N.O. to consider bike sharing program for commuting
New Orleans has been selected to receive technical assistance to explore the possibility of establishing a bike sharing program, Mayor Mitch Landrieu's office and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday. Bike sharing programs...
DATE: February 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Cook: Best Boilers to move into former Schlotzsky's on S. Sherwood
The 2,700 square foot building on South Sherwood Forest Boulevard that was formerly home to Schlotzsky's deli sold on Feb. 8 for $510,000, according to Chris Shaheen of Saurage Rotenberg Commercial Real Estate, who brokered the deal. The seller was...
DATE: February 12, 2013 | CATEGORY: Real Estate Weekly
CATS may consider company managing N.O. transit
As the CATS board ponders a consultant's recommendation that it contract out its executive staff positions in order to increase efficiency and improve service, it will be looking in part to New Orleans for advice. The Crescent City's Regional...
DATE: January 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Who's driving the bus?
You could forgive CATS staffers for giving themselves a moment in the sun. Even as officials took to the microphone at the Jan. 15 board meeting to extol the accomplishments of 2012 and the improvements in the city's mass transit system, everyone at...
DATE: January 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
New gun control measures will be tough sell in Louisiana
As Vice President Joe Biden leads a White House effort to develop gun control and other measures designed to prevent more deadly mass shootings at U.S. schools, The Times-Picayune reports it appears the Louisiana delegation will be a tough...
DATE: December 21, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
What's next for Louisiana congressmen?
Mercifully for voters who had been through enough already, the runoff in the 3rd Congressional District, won by Congressman Charles Boustany over Congressman Jeff Landry, was waged with far less of the rancor and venom that marred the primary. It...
DATE: December 11, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
Destination: Biltmore Estate
We wanted a fun trip off of the beaten path for Thanksgiving. Biltmore has it all: proximity (an easy two-day drive), beautiful countryside, unbeatable weather (especially by Louisiana standards), historical significance, and a great story behind...
DATE: October 31, 2012 | CATEGORY: News (inR)
Not dead yet
Much of the Deep South joined the GOP decades ago. But Louisiana hung back, passing nearly a century without a Republican as governor and 120 years without one in the U.S. Senate. Those were the heyday years: Huey Long, John Breaux, J. Bennett...
DATE: September 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: Current Issue
Happy Qualifying Day!
Today is Friday, August 17th and it is the last day to qualify for candidate elections to be held on November 6th. Aside from the Presidential election, East Baton Rouge Parish will be electing a significant portion of our representative government,...
DATE: August 17, 2012 | CATEGORY: The Spoils of Progress
Obama lands in N.O. as state Democrats struggle
President Barack Obama arrives in New Orleans today to help kick off the National Urban League annual conference. But as The Times-Picayune notes, Obama is landing in a state where his party, less than a month before the qualifying deadline,...
DATE: July 25, 2012 | CATEGORY: Daily Report
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