2014 - News & Archives

Levees

Letters: Levee boards should remain outside state political influence
May 17, 2014

• Unlearning Katrina’s lesson: Bills would again make levee board a governor’s plaything
  May 16, 2014
• Our Views: Don't gut storm reforms
  May 10, 2014
• Legislature should protect Southeast Louisiana residents, keep levee reforms in place: Editorial
  May 4, 2014

• Guest commentary: Levee board reforms could be washed away 
  May 2, 2014

• 'Ladies in red' back in Capitol to fight for independent levee boards 
  April 27, 2014
• ​Adley makes changes to levee board bill, expects opposition 
  April 25, 2014
• BGR: Amended SB 79 Still Threatens Levee Independence 
  ​April 22, 2014
• Citizens for 1 Statement per SB 79
• Rewritten flood authority bill gives Jindal more power 
  April 19, 2014
• Senate committee backs bill targeting levee board
  ​April 16, 2014

• Legislature shouldn't weaken levee board reforms: Editorial​April 09, 2014

All Things Local discusses Flood Control with Ruthie Frierson of Citizens For 1 Greater New Orleans and Tim Doody, President of SLFPA-E. 
March 8, 2014

• Podcast with Ruthie Frierson >>
• Podcast with Tim Doody>>

East bank levee authority nominating committee meets Thursday, but may not choose nominees
March 5, 2014
​Gov. Jindal, Louisiana Legislature shouldn't undermine levee reforms: Editorial
February 28, 2014

Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans opposes legislation to weaken flood protection authority: Ruthie Frierson
March 1, 2014

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Education

• In Common Core fight, BESE's role is to set academic standards: Editorial 
  July 20, 2014
• Joint statement preserving Comm Core
  July 1, 2014
• Jindal administration is clueless on Common Core: Editorial
  ​June 27, 2014
• Groups urge Gov. Jindal to stick with Common Core 
  June 17, 2014

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