Louisiana voters approve flood-protection reform
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Louisiana residents on Saturday approved an amendment to the state constitution to overhaul flood and hurricane protection efforts in the region still struggling to rebuild from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.
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U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal won the Louisiana governor's race Saturday, becoming the nation's youngest governor and the first non-white to hold the state's post since Reconstruction.
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Of the 22,000 voters in Anieres, Cologny, Carouge and Meyrin, 2,723 chose to cast their votes online in four ballots on easing citizenship, introducing statutory maternity benefits nationwide, and preventing the closure of some 800 state-owned post offices
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Many residents resolve to stay in the state - except when hurricanes pass through.
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By MICHAEL OLIVEIRA  TORONTO (CP) - A bill to protect Great Lakes water from being sold or shipped across the continent passed its final hurdle in the Ontario legislature Thursday, as all three parties voted unanimously to pass it into law.
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Residents along the coast said they were relieved that the storm would be clear before the weekend.
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By John Dickey, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Jun. 23--State officials briefed Yuba-Sutter business people Friday on the state's levee bond and flood-control measures.
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Louisiana voters were deciding Saturday whether to consolidate the New Orleans-area's levee boards, the government agencies whose politically appointed members took criticism after Hurricane Katrina for failing to maintain the area's levees and floodwalls.
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The Legislature on Thursday approved most of a half-billion-dollar aid package for victims of the four hurricanes that ravaged the state this year.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 9 -- Voters looked past a federal bribery investigation of Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) and reelected the eight-term congressman in a runoff election Saturday.
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By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News  Mar. 1--AUSTIN -- The House put a stamp of approval Wednesday on a bill to help manage water levels across the state, the first of several landmark water planning bills before the Legislature this session.
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By David Usborne  After nearly two years of work fixing New Orleans' flood protection network in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers has revealed that significant areas of the city remain vulnerable to inundation in the event of another large storm.
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Louisiana appears to be rebounding from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, gaining 50,000 residents in the year ending July 1, according to the Census Bureau
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By Ryan Lafontaine, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 24--GULFPORT -- Compared with storm recovery she deemed "a joke" in New Orleans, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said Mississippi should be praised.
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U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd said on Wednesday he is determined to push federal flood insurance legislation through the Senate promptly, despite resistance from Louisiana lawmakers.
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Voters were deciding Saturday whether incumbent Mayor Ray Nagin or challenger Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu should oversee this city&#039;s long recovery from Hurricane Katrina &amp;#151; one of the largest reconstruction projects in U.S. history.
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PARIS -- Voters resoundingly endorsed President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to overhaul the French economy, giving his party a commanding lead yesterday in the first round of elections for parliament.