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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A divided Louisiana state appeals court has ruled that people who lost their homes in hurricanes are not necessarily entitled to recover the full amount of their losses if their insurance policies covered only some perils but not others.
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By McNulty, Ian  Nearly every structure in St. Bernard Parish was inundated with floodwater after Hurricane Katrina. But even as the community's school district sat in the lingering waters, St.
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Republican Charles Boustany Jr., center, gets a hug from his wife, Bridget, left, after he won the 7th District seat Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004, in Lafayette, La.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 12--Environmentalists won a key victory Monday in their fight to stop water polluted by sugar cane fields from being pumped into Lake Okeechobee.
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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 new Census Bureau state population estimates released Thursday.
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In November, a judge gave hope to homeowners trying to collect insurance money for flood damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Now, that decision is under scrutiny.
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By GERARD SHIELDS  WASHINGTON - Louisiana and Mississippi have reached an agreement on a water diversion plan to help Mississippi oyster beds, even though Congress failed to pass a comprehensive water resources bill.  The project was controversial because U.S. Sen.
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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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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.
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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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The federal government on Friday approved Mississippi's plan to divert $600 million in hurricane housing funds to a port improvement project, angering critics who say tens of thousands of people made homeless by Hurricane Katrina still need help.
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Louisiana voters in early returns overwhelmingly supported consolidation of 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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BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 18 -- Louisiana voters decided Saturday whether to approve a constitutional amendment to ban  same-sex marriage, one of as many as 12 such measures on ballots around the country this year.
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ST. FRANCISVILLE, Louisiana  - The owners of a New Orleans-area nursing home where 35 elderly people drowned during Hurricane Katrina were found not guilty of all charges on Friday by a Louisiana jury.
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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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âHurricane Katrina broke through the levees,â the president said. âIt broke a lot of hearts. It destroyed buildings. But it didnât affect the spirit of a lot of citizens in this community.â