The recommendations issued Wednesday from Gov. Jeff Landry's task force focused on the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board faced criticism from some local officials Wednesday, who said a proposal to create a two-year "recovery district" amounted to state overreach that would not address t…
Much of the U.S. is in shock or mourning after after a container ship lost power and crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, collapsing the major transportation route.
A task force appointed by newly-elected Republican Gov. Jeff Landry?called for a state-led takeover of the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board, a drastic action that would yank oversight of the agency away from city officials and seek to implement sweeping reforms.