Despite slow progress in rebuilding some neighborhoods, New Orleans’ population is nearing 300,000, or about 65 percent of its pre-Hurricane Katrina size, according to a new report. The report, compiled by urban planning consultancy GCR & Associates and based on …
Nearly two-thirds of New Orleans’ pre-Hurricane Katrina population has returned, a new report estimates. But Greg Rigamer, the demographer who compiled the report, said he expects the growth seen since July 2006 to plateau within the next year as the …
The New Orleans Police Department, headquartered in trailers since Hurricane Katrina destroyed its buildings in August 2005, missed out on $2.6 million in federal rebuilding aid because it lacked adequate flood insurance, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. FEMA, in …
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were a $100 billion blow to Louisiana buildings and infrastructure, and federal aid and insurance payments fall about $34 billion short of making up for the losses, a state agency says. The $100 billion estimate, in …
A former Massachusetts inspector general, who gained prominence for questions he raised about the long troubled Big Dig highway project, will be New Orleans’ top watchdog as it rebuilds after Hurricane Katrina. Robert Cerasoli, 59, was offered and accepted the …
The federal government hopes to talk to 100 of America’s top firms into bringing 100 jobs each to New Orleans to help the city recover from Hurricane Katrina, the head of the federal recovery operation said. The object is to …
A pilot program for rangeland insurance, criticized by some for how it calculated losses, has been revamped and expanded to include more producers in Montana and Wyoming, a federal agriculture official said Dec. 20. Beginning with the 2005 crop year, …
Changes in federal crop insurance regulations will prevent farmers in the region from collecting two full losses for crops planted on the same ground in a single crop year, a federal agriculture official said. The changes put in place for …
