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Moniz: LNG exports on hold until he reviews data
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will put on hold about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the En...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ribbon-cutting ceremony held for new restaurant in Patterson
Rockin’ Rooster held its grand opening Saturday and was welcomed into the Patterson community by Mayor Rodney Grogan who pointed out that getting restaurants and other businesses like this will hel...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cleco sends crews to help in Okla. PINEVILLE — Cleco Corp. is sending a 34-member crew to Oklahoma City to help Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company restore power to customers after a tornado destroye...
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Hayes promoted to banking officer
NEW IBERIA – Teche Federal Bank Board of Directors announced the promotion of Kelli Hayes to banking officer. Hayes is the branch sales and service manager of Teche’s Bayou Vista branch located at ...
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In Lafayette, a rosy economic view
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — It never gets old when companies announce they'll locate or expand in or around Lafayette. But Gregg Gothreaux, Lafayette Economic Development Authority president and chief ex...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Louisiana jobless rate rises for fourth month
Louisiana's unemployment rate rose in April for the fourth straight month, as fewer people reported having work. While the labor force was basically flat, according to the federal Bureau of Labor S...
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Plans to export U.S. natural gas stir debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — A domestic natural gas boom already has lowered U.S. energy prices while stoking fears of environmental disaster. Now U.S. producers are poised to ship vast quantities of gas over...
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Governments may push workers to health exchange
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — In a move that would capitalize on provisions under President Barack Obama’s health care law but could cost the federal government millions of dollars, Washington state lawmak...
May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Coastal governors call for more offshore drilling HOUSTON — Six coastal governors have called on Washington to open up more waters to offshore drilling and to make permitting a quicker, more effic...
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Shrimp on the Morgan City dock in 2012.
Cool weather delays shrimp season
By TODD MASSON The Times-Picayune NEW ORLEANS (AP) — This has been the second-coldest spring in the last century, and as a result, brown shrimp have grown more slowly than the U.S. economy. That pu...
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ExxonMobil presents check to LSU Foundation BATON ROUGE — ExxonMobil presented a check for $886,774 to the LSU Foundation as part of the ExxonMobil Foundation’s 2012 Educational Matching Gift Progr...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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La. sets state record with 26.3 million visitors
BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana attracted more than 26 million visitors in 2012, breaking a previous tourism record set in 2003, Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne announced Tuesday. The numbers, part of an annual...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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