Super-delegate Nagin supports Obama
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has committed his super-delegate vote to Barack Obama. "I sat down and I talked to both candidates," Nagin told reporters. He said he decided to go with Obama "based upon his commitment to the recovery and his vision for America ...Read More
Nagin asks Jindal to keep National Guard troops in N.O.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says he asked Governor Bobby Jindal to postpone a planned phase-out of National Guard troops in the city to help fight crime.
Nagin met with Jindal in Baton Rouge on Tuesday ...Read More
Council threatens subpoenas in battle with Mayor's office
New Orleans City Council members are prepared to legal action in an ongoing battle with the Nagin Administration.
The controversy involes two sensitive issues: apparently malfunctioning crime survelience cameras and the city's "311" telephone call center ...Read More
White House plans to loan inspectors to Cerasoli
President Bush's hurricane recovery chief says federal agencies plan to loan inspectors general to New Orleans' government watchdog while that office continues to get established.
New Orleans man pleads guilty to spying for China
A New Orleans furniture salesman has pleaded guilty to spying for the Chinese government and providing Beijing with secret information on military relations between the United States and Taiwan.
Hornets face 3 game series with Spurs
Prior to the start of the Hornets-Spurs series, head coach Byron Scott said his Hornets would be in for a tough series and that San Antonio were still the champs until someone knocked them off in a seven game series ...Read More
Corps of Engineers and local emergency planners test hurricane preps
It is almost hurricane season, and that means several agencies are getting together and make sure they are all on the same page, same paragraph and same word of the emergency preparedness manual. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and emergency preparedness officials from the metro-area parishes today will conduct an exercise to see how well they all know the plan.
Report: Corps blueprint for coastal Louisiana falls short
The National Research Council says the Army Corps of Engineers has fallen short in an effort to come up with a strategy to protect coastal Louisiana from the worst hurricanes.
After hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated Louisiana in 2005, Congress instructed the corps to deliver by mid-2007 an assessment of requirements to protect the state from Category 5 hurricane ...Read More