Mickey News (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
... called the event and subsequent statewide exposure a "tremendous" thing. "This is all part of what Mitch Landrieu as lieutenant governor has been doing with, I would say in the larger sense, the cultural economy," Roy said. "Louisiana is going to get to highlight all the regions of the state." Roy estimated that Louisiana's cultural economy accounts for in excess of 144,000 jobs....
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Louisiana is facing $1 billion in damages from Ike and Gustav, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said. New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin said in prepared testimony that the $40 million cost of evacuating his city for Hurricane Gustav has led to hiring freezes and a halt of any new expenditures until disaster costs are reimbursed.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
... that city's mayor said.Louisiana is facing $1 billion in damage from Ike and Gustav, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said. Later Tuesday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is expected to tell House lawmakers the $40 million cost of evacuating his city for Hurricane Gustav has led to hiring freezes and a halt of any new expenditures until disaster costs are reimbursed.Houston Mayor Bill White asked...
Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
... that city's mayor said. Louisiana is facing $1 billion in damages from Ike and Gustav, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said. Later Tuesday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is expected to tell House lawmakers the $40 million cost of evacuating his city for Hurricane Gustav has led to hiring freezes and a halt of any new expenditures until disaster costs are reimbursed. Houston Mayor Bill White...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
... that city's mayor said.Louisiana is facing $1 billion in damages from Ike and Gustav, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said. Later Tuesday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is expected to tell House lawmakers the $40 million cost of evacuating his city for Hurricane Gustav has led to hiring freezes and a halt of any new expenditures until disaster costs are reimbursed.Houston Mayor Bill White asked...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Louisiana is facing $1 billion in damages from Ike and Gustav, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said. Later Tuesday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is expected to tell House lawmakers the $40 million cost of evacuating his city for Hurricane Gustav has led to hiring freezes and a halt of any new expenditures until disaster costs are reimbursed.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Louisiana is facing $1 billion in damages from Ike and Gustav, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said. Later Tuesday, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is expected to tell House lawmakers the $40 million cost of evacuating his city for Hurricane Gustav has led to hiring freezes and a halt of any new expenditures until disaster costs are reimbursed.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu announced today that the State of Louisiana has been invited to take part in the 2008 Epcot(R) International Food & Wine Festival, which will take place Friday, September 26, to Sunday, November 9. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: This will mark the 13th year of the festival, which is hailed as one...
Delta Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 09/19/2008
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain and Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu are hopeful Congress will authorize hurricane disaster relief funding for Louisiana by Sept. 26.
Crunchy Con (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
... In New Orleans, The Times-Picayune raved about Mr. Jindal's performance; even Democratic Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu gave him "an A-plus."
Welcome to (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
I was just watching the NBC New Orleans affiliate talking to the lieutenant governor of Louisiana—and his message was rather frank: Residents should get out. The storm, Gustav, may hit New Orleans in its most vulnerable locations, Mitch Landrieu said on WDSU New Orleans. Residents who can't get out because they're without a car can take buses that are picking people up in as many as 17...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... a test of a complex evacuation plan put into full force Saturday afternoon. Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu worried Sunday that as many as 20,000 vulnerable New Orleanians had yet to heed the evacuation orders. "Are the preparations better today than they were before Katrina? Absolutely, positively," says Brian Wolshon, a Louisiana State University emergency response expert. "They...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... directly responsible for emergency management. He spoke to Louisiana's Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu on Sunday, along with Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff. The day before, he spoke with New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, and FEMA director David Paulison.So is Obama expecting a better response to Gustav than the disaster that followed Katrina? "My...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... area until things have settled down," he added. Obama also spoke yesterday with Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
... needs.
Asked which levees stood the greatest chance of failing on Monday, Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu said: "All of them."
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has worked since 2005 to repair and reinforce 325 miles of levees and floodwalls that ring New Orleans and its neighboring parishes, but experts said the $15 billion in improvements wouldn't be finished until...
