Por: The Advocate Politics September 17, 2022
A last-minute challenge has stalled broadband installation in a poor northeast Louisiana parish that Gov. John Bel Edwards used on July 25 as a backdrop to ballyhoo the rollout of 67 grants to extend high-speed internet into underserved rural parishes.The effort to overturn the winning bid for East Carroll Parish claims that about two-thirds of the households slated to receive internet access already are being serviced, according to lawyers who... + full article
The Advocate USA Business September 17, 2022
Ascension Parish has established a new district that would divert tax revenue from new and expanding industry to improve roads in the parish's east bank industrial corridor along the Mississippi River.Even as projects in neighboring St. James run into legal and regulatory... + más
Prairieville traffic fix on hold while Ascension Parish, DEMCO fight over power lines. | The Advocate
Why LSU says traffic after Mississippi State game will be better than snafu after Southern | The Advocate
The Advocate USA Crime September 17, 2022
For months, Ascension Parish officials have been saber-rattling and threatening litigation with DEMCO over who pays to move power lines that have blocked road widenings and new roundabouts for more than three years in the traffic-clogged parish.But, in a twist, the Dixie... + más
DEMCO launches $30 million dispute with Cleco over alleged coal plant overages | The Advocate
St. James Parish doesn't have to pay nearly $864,400 in back sales taxes and legal interest to Nucor Steel, the ending a six-year legal battle.It's a win for a rural parish government and school system that have been reeling financially in late 2020. But it's a... + más
Last-minute challenge slows rollout of broadband in rural Louisiana parish | The Advocate
Thousands of old warrants clog Baton Rouge's justice system. Here's how some want to change that. | The Advocate
10 WBNS USA Nation September 17, 2022
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden met Friday with family members of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American detained in Russia, Paul Whelan, the first face-to-face encounter that the president has had with the relatives. In a statement after the meetings, which were held... + más
President Biden meets with Griner, Whelan families | ABC News
President Joe Biden meets with wife of Brittney Griner to show detained WNBA star is 'front of mind' | ABC News
The Advocate USA Politics September 17, 2022
The truest thing I can say about the Nov. 16 gubernatorial runoff is something I learned decades ago from the late Jim Carvin, one of the seminal media consultants in Louisiana: “Every election is a unique event.”Carvin wasn’t saying it’s a waste of time to look at past... + más
Will Rep. Garret Graves join Louisiana's gubernatorial race? | The Advocate
A pro-abortion access Miss America roils North Dakota House race with independent bid | ABC News
Fewer Louisiana residents have than almost anywhere else in the nation — largely because of politics.But the state is before this decade is out — largely because of politics.The work to extend broadband to the 400,000 homes and businesses without adequate internet service... + más
Louisiana receives $2.9M, nation's first funding to bring high-speed internet to rural areas | The Advocate
While state leaders were in Alexandria Wednesday celebrating Louisiana’s efforts to bring high-speed internet to rural areas, some of those slated to be connected worried in Baton Rouge that the whole project could be brought down by protests large telecommunications companies... + más
Bill Cassidy pitches the benefits of the infrastructure bill that he supported | The Advocate
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