Jeff Chamber ‘Washington Fly-In’ focusing on flood protection
In the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac, the Jefferson Chamber is sending 28 business leaders and local elected officials to Washington, D.C., this week to discuss regional flood protection. The chamber...
View ArticleObama: Washington took its eye off economic ball
President Barack Obama said today that Washington has "taken its eye off the ball" as he pledged a stronger second-term commitment to tackling the economic woes that strain many in the middle class...
View ArticleIssues remain despite NLRB confirmations
The Senate’s confirmation of all five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board may end some of the uncertainty that has loomed over the controversial agency for years. But it does not signal an...
View ArticleLawmakers meeting in hopes of limited budget deal
Top negotiators on the budget maintained a conciliatory tone and promised today to genuinely try to find agreement to spare both the Pentagon and domestic agencies from automatic, indiscriminate...
View ArticleWealth gap is widest in some affluent US cities
The gap between the wealthy and the poor is most extreme in several of the United States' most prosperous and largest cities.
View ArticleWashington state issues 24 marijuana shop licenses
Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses today with a middle-of-the-night email alerting bleary-eyed pot-shop proprietors that they'll finally be able to open for business.
View Article$3.8 million in 1st month of Washington pot sales
During the first month of legal marijuana sales in Washington state, stores sold just under $3.8 million, which is expected to bring in more than $1 million in state taxes
View ArticleAgrochemical giant Monsanto faces lawsuit over PCB pollution
Washington has become the first U.S. state to sue the agrochemical giant Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs, the toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people...
View ArticleDat Dog tells Washington that labor policy threatens expansion plans
Congressional lawmakers looking at the impact of an Obama-era labor policy heard Tuesday from a New Orleans-based business concerned that it could derail plans to expand in the Gulf South.
View ArticleObama: Washington took its eye off economic ball
President Barack Obama said today that Washington has "taken its eye off the ball" as he pledged a stronger second-term commitment to tackling the economic woes that strain many in the middle class...
View ArticleIssues remain despite NLRB confirmations
The Senate’s confirmation of all five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board may end some of the uncertainty that has loomed over the controversial agency for years. But it does not signal an...
View ArticleLawmakers meeting in hopes of limited budget deal
Top negotiators on the budget maintained a conciliatory tone and promised today to genuinely try to find agreement to spare both the Pentagon and domestic agencies from automatic, indiscriminate...
View ArticleWealth gap is widest in some affluent US cities
The gap between the wealthy and the poor is most extreme in several of the United States' most prosperous and largest cities.
View ArticleWashington state issues 24 marijuana shop licenses
Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses today with a middle-of-the-night email alerting bleary-eyed pot-shop proprietors that they'll finally be able to open for business.
View Article$3.8 million in 1st month of Washington pot sales
During the first month of legal marijuana sales in Washington state, stores sold just under $3.8 million, which is expected to bring in more than $1 million in state taxes
View ArticleAgrochemical giant Monsanto faces lawsuit over PCB pollution
Washington has become the first U.S. state to sue the agrochemical giant Monsanto over pervasive pollution from PCBs, the toxic industrial chemicals that have accumulated in plants, fish and people...
View ArticleDat Dog tells Washington that labor policy threatens expansion plans
Congressional lawmakers looking at the impact of an Obama-era labor policy heard Tuesday from a New Orleans-based business concerned that it could derail plans to expand in the Gulf South.
View ArticleLouisiana’s political scene shifts to Washington Mardi Gras
Louisiana's state political scene is heading north for a few days, to celebrate Mardi Gras in the nation's capital city.
View ArticleWashington becomes 1st state to approve net-neutrality rules
Setting up a likely legal fight with the Trump administration, Washington has become the first state to enact its own net-neutrality requirements after U.S. regulators repealed Obama-era rules designed...
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Online Optimism expands further with new office in DC
New Orleans-based digital marking agency Online Optimism has expanded into a third office and region: Washington, D.C. The eight-year-old company also has an office in Atlanta. Olmsted. Photo courtesy...
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