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Louisiana Business: BP Oil Spill, United Healthcare, New Orleans Charter Schools
Bayou Buzz
Apr 24BP Settlement On April 18, 2012 lawyers for BP and Plaintiffs filed documents setting forth the settlement details of economic damage claims in the Deepwater Horizon MDL proceeding. The settlement provides a $2.3 billion Seafood Compensation Program fo... »
Today in History – March 5
Mostly Cajun
Mar 051770 – Boston Massacre: Five Americans, including Crispus Attucks, and a boy, are killed by British troops in an event that would contribute to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War (also known as the American War of Independence) five years l... »
Pooches Protest Romney At Westminster Dog Show
The Hayride
Feb 14Mitt Romney, who is now trailing Rick Santorum in the Republican primary race in a new national CBS News/New York Times Poll, just can’t seem to catch a break. Now canines are demonstrating against the former Massachusetts governor outside of Madison S... »
We Are All Socialist Now Or Obamacare Will At Least Make Us Feel Like We Are
The Hayride
Jan 24British politician Sir William Harcourt might have been speaking prophetically 125 years ago when he said “We are all Socialist now,” on the passing of death duties—inheritance taxes–in his country, but I think even he might have been surprised that th... »
So What Exactly Is Bruce Greenstein’s Beef With The LBP Medicaid Report?
The Hayride
Jan 16Last week, the Louisiana Budget Project (LBP) put out a paper touting Medicaid as a job-creating engine that works to benefit the state economy while providing critical care for lower-income people. Since the implementation of Obamacare will bring mor... »