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BATON ROUGE, La. - The state of Louisiana is launching a $25 million "gap financing" loan program to create additional mixed-income and Permanent Supportive Housing in the 53 parishes damaged by hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. The fundin...

Nikki Buskey Staff Writer THIBODAUX €” Projects on pollution in Bayou Lafourche, using sugar cane for alternative energy and threats to sea birds on local barrier islands earned three Nicholls students first-place honors at a statewide science confer...

State Economic Development Secretary Stephen Moret has received legislative backing for his plan to use $80 million in federal hurricane recovery money to compete for business projects.

Naomi King Staff Writer HOUMA €” Local officials say they've run into another hurdle in rebuilding Island Road. Repairs to this two-lane, 4-mile long road will end up costing local and federal taxpayers roughly $7.5 million since 2005, according to p...

L'Observateur LAPLACE €“ The St. John the Baptist Parish Council on Tuesday is expected to approve an agreement between the parish and the Pontchartrain Levee District for inclusion in a federal program to begin construction of a $418 million hurrica...

DALLAS, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AT&T* announced today that it has deployed Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) resources to Chile as a preventive measure to ensure business continuity of the AT&T node in Santiago.

Nikki Buskey Staff Writer During hurricanes and tropical storms, surge predictions can vary in accuracy, and just a few feet can make a big difference for communities like Terrebonne and Lafourche.

New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities pose a special Census challenge. Unusual living condititions caused by recent hurricanes is forcing workers to hand deliver 2010 Census forms.