B.R., N.O. and Northshore set aside rivalries to flex combined political, economic muscle
Three years into an organized effort to give southeastern Louisiana a more powerful voice in its economic future, leaders of the fledgling initiative say it has found its wings. The Southeast Super-Region Committee, formed to unite the Baton Rouge,...
DATE: May 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Americans Elect deadline passes without a candidate
No candidate qualified by Monday's midnight deadline to compete in Americans Elect's online balloting to find an independent candidate for president, The Times-Picayune reports. But, if at the stroke of midnight it appeared that the group's...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
A 'vampire' or the American dream'?
(From The Washington Post) The Obama campaign launched an attack against Mitt Romney's business experience at Bain Capital on Monday, marking the beginning of what is almost certain to be a defining debate in the presidential campaign.
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: News
Gregory Gilmore
Greg Gilmore went corporate for a while, working for Merrill Lynch in New Jersey and New York City, but came home to Louisiana to start his own business. At age 13, he says, he sometimes worked 50 to 70 hours a week during the summer at construction...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Executive Spotlight
LSU in limbo
Pissing people off is nothing new for John Lombardi. But one higher education official found the now-former LSU System president a bit more aggressive than usual when he spoke to the Louisiana House education committee in late April.
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Supersized
Three years into an organized effort to give southeastern Louisiana a more powerful voice in its economic future, leaders of the fledgling initiative say it has found its wings. The Southeast Super-Region Committee, formed to unite the Baton Rouge,...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Reading, writing and leading
Parse the inflammatory rhetoric on the subjects of public education, school choice and independent districts, and what you are left with is this simple, inescapable conclusion: Few people, if any, are happy with the current state of academic affairs...
DATE: May 14, 2012 | CATEGORY: JR Ball
Crude oil falls for sixth day in longest drop since July 2010
Oil fell for a sixth day in New York this morning, marking the longest run of declines in almost two years, after crude stockpiles increased in the United States, the world's largest consumer of the commodity. Futures slid as much as 0.9% in trading...
DATE: May 09, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
CABL head: No magic formula for higher ed
The recent firing of LSU System President John Lombardi, and now LSU flagship Chancellor Mike Martin's possible departure to the Colorado State University System, are sure to reignite the debate over the structure of the LSU System. Barry Erwin,...
DATE: May 09, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Capitol Views: Panel OKs merging LSUS with La. Tech; drug testing for welfare recipients clears committee
The major higher education bill of the session, to merge LSU Shreveport into Louisiana Tech, heads to the House floor after passing the Education Committee today.
DATE: May 08, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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