By Kevin Mcgill Jun. 21, 2021 01:00 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A decade-old lawsuit over the awarding of waste disposal contracts following Hurricane Katrina has been settled, avoiding a Monday trial and...
Aug. 29, 2020 02:23 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As people in western Louisiana continue to dig out from Hurricane Laura, residents in eastern Louisiana and Mississippi are marking the 15th...
Jun. 11, 2020 05:35 PM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A Hurricane Katrina-era law that New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's administration cited to block some information about the state's...
By Mike Catalini May. 17, 2020 09:07 AM EDT
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy's administration is citing a 2005 emergency powers law enacted after Hurricane Katrina to block...
By Emily Wagster Pettus Apr. 05, 2020 05:00 PM EDT
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves was a first-term state treasurer when the state was rocked by a massive and expensive disaster with...
By Kevin Mcgill Apr. 05, 2020 04:00 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is right outside my door. But I can't go out. Not much, anyway. My wife and I are self-confined to quarters, working at home and...