La. voters deciding on levee boards
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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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By WILL SENTELL  First in a series  The management of flood and hurricane protection in southeast Louisiana will undergo sweeping changes if voters approve a ballot measure designed to replace parochialism with a regional approach.
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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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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Feb. 4--As the viewpoints expressed elsewhere on this page show, not everyone believes a public intoxication ordinance would be a good idea for La Crosse.
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LANNON  Voters to make decision on water system  Residents will head to the polls in November for a binding referendum that will decide the fate of a municipal water system that would cost an estimated $3 million.
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By Brad Heath  VENICE, La. -- State and federal plans for a massive hurricane protection bulwark for Louisiana would sacrifice dozens of coastal communities, some with thousands of residents, to the next Katrina-sized hurricane. The reason: Protecting them would cost too much.
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There&#39;s no question that Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved an anti-gay marriage amendment to the state constitution. The question before the Louisiana Supreme Court is whether lawmakers fouled up while writing it.
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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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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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Louisiana, a state physically and economically damaged by Hurricane Katrina, could be a key political state this year -- something not lost on both Democratic campaigns as they drum up last-minute votes.
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New Orleans residents depressed by the city's slow rebound 15 months after Hurricane Katrina have a chance to pick a new voice in Washington on Saturday but their frustration is likely to keep many from the voting booth.
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By Hannah Mitchell, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 15--HICKORY -- City Council members may have come up with a compromise to protect homes from business encroachment without stifling development.
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By MARK BALLARD  Second in a series  On Sept. 30, Louisiana voters will be the first in the nation to decide, by statewide referendum, whether to limit government's power to take private property for purely economic development reasons.
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When voters in San Fransisco go to the polls in November to select their top choice for a seat on the city's Board of Supervisors, they also get to pick their second choice -- and even their third.
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By La Crosse Tribune, Wis.  Mar. 8--La Crosse Common Council members tonight should pass the public intoxication ordinance.
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NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment Saturday banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.    With 99 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment was winning approval with 78 percent of the vote, and support for it was evident statewide...
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 10 -- Rep. William J. Jefferson may be a pariah in some Washington political circles, but voters in this storm-battered city weighed in over the weekend with their own verdict regarding their scandal-plagued congressman: He's still our guy.