Senator JP Morrell to Live Tweet During Road Home Collection Letter Meeting
From Ragusa Consulting JP Morrell, the state senator for District 3, which includes parts of Orleans, Jefferson, and St. Bernard Parishes will be live tweeting during the Louisiana Legislature’s joint Hurricane Recovery Committee taking place this evening at 5:30 p.m. at New Orleans City Council Chambers. The Road Home is demanding that some homeowners repay …
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Senator JP Morrell Announces Winners of Student Essay Contest
Sen. Morrell to present Kindle Fires to Winners Tomorrow NEW ORLEANS (January 21, 2014) – State Senator JP Morrell, District 3, announced the winners of his holiday essay contest today. The Senator will visit schools to present the winners with Kindle Fires tomorrow. WHAT: Student Essay Winner Award Presentations WHEN: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 (throughout …
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Sen. Morrell Urges Gov. Jindal to Act on Amoeba
From Ragusa Consulting Two Ameba Instances Prompt Morrell to Call for State Action BATON ROUGE (Oct. 9, 2013) – Senator Jean Paul “JP” Morrell (LA District 3), whose senate district includes St. Bernard Parish, sent the following letter to Governor Jindal calling for State action to ensure the safety of municipal water supplies. Letter from …
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Post-Katrina New Orleans School Firings Wrongful
By The Associated Press In New Orleans City BusinessWatch movie online The Transporter Refueled (2015) Thousands of New Orleans school employees were wrongfully fired after Hurricane Katrina scattered the populations and shut down the city and its schools, a Louisiana judge ruled today. Judge Ethel Simms Julien awarded more than $1 million to seven people …
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Senator Morrell Takes on BP Spill Panel
From Youtube Joint Committee on Gulf Coast Spill Claims in Baton Rouge. Senator Morrell takes Gulf Coast Claims panel to task for short changing commmercial fishermen and using flawed number to justify underpayments!
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Legislators Want Answers on Louisiana Jobs Program
By Ed Anderson in The Times-Picayune A joint Louisiana House-Senate committee Wednesday approved minor changes to rules governing the way the state rebates money to businesses that create well-paying jobs, although officials of the program could not say how many jobs have been created and at what cost. LeuAnne Greco, executive counsel forLouisiana Economic Development, …
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Hazardous Waste Clean-Up Tax Credits Vetoed by Bobby Jindal. Why? No, Really. Why?
From CenLamar.com Tax breaks for bottled water, remediation of hazardous waste “brownfields” sites and energy efficient appliance purchases by elderly residents have been jettisoned by Gov. Bobby Jindal. There’s a lot to parse here, and I’ll leave the dissection of Kentwood water and grandma’s Energy Star appliances to other commenters. But I’d be willing to bet that …
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Defiant Lawmakers, School Officials Vow to Keep SUNO Alive
By John Pope From The Times-Picayune A day after the state Board of Regents voted to consolidate Southern University and the University of New Orleans, a ribbon-cutting ceremony at SUNO on Wednesday turned into a show of determination to keep the school open. After a procession of school officials and legislators had received strong applause …
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Raising Awareness on Lead: An Editorial
By The Editorial Board, NOLA.com By The Times-Picayunelive streaming movie This Beautiful Fantastic 2017 Children can play in Markey Park again without fear that they’ll be exposed to high levels of lead, and that’s a happy ending to one story of lead contamination. Routine pediatric blood-lead tests showed elevated levels for a group of Bywater …
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