The largest energy outfits in the Gulf have teamed up to create the Marine Well Containment Co., aiming to improve rapid response to future oil spills. In a simulated crisis staged by the federal government in late July, it took a nonprofit response ...
Sugar is the world's most heavily subsidized commodity and a strong sugar policy is the only way to level the playing field for Louisiana sugar cane growers, says American Sugar Cane League General Manager Jim Simon. A handful of South ...
The administration's Gulf leasing plan prompted an unlikely alliance. By Jeremy AlfordJuly 26, 2012 While federal oil and gas issues traditionally divide industry supporters and environmental advocates, President Barack Obama's five-year leasing ...
Most of the highest paid state employees can be found in Louisiana's colleges and universities. But are they worth what they're being paid? By Jeremy AlfordJuly 26, 2012 There are 185 state employees being paid annual salaries of $200,000 or ...
Patrick Juneau There's nothing pretty about the oil spill claims BP is paying, but Lafayette attorney Pat Juneau contends the process is yielding significant benefits for the state.By Jeremy Alford You can tell Pat Juneau has put ...
The final round of the Boustany-Landry showdown is starting to come to life. It won't be pretty. By Jeremy AlfordTuesday, July 3, 2012 Right now they're just shadowboxing. They're throwing jabs at an imaginary opponent from the comfort of their ...
How a new state law plans to link local jobs to coastal projects. Beginning Aug. 1, contractors overseeing major developments along the coast and closer inshore will be required to take steps to bring local workers onto their job sites. It's not a blanket ...
Five tales of how the Lafayette delegation adapted to a loss of seniority, brought home the pork and navigated the most contentious regular session of recent memory. By Jeremy Alford Photos by Robin May I. Living In A Cadillac State The 34-story ...
The federal immigration debate has ensnared some of Louisiana's most iconic industries - and the guest workers they rely on.By JEREMY ALFORD Photos by ROBIN MAY You've probably never heard of an H-2B guest worker visa. But you have probably enjoyed ...
Government press secretaries, current and former, reacted in various ways to last week's cover story about their profession. Louisiana's statewide departments and cabinet agencies will spend more than $4.4 million this year to underwrite the salaries ...
A budget that counts on private investment could count out completing the Connector any time soon ...
Drago's set to take over the location in August ...
We need to face up to how the “new New Orleans,” so celebrated by the Mayor and the self-anointed civic elite, in fact amounts to a hostile assault on African-American families and the working poor ...
Six candidates vie for permanent job; no timeline released for selection process ...
