Tax credits to help save Spanish Town houses
State historic tax credits will allow for the restoration of five houses that are considered contributing elements to the historic Spanish Town neighborhood. Developer Lance Bennett says he paid about $100,000 each for the houses—three on...
DATE: May 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
EBR sales tax receipts up
Sales and use taxes were up 7.37% in the city-parish of East Baton Rouge in March 2012, compared to the same month last year. Year-to-date collections are up 7.49%. Year-to-date collections are up 5.58% in the city and 9.08% in the parish outside...
DATE: May 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Environmental groups call for federal takeover of DEQ
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Integrity Project are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to "take over" the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. "Four serious accidents in 63...
DATE: May 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Anti-abortion measures advance
Two bills focused on deterring pregnant women from getting abortions have been overwhelmingly approved by two legislative health committees. Sen. Sharon Weston Broome, D-Baton Rouge, says her proposal gives women the opportunity to listen to a fetal...
DATE: May 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Tulane sues New Orleans city officials
Tulane University has sued New Orleans officials to prevent the creation of a special zoning district that could block the university's efforts to build a 30,000-seat football stadium on its Uptown campus. The suit, filed today in Civil District...
DATE: May 16, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Gas and oil prices shift fracking focus in La., rest of U.S.
While northwestern Louisiana, Pennsylvania and other gas-rich shale plays across the United States are losing jobs and revenue as the fracking industry shrinks following a price collapse, oil-rich North Dakota and Texas are in the midst of a boom,...
DATE: May 15, 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
La. Legislature asks NFL to reconsider Saints penalties
The Louisiana Legislature is asking the NFL to reconsider the penalties imposed on the New Orleans Saints because of its bounty program. The formal request received final legislative passage with a 28-1 Senate vote Monday. In the resolution,...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Investors sue auditor for Stanford fraud
Investors defrauded by R. Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme say in court filings that the fund's auditor knowingly participated in the fraud. As Courthouse News Service reports, the Official Stanford Investors Committee has filed a...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Study: La. trails U.S. for upward economic mobility, leads in downward mobility
A new study by the Pew Research Center's Economic Mobility Project says Louisiana is among three states in which its residents are most likely to move down the earnings ladder and least likely to ascend it. The "Economic Mobility of the States"...
DATE: May 15, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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