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New Orleans reaches $250M deal with Entergy to end battles over Grand Gulf, reliability
New Orleans has reached a deal with Entergy to settle longstanding allegations that the utility mismanaged the massive Grand Gulf nuclear plant that delivers large amounts of power to the city, winning a $250 million payout. The agreement represents a bigger payout than Entergy offered in 2022, as the utility...
Big changes are coming to Mardi Gras parade routes in Metairie. Here's the plan.
Jefferson Parish will return to its traditional route for non-Mardi Gras Day parades in Metairie next year, with Carnival krewes heading east — instead of west — along Veterans Memorial Boulevard. The parish will also require riders on certain floats to wear safety harnesses, after a man tumbled...
Thousands of archaeologists descend on New Orleans for annual conference
NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of archaeologists are in New Orleans this week for an annual conference. The Society of American Archaeology is celebrating its 89th year. Approximately 4,000 professors, students and other professionals working in the field are meeting to discuss a variety of topics, some with particular interest to Louisiana.
Building an accessible home: This book tells how one Louisiana couple did just that
When Frank and Lisa Vicidomina decided to build a house in Metairie, they leaped into a world of minute details and big decisions with what they saw as very little information available to support them. Lisa has polio, and her gradually declining mobility meant they needed a home that would be accessible for her wheelchair and a life lived from chair height.
Expansion of gun-free zones stalls in House despite urging from New Orleans police
The fresh wounds of New Orleans gun violence played over video in a Louisiana House chamber on Wednesday, visible in the anguished faces of the parents of Jezreel Poleate, who was slain late Sunday at age 24 outside a Warehouse District nightclub while 11 others were shot. The mass shooting...
Gayle Benson's real estate firm takes over two office towers after Hertz group defaults
Gayle Benson's real estate arm has taken over the operation of two regional office towers from the struggling Hertz Investment Group, one of which is the 39-story Energy Centre in New Orleans. Corporate Realty, a New Orleans-based real estate brokerage and management firm that Benson bought in December 2021, began...
Report: Hailey Van Lith transferring to TCU
NEW ORLEANS — Former LSU guard Hailey Van Lith will be playing for her third team in three seasons. According to multiple reports, Van Lith is transferring to TCU. In her lone season at LSU, she started every game and averaged 11.6 ppg and 3.6 apg. Before coming to...
Louisiana poised to expand permitless concealed carry; will New Orleans be exempt?
Louisiana lawmakers are poised to expand a new law allowing law-abiding adults to carry concealed guns without permits even before it takes effect and are resisting efforts to create more gun-free zones, including within the tourist district of New Orleans. The Legislature passed and new Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a bill by GOP New Iberia Sen. Blake Miguez to allow permitless concealed carry beginning on July 4 during a February Special Session designed to address the...
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