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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...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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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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Sen. Mary Landrieu
Senate committee head looks out for small business
By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer NEW YORK — When a witness at a March Senate hearing on small business accused state and local governments of not doing enough to prepare for disasters, he g...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Amelia Belle Casino. Staff Photo
La. March casino revenue $232.2M: up from Feb. & 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Although Harrah’s land-based casino in New Orleans won less from gamblers in March than it did both a month and a year earlier, increased winnings at riverboat and racetrack casinos m...
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Chabill’s to open new facility in Baton Rouge
MORGAN CITY, La. — Chabill’s Tire Service plans to open its newest retail facility at 13887 Coursey Blvd. in Baton Rouge with a grand opening and ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. May 24. The facility is ...
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Job fair planned in Lafayette
LAFAYETTE, La. — Dozens of Acadiana’s top employers will be on hand to screen potential job candidates at the LEDA Job Fair on Wednesday, May 15, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Cajundome Convention Cente...
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