Hurricane Katrina

It's been exactly a year since a Kenner warehouse full of inflatable party attractions was destroyed in a fire. A crew working on the building's roof started the blaze that caused more than...

The federal government was immune from liability in lawsuits brought by hurricane victims who were allegedly exposed to dangerous levels of formaldehyde while living in emergency housing units, the 5th Circuit has ruled...

Developer Wade Verges refers to Bullard Avenue as the new Main Street of eastern New Orleans. As one of the owners of the Lakeland Medical Center property where Wal-Mart Stores Inc. announced it...

Declining interest from Hurricane Katrina evacuees who have yet to return to New Orleans doesn't mean there's less need for the 1,500 housing units being built in the 27.5-acre footprint of the Lafitte...

Construction is set to begin on the building that will replace the facility that housed the offices for the LSU Health Foundation until Hurricane Katrina. Satterfield and Pontikes Construction Group became the apparent...

Section 45D.-New Markets Tax Credit 26 CFR 1.45D-I: New markets tax credit. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY Internal Revenue Service 26 CFR Part 1 Targeted Populations Under Section 45D(e)(2) AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury....

New Orleans residents will have a chance starting Monday to weigh in on a proposed plan to more than double Sewerage and Water Board customer rates over the next five years. Through a...

A state program to guard hurricane-afflicted homeowners against future disasters is actually making some of them less safe while shutting out those who want to rebuild, according to long-established contractors and former employees...

After steady year-over-year rises since Hurricane Katrina, foreclosures dropped in the New Orleans metro area for the first time in 2011. In the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner statistical area, foreclosures fell 9.37 percent to 7,089...

PITTSBURGH -- Michael Baker Jr., Inc., an engineering unit of Michael Baker Corporation (NYSE Amex: BKR), has been recognized for its development of the "Planning Framework for the Evacuation of Transportation Needs Population...

Current Refundings of Tax-Exempt Bonds in Certain Disaster Relief Bond Programs SECTION 1. PURPOSE This notice provides guidance on "current refunding issues" (as defined in § 1.150- 1(d)(3)) that refund outstanding prior issues...

NEW ORLEANS, La., Jan. 16, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- While most New Orleanians have been focused on LSU and Saints football, one local resident has put football aside for the moment to help...

Underwhelming. It's a fitting word to describe the two proposals to redevelop the former Six Flags site in eastern New Orleans. Pitches were made Jan. 6 to a city panel responsible for reviewing...

Just months after the New Orleans City Council celebrated a fourth consecutive year of lower electric bills for the city's energy customers, it's in the middle of a debate over bills of its...

The correction of residential home values in New Orleans may finally have arrived. Average selling prices throughout the East Bank of Orleans Parish have been erratic for much of the past year, according...

Steve Erickson, a national accounting firm consultant and speaker, found himself visiting firms in New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina. The need for remote storage and backup storage, Erickson concluded, was all the...

A battle between nonprofits that provide animal control services is moving to court, with accusations flying between the two sides. The Humane Society of New Orleans accuses the Louisiana Society for the Prevention...

Editor's note: The Startup Close-Up profile introduces readers to new companies in the New Orleans area. Make sure to cast your votes at the end of the profile as whether you think the...

In the past four months, New Orleans has added 1,359 hotel rooms with the reopening of the Hyatt Regency New Orleans in October and the opening of the Saint Hotel on Jan. 4....