A former-- and no, doubt future, insurance industry lobbyist-- multimillionaire and reactionary Ben Nelson was easily the worst Democrat in the U.S. Senate. According to ProgressivePunch, the Republicans were able to count on him over 50% of the time whe

Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The $145 billion payroll tax cut deal is heading toward passage in the U.S. Congress as soon as today with bipartisan support, including from many lawmakers who will be voting for ideas they oppose. “This is real money that will ma

Small business owners got an inside look at the most effective way to do business with government...- 10:42 pm Tonight the Krewe of Gemini will roll through Shreveport, but Friday the Krewe and parade fans...- 9:22 pm Local housing authorities will recei

Small business owners got an inside look at the most effective way to do business with government agencies and prime contractors Friday during the inaugural Northwest Louisiana Small Business Summit at the Shreveport Convention Center. Organizers estimat

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to extend a payroll tax cut through 2012, relying on a coalition of Democratic and Republican votes. The 293-132 vote sends the $145 billion measure to the Senate, which plans to vote on it today. In addition to th

One of my colleagues – somebody who is much more knowledgeable about Louisiana politics than I am – concludes from all of this that this means that Gov. Bobby Jindal will not be running for the 2014 Senate seat against embattled incumbent Mary Landrieu,

While Democrats will claim victory in the impending deal to extend the payroll tax cut through 2012, Republicans have also won some fodder for their base on a key issue: They’ve managed to slice off a piece of the health care reform law — albeit a fairly

U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu says the additional money is from the fiscal 2012 Disaster Relief Appropriations Act. She says the waterway had the nation's biggest tonnage increase between 2008 and 2009 — 34 percent — and the river traffic has kept increasing a

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers from Alabama and other Gulf Coast states, frustrated that Congress hasn't moved quickly on legislation aimed at sending the region most of the fine money BP will pay for the 2010 oil spill, say they will try to attach the proposal

Shown above at the recent annual meeting of the Buckhead Coalition are: Caesar Mitchell, Atlanta City Council president (from left); keynote speaker Mary Landrieu, Democratic U.S. senator from Louisiana; John Eaves, chairman of Fulton County Commission,

Vermont Sens. Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu are trying to slow down the rush to effectively kill the Postal Service. Currently, the House and Senate are considering measures that would, respectively, kill the Postal Se

WASHINGTON — Gulf Coast lawmakers, frustrated that Congress hasn't moved quickly on legislation aimed at sending the region most of the fine money BP will pay for the 2010 oil spill, say they will try to attach the proposal to other bills. "From the Gulf

Published: Feb. 8, 2012 at 5:20 PM WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (UPI) -- Some victims of Hurricane Katrina will be permitted to keep money they mistakenly received from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. officials said. U.S. Sens. Mary Landrieu , D-La. ,

WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress from the Gulf Coast, joined by local officials in Washington to push for an oil spill fine bill, worried Wednesday that time could be running short for legislation to send what could be billions of dollars in spill fines

The Federal Emergency Management Agency plans to mail letters next week to 90,000 individuals and households letting them know that it will waive repayment of disaster assistance funds that FEMA erroneously distributed after Hurricane Katrina. Residents

An aide to Sen. Mary Landrieu who has been briefed by FEMA says the agency will mail out roughly

Golden, CO (MMD Newswire) February 7, 2012 -- Clean Energy Alliance, Inc. (CEA), the national association of clean energy business incubators, is pleased to congratulate Roy Keller, Director of the Louisiana Technology Transfer Office at Louisiana State

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — On his push for widespread change to the way Louisiana educates its students and judges its teachers, Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal has an unlikely ally in Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu. Though the two have not typically been

ASPCA urges public support for the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) today announced in a newly released poll conducted by