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A federal judge recently extended the mandated deadlines for the Sewerage & Water Board to finish major repairs to the leaky sewer systems under several New Orleans neighborhoods. It is the second such extension since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the city eight years ago.
U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Vial Lemmon gave the board another five years to complete work underneath the Lower 9th Ward and another six years to finish repairs in eastern New Orleans that would bring the agency in line with orders from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration and the water board had clamored for more time and money last year as the deadlines to complete work in each of the city's nine "basins" fast approached. The Lower 9th Ward and eastern New Orleans sparked a greater sense of urgency because those areas were scheduled to be finished this year.
According to Lemmon's ruling,
...LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A proposal to study an alternative path for Interstate 49 South that would bypass Lafayette appears dead for this year.
State Rep. Terry Landry, D-Lafayette, and state Rep. Mike Huval, R-Breaux Bridge, filed a legislative "study request" asking the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to evaluate the so-called "Teche Ridge" route for I-49 South, which would skirt Lafayette to the east through rural St. Martin Parish.
Such requests do not require a vote but can be blocked if at least one third of the House or the Senate file written objections. The Advocate reports ( http://bit.ly/1adzcyp ) the House approved the request, but 15 of Louisiana's 39 senators objected to the proposed study, legislative records show.
Landry says the objections mean the study proposal is off the table for this year.
Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com
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...LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - A proposal to study an alternative path for Interstate 49 South that would bypass Lafayette appears dead for this year.
State Rep. Terry Landry, D-Lafayette, and state Rep. Mike Huval, R-Breaux Bridge, filed a legislative "study request" asking the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development to evaluate the so-called "Teche Ridge" route for I-49 South, which would skirt Lafayette to the east through rural St. Martin Parish.
Such requests do not require a vote but can be blocked if at least one third of the House or the Senate file written objections. The Advocate reports ( http://bit.ly/1adzcyp ) the House approved the request, but 15 of Louisiana's 39 senators objected to the proposed study, legislative records show.
Landry says the objections mean the study proposal is off the table for this year.
Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This
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K-Mart’s “Ship My Pants” was one of their most popular commercials. It had millions of views online before it even hit the airwaves. Well, they’ve done it again.
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St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy Chief Brian Trainor has been named chief deputy of the agency, Sheriff Jack Strain announced Friday. Trainor, a lawyer and member of the department since 2010, replaces sheriff's office veteran Tim Lentz, who retired this week after serving as Strain's chief deputy since 2011 .
Strain said in a news release that he and his executive staff met regularly to consider candidates for the job since Lentz announced his retirement several weeks ago. Trainor emerged as the clear choice, he said."He is an outstanding leader with a commitment to excellence that will benefit not only the men and women of this agency but all who live in St. Tammany as well," the sheriff said.
According to the Sheriff's Office, Trainor was raised in St. Tammany Parish, graduating from Pope John Paul II High School in 1992. The following year, he joined
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These before and after images from Google Maps show how much devastion the EF-5 tornado caused in Moore, Oklahoma. Its winds reached more than 200 miles per hour at the strongest. The tornado destroyed 13,000 buildings and may have caused $2 billion in damage. At least 24 died and hundreds more were hurt.
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This weekend is the time to prepare for hurricane season. Saturday and Sunday are state tax holidays on hurricane-preparedness items. That means you don’t have to pay the 4% state sales tax on things like flashlights, self-powered radios, batteries, coolers, and generators (you do still have to pay parish and city taxes, though).
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