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Plaquemines Parish will get new levees thanks to deal last week
21 May 2012, 7:22 am
Plaquemines Parish President Billy
nungesser called a special meeting to discuss levees last week. Plaquemines Parish officials are ready to move forward with a massive federal levee project after Parish President William
nungesser and the parish council reached a compromise...
Plaquemines council finally approves Westbank levee project
18 May 2012, 6:30 pm
Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News Email: pmurphy@wwltv.com | Twitter: @pmurphywwl BURAS, La. - A potential crisis has been averted in Plaquemines Parish as the parish council finally approved a massive Westbank levee project. The project is expected to protect against the type of flooding seen during last year's Tropical Storm Lee when water cascaded over the back levees over pasture lands and LA ...
Another Case of Discrimination against Asian-Americans
8 May 2012, 12:22 am
Bangalore: A group of Asian-American fisherman have sued BP (a British multinational oil and gas company headquartered in London) pointing out discrimination in the Vessels of Opportunity Programme by the company. 41 of them filed the case recently in federal Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal easily wins re-election
7 May 2012, 12:13 am
By: The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal on Oct. 23 easily coasted to a second term, winning in a landslide election after failing to attract any well-known or deep-pocketed opposition. The 40-year-old Republican overwhelmed nine competito...
Asian-American fishermen sue BP for racial discrimination
30 April 2012, 12:22 pm
Vietnamese and Cambodian fishermen in Village L’est and Versailles in New Orleans East were among the first residents to return after Katrina, only to see their livelihoods crushed a few years later by the BP spill.
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Esther M. Wilson - Galion Inquirer
17 May 2012, 2:19 pm
Born July 7, 1920 in Crawford County, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Estella (Myers)
nungesser. She married Rollie C. Wilson on August 25, 1946 who survives. Esther was a graduate of North Robinson High School in 1938 and ...
BP sued over racial discrimination in oil spill cleanup - Presstv
6 May 2012, 8:34 am
Plaquemines Parish President Billy
nungesser also speculated "BP preferred to hire people who didn't live here, didn't have a passion for this area and who wouldn't let other people know what they'd seen." Also named in the suit are the companies that ...
