Yearly Archives: 2007

The Back-to-School Investment

School has started across Louisiana, and when students first walked into their new classrooms, chances are things looked pretty much the same as when...

PAR Releases “Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments”

The Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana (PAR) today released its “Guide to the Proposed Constitutional Amendments” for the October 20, 2007, ballot. The...

Increased property assessments shock homeowners

Phone lines lit up the second and fourth floors of City Hall Monday as frazzled homeowners across New Orleans started to receive unwelcome letters...

Property reassessments steam N.O. homeowners

Editor’s note: Moving Forward is the first of a two-part series on how New Orleans is recovering from Hurricane Katrina as the two-year anniversary...

Neil Erwin: LSUS to host conference on growth

On Friday, Aug. 24, LSUS will host a timely and first-ever conference to organize North Louisiana around some critical growth management issues, centered on...

Millage revival may raise taxes

SELA 5-mill tax was waived after storm Property owners in Jefferson Parish could see an increase in their tax bills this fall should the Parish...

Three Perkins Road projects pulled from agenda

The city-parish Planning and Zoning Commission on Monday recommended approval of a 115-acre mixed development off Interstate 10 just west of the Mall of...

Housing prices hold steady in area

Mischa Angel, of Prudential Preferred Properties' Bossier City office, is having the best year she's ever had."I believe the market is strong," Angel said...

New real estate office opens

By Judy Bastien  Coldwell Banker Pelican establishes local branch. Having a new Coldwell Banker Pelican Real Estate branch office in the Broussard and Youngsville area will...

Recent

T & I Committee Passes Graves’ Legislation to Improve Disaster Recovery

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure advanced a slate of bills today, including a bipartisan disaster relief bill authored by Reps. Garret Graves (LA-6) and Stacey Plaskett (D-V.I.). The legislation, H.R. 1311 is designed to help communities recover from disasters and increase disaster program transparency and oversight