6 January 2009, 12:51 am
WASHINGTON - The new Congress that gavels in on Tuesday will benefit from a $4,700 pay raise, even before they do a minute's worth of work. The 2.8 percent wage hike, which lawmakers automatically receive every year, will raise the average ...... Read More »
5 January 2009, 3:54 pm
The recent announcement of a large natural gas deposit in northwest Louisiana, called the Haynesville Shale, could be this century's gold rush — or a fool's gold of hype. The only certainty at this point is that some fortunate landowners already ...... Read More »
5 January 2009, 11:37 am
WASHINGTON -Southern and western states are poised to snatch more congressional seats from the rest of the country as Americans pursue open spaces and warmer climates. The nation's migration west and south has slowed, according to new government ...... Read More »
5 January 2009, 10:47 am
WASHINGTON — The new Congress that gavels in on Tuesday will benefit from a $4,700 pay raise, even before they do a minute’s worth of work. The 2.8 percent wage hike, which lawmakers automatically receive every year, will raise the average ...... Read More »
5 January 2009, 7:55 am
An autopsy has begun in the Bahamas for John Travolta and Kelly Preston 's 16-year-old son, Jett . Two pathologists will attempt to determine what exactly caused the tragic Friday death . The local coroner in Freeport will be joined by a United ...... Read More »
4 January 2009, 3:56 pm
(AP) — Louisiana is leading the nation in loss of population, supplanting North Dakota in percentage of population decline, new U.S. Census data shows. If the trend continues, Louisiana could rank last in population growth when the 2010 Census is ...... Read More »
2 January 2009, 11:43 pm
In so many ways, 2008 was chaotic. The Utah sports scene fit right in. A football player transferred, setting off alarms of fans across our state. A basketball player left school early, for better or worse. The college football team that was expected ...... Read More »
2 January 2009, 3:58 pm
Hundreds of thousands of pounds of chemicals — some toxic to humans and wildlife — are pumped into Red River each year, yet northwest Louisiana's most prominent waterway is safe for swimming, fishing and, even, drinking, officials say. Federal ...... Read More »
2 January 2009, 3:58 pm
RUSTY COSTANZA / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Many of the boats docked at Prestige Oysters Inc. in Hopedale are from Texas. 'Most of your people here are just starting to come back after Katrina, and then you've got an influx of out-of-state boats,' said a ...... Read More »
31 December 2008, 3:53 pm
BATON ROUGE -- Improving Louisiana's worker-training programs, lowering high school dropout rates and boosting the availability of private health insurance will headline Gov. Bobby Jindal's agenda in 2009 as he tries to build on a year that saw ...... Read More »
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