The Advocate: Louisiana student loan debt averages $22,789 (Mary L Landrieu)
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) About a third of what Jessica Potts makes each month as a teacher goes toward paying off her student loans. The LSU graduate still has about $40,000 to pay off - at the rate...
View ArticleSouthwest La. veterans clinics included in deal
BATON ROUGE, La. — A bipartisan congressional deal to help improve veterans' health care access includes approval for new...
View ArticleTimes Picayune: FEMA administrator says just because a home never flooded...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) WASHINGTON -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate told senators Wednesday that Congress still must address the long-term financial stability...
View ArticleTimes Picayune: Democrats and Republicans agree: federal government needs to...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) WASHINGTON -- In a change from the usual partisanship, Democrats and Republicans delivered the same message Tuesday: The Obama administration needs to speed up implementation...
View ArticleLSU University College’s Summer Scholars Honors 23rd Class (Louisiana State...
(Source: Louisiana State University) BATON ROUGE - LSU University College's Summer Scholars presented its annual "Celebration of Excellence" closing ceremony and banquet on Friday, Aug. 1, at The Club...
View ArticleHouma Today: Bollinger Shipyards gets $255 million contract to build cutters...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) Lockport-based Bollinger Shipyards has been awarded a $255 million contract to build six fast-response cutters for the Coast Guard to help replace its aging fleet, U.S. Sen....
View ArticleAmerican Press: FERC denies sierra Club filing on Cameron LNG (Mary L Landrieu)
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday denied a request from the Sierra Club for a rehearing on the recent approval of the Cameron LNG liquefactionexport project...
View ArticleThe New Orleans Advocate: St. Tammany fire district gets $294,000 grant (Mary...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) St. Tammany Fire District No. 9, which covers the northeastern part of the parish around the community of Bush, has received a $294,000 federal grant to...
View ArticleStudy Finds Export-Import Bank Indirectly Supports More than 30 Small...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) WASHINGTON-- A report by The Coalition for Employment through Exports finds that more than 30 small and medium sized businesses in the Bayou Region indirectly benefit from the...
View ArticleAt Landrieu's Urging, Commerce Takes Important Step Forward on Restore Act...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council, which is chaired by Department...
View ArticleLandrieu Urges DOJ to Enforce EPA Order Requiring U.S. Army to Take...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) WASHINGTON-- In a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., (Military Mary) today urged the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to...
View ArticleLA Weekly: Sen. Landrieu steps up and steps in fight to lower student loan...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) With cuts to higher education in Louisiana at a record high, are public universities still public? That's a question Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) recently put forth as she works...
View ArticleLandrieu Announces $255 Million for Louisiana Shipyard to Build Coast Guard...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) WASHINGTON The Chair of the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today announced that Bollinger Shipyards has been...
View ArticleLandrieu hit on her support of abortion rights
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) At election time, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu always has a tricky line to walk on abortion, balancing her Catholic faith and Louisiana's strong anti-abortion stances with her...
View ArticleLandrieu Urges Army to Comply with Order Requiring It to Take Responsibility...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., (Military Mary) today urged the Army in a letter to comply with an order from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that...
View ArticleLandrieu Announces $89K Grant To Help United Houma Nation Start Small...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the United Houma Nation of Lafourche Parish an...
View ArticleLandrieu Authors Legislation to Reduce VA Payment Delays (Mary L Landrieu)
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La.,and Rep. Charles Boustany, R-La., introduced legislation in both the Senate and House today that will reduce the delays in payments to...
View ArticleLandrieu Presses Commerce, Treasury to Speed Up RESTORE Act Implementation...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) WASHINGTON- At a hearing on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, continued her push for thoughtful...
View ArticleTaxpayers foot Landrieu's private jet bill (Republican Party of Louisiana)
(Source: Republican Party of Louisiana) It's interesting seeing how Senator Landrieu is spending Louisiana taxpayers' money. According to information compiled by the Sunlight Foundation, Senator...
View ArticleLandrieu Secures Key Priorities for STEM Education in Defense Appropriations...
(Source: Mary L Landrieu) WASHINGTON-- Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., (Military Mary), announced that the bill that funds the Department of Defense (DOD) for FY2015 includes $25 million for the STARBASE...
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