After taking the oath of office from Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine “Kitty” Kimball, the members chose District 8 State Senator John Alario (R-Westwego) as the new Senate President.
The complex is part of part of a Federal City master-planned community designed to retain 1,600 existing jobs and create 400 new jobs in the short term, as well as attract thousands more in the future.
Emergency Operations/911 Center Opens at Hurricane Season Start
BY FRANK J. BORNE, JR.
Parish officials quickly learned during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 that the Emergency Operations Center located on Ames Boulevard in Marrero was rather outdated and not designed to handle major natural disasters. In the storm’s aftermath, planning began in earnest for the construction of a [...]
The mayors of Lafitte and Grand Isle say that they endorsed U.S. Senator David Vitter, R-La., in his recent reelection campaign because he has fought ferociously for them in the past and they are confident he will fight just as hard for them in the future.