and the Asian nation, depending on products targeted as the two countries exchanged tariff threats this week. Louisiana exported nearly $8 billion to China lastÃâà...
The Commercial Appeal
April 6, 2018
Manuel Duran, the reporter for Spanish-language media arrested this week while doing a live Internet video of a Memphis protest, has been transferred to an immigration detention center in Louisiana, his attorney said Friday. Duran is currently in the LaSalle ICE Processing Center, a privately-run detentionÃâà...
Syracuse.com
April 3, 2018
SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- A Louisiana college student has admitted to taking a Jefferson County teen boy on a cross-country trip, evading law enforcement for ... two counts of receiving child pornography, and persuading, inducing and enticing an individual to travel in interstate commerce to engage in sexualÃâà...
NOLA.com
April 3, 2018
Thomas A. Casey, a New Orleans lawyer who served 20 years in both houses of the Louisiana Legislature, died Thursday (March 29) of congestive heart failure at his New Orleans home. He was 86. ... A former president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Casey led the Loyola Law Alumni, the Jesuit.
Daily Comet
April 3, 2018
She's also proposing an Occupational Licensing Review Act, backed by Edwards, that would set up an annual review process of Louisiana's regulations governing individual professions. Even the review proposal received pushback as it won passage in the House Commerce Committee. RepresentativesÃâà...
The Advocate
April 3, 2018
Legislation aimed at improving affordable early childhood education breezed through the Louisiana House on Monday. The measure passed 89-1 and next faces action in ... She said the U. S. Chamber of Commerce has said the issue needs attention. The legislation would also require the commission toÃâà...
The Advocate
April 3, 2018
Everyone needs to understand this isn't just a Louisiana problem. Our coast supplies 90 percent of the nation's outer continental oil and gas, 20 percent of the nation's annual waterborne commerce, 26 percent of the continental U.S. commercial fisheries landings and winter habitat for five million migratoryÃâà...
Alexandria Town Talk
April 2, 2018
Local attorney Mike Tudor and Deborah Randolph, president of the Central Louisiana Chamber of Commerce, urged the Rapides Parish Police Jury Monday to ... The Commercial Building at the intersection of Third and Johnston streets, she said, has suitable space, but is just outside the designated area.
The Daily Iberian
March 29, 2018
“LouisianaCheckbook.com is the online home to the growing movement of citizens and taxpayers who want to see common-sense transparency and accountability for state tax dollars in Louisiana,” according to a prepared statement from the chamber. “If implemented, Louisiana Checkbook would be anÃâà...
Insurance Journal
March 21, 2018
A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb” of workers' compensation insurer, Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co. (Stonetrust), headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The ratingsÃâà...
FireEngineering.com
March 10, 2018
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U.S. News & World Report
March 10, 2018
... 10th year of successful missions in which they have completed more than 4,000 flights (3,831 air missions, 40 paid commercial tickets or humanitarian flights and 135 ground missions). ... Thomas saw that there was a need for an organization like Angel Flight in Louisiana, and Pilots for Patients was born.
The Commercial Appeal
March 9, 2018
In an interview with The Commercial Appeal's editorial board last week, Education Commissioner Candice McQueen said the department was working with a search firm to recruit ... From 2012 to 2014, he was the assistant superintendent of student programs for the Louisiana Department of Education.
U.S. News & World Report
March 9, 2018
"Hurricane Katrina was the catalyst that led me from being a commercial photographer to pursuing art full time," the Harvey, Louisiana mixed media artist ... Collection and Dumpster Dive workshops and team building events, showcase an affinity for transforming discarded odds and ends into commercial,Ãâà...
NOLA.com
March 8, 2018
The longterm effects of the state's plan to unleash the Mississippi River into its coastal marshes are often the focus of studies and discussion. But more needs to be done to understand how the planned diversions will impact commercial fishing in the first five years of the projects, according to LouisianaÃâà...
Knoe.com
March 6, 2018
MONROE, La (KNOE) CCA began in 1977 after drastic commercial overfishing along the Texas coast decimated redfish and speckled trout populations. 14 concerned recreational anglers created the Gulf Coast Conservation Association to combat commercial overfishing. The stewardship started with theÃâà...
Herald-Whig
March 1, 2018
LOUISIANA, Mo. -- Maggie Neff has been hired as the first director of the Unified Economic Development Council of Louisiana. The UEDC was formed last year as an alliance between the Louisiana Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana Visitors and Convention Bureau, Louisiana Community Betterment andÃâà...
WGNO
February 15, 2018
PORT SULPHUR, La. -- Louisiana's commercial fishing industry could be in jeopardy due to the state's Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project, part of the state's fifty billion dollar initiative supported by Governor John Bel Edwards. "I used to fish out here with my dad in High School and we used to catchÃâà...
KTBS
December 31, 1999
Louisiana ranked last. Ugghhh. The whole state's going backwards since we gave John Bel Edwards the keys,” according to a recent commercial hitting the market. “That baby will really get your attention,” Minden resident Dorothy Pearce said. The baby commercial -- created by Truth In Politics -- certainlyÃâà...
The Advocate
December 31, 1999
Harvill oversees the management of more than 18 million square feet of commercial space for Latter & Blum. .... Serving on the board of directors from the area are Melissa Bordelon, of the Hammond Chamber of Commerce; Camille Conaway, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry in Baton RougeÃâà...
LSU Now
December 31, 1999
However, there has been no comprehensive guide showing potential hazards near Louisiana's coast until now. With the new Louisiana Coastal Geohazards Atlas, the Louisiana Geological Survey hopes to create that guide. According to mississippiriverdelta.org, Louisiana's commercial fishing industryÃâà...
The Daily Iberian
December 31, 1999
“LouisianaCheckbook.com is the online home to the growing movement of citizens and taxpayers who want to see common-sense transparency and accountability for state tax dollars in Louisiana,” according to a prepared statement from the chamber. “If implemented, Louisiana Checkbook would be anÃâà...
