Mayor Mitch Landrieu outlines his agenda for his second year in office

TfNOLA Notes from RTA Convention Center Street Expansion Meeting

In this episode of Magnum JD: Bull Durham comes to town and appears on the Toolman ~Slabbed

La. lawmakers face $1.6 billion shortfall

Louisiana agriculture looks strong as commodity prices surge

Sen. David Vitter…”Let them eat empty rhetoric”~Disenfranchised Citizen

Details Revealed on BP's Funds for Continued Oil Spill Research

More Questions Than Answers on Dispersants a Year After Gulf Spill
~Paul Quinlan, NYT

High river in New Orleans could prompt May opening of Bonnet Carre Spillway~Mark Schleifstein

Levee failure imminent in southeastern Missouri town, police say
~Hat Tweet @judyb1954

Miniaturist of Massive Catastrophe
~Jennifer Schuessle, Slate
~Jim Shepard's short stories deal expertly with disaster.

Dakinikat's Monday Reads
~Sky Dancing

All things considered, we probably should have seen this coming
~Alejandro de los Rios

Measures target makeup of state’s top school board

Defend New Orleans is opening Apr. 28

New Orleans lawyer travels the world to save disaster-struck pets

Owen Courrèges: The mysterious persecution of "Mystery Street"
~Uptown Messenger

Mo' Jazz Fest Grub~Blackened Out

Congo Square naming is on agenda for New Orleans City Council

Big Easy Music Awards~Gambit

This has become one of my absolute fav things!

~Hat Tweet @nolamaven