Hurricane Katrina has cost key US agricultural sectors such as maize, soybeans, livestock, sugar and broilers around $87 million according to a new report released by the US Department of Agriculture USDA. Hurricane Katrina has cost key US agricultural sectors such as maize,...
1. Katrina generates heartbreak, debris Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast with such fury that debris created by the storm could take two years to clear. Millions of cubic yards of waste were created in Louisiana, ...
Many stores shut by Hurricane Katrina are back in business, but storm-related problems are expected to linger into the fourth quarter. Opinions vary, but retailers believe Katrina could shave off between 5% and 10% from previously anticipated Many...
AUSTIN, Texas -- A growing number of organizations from all segments of the nonprofit sector -- not just disaster relief groups -- are raising record funds online to help people, animals and communities devastated by Hurricane Katrina, reports Convio, Inc. E[acute accent]In the last seven days, nonprofits using Convio's market-leading...
Unlike previous hurricanes such as Ivan, Katrina could inflict a lot of pain on the U.S. economy, as a whole, because of the potential for extensive damage to oil and natural alas supplies in the Gulf of Mexico, as well as to the many refineries in L...
Katrina's power still shocks us, while the outpouring of support for her victims inspires us. Americans are generous people. We hope that generosity extends to the 2005 United Way Torch Drive campaign that kicked off last Friday. The campaign runs Katrina's power still...
Byline: STEVE DANIELS State Farm Insurance Cos. sustained between $8 billion and $9 billion in losses from Hurricane Katrina, a record for an insurer from a single storm. A quarterly financial filing last week with the Illinois Division of Insu ...
WASHINGTON & NEW ORLEANS -- Today civil rights and fair housing groups filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development and the Louisiana Recovery Authority. The suit alleges that the Road Home, Louisiana's Hurricane Katrina recovery program, discriminates against African-American homeowners in New Orleans. ...
More than three years after Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans metropolitan area apartment market is a "bright spot" in the area's commercial real estate market, according to a report released today. Larry G. Schedler & Associates and Madderra & Cazalot, both based in Metairie, have released their...
A government contractor blamed for flooding in Hurricane Katrina will ask a federal judge in New Orleans Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit, saying it is a government contractor and therefore immune from suit. Washington Group International, now URS Inc., was hired to do remediation and demolition work...
Why, at a time when crime is the No. 1 issue among the public and the greatest threat to the recovery of New Orleans, did Mayor C. Ray Nagin propose a budget that will force the district attorney's office to lay off 29 employees? This is the...
RESTON, Va. -- Was your business impacted by Hurricane Katrina or the mid-west floods? Did you close facilities due to storm damage? Did you relocate and continue to pay employees, even while your facilities were closed? If so, let MAXIMUS help you determine your eligibility for tax credits. ...
Students from Christian Brothers School will be the first to welcome the return of a Ferris wheel at City Park. The attraction at the park's amusement area has been out of service since Hurricane Katrina, and it will come back to life during a grand reopening 10 a.m. Wednesday ...
The Nagin administration and the City Council will spend the next three weeks hashing out the municipal spending plan for 2009. Mayor C. Ray Nagin's budget came in at $1.1 billion. The mayor says a 10-mill property tax increase is needed to replenish an emergency fund depleted...
Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport officials plan to lock in relationships with its 10 airline partners via leases -- a tool missing since Hurricane Katrina -- in an attempt to secure financing for facility improvements. Sean Hunter, aviation director for the airport, and the New Orleans...
New Orleans residents shouldn't expect any significant changes when it comes to waste pickup in 2009, based on Mayor C. Ray Nagin's budget proposal. "The services are going to remain the same," said Sanitation Director Veronica White, who said that if the mayor's proposed spending plan...
The University of New Orleans has seen many ups and downs since it first opened in 1958, but the continuing recovery from Hurricane Katrina is proving to be a defining struggle that will shape the university for years to come. UNO Chancellor Tim Ryan said the 50-year-old...
Mayor C. Ray Nagin and the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority signed an agreement Thursday to help reduce the number of blighted properties scattered throughout New Orleans after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Under the agreement, NORA will implement programs to fight blight, maintain public health and safety, and...
Why, at a time when crime is the No. 1 issue among the public and the greatest threat to the recovery of New Orleans, did Mayor C. Ray Nagin propose a budget that will force the district attorney's office to lay off 29 employees? This is the...
WASHINGTON -- Until Hurricane Katrina ripped up the railroad tracks east of the Mississippi, Amtrak's Sunset Limited ran from Los Angeles to Sanford, Fla. The tracks were repaired long ago, but Amtrak didn't return east of New Orleans. The national passenger railroad has said that the service...
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