Gulf Coast
June 6, 2008 -
Congress may be preparing to ax a $76-million Katrina aid package that would provide housing assistance to physically and mentally disabled homeless Katrina victims. Sen. Mary Landrieu recently added the aid provision to the $212 billion supplemental appropriations Iraq war finance bill.
June 5, 2008 -
Reports that 2008 could be a bad storm season has many along U.S. coasts nervous. But a growing number of immigrants are especially concerned in the wake of news that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents will check the immigration status of individuals fleeing a hurricane.
May 28, 2008 -
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin will deliver his 2008 "State of the City" address this evening at the Port of New Orleans Cruise Terminal, and it's expected to be a boosterish affair, the Times-Picayune reports:
May 23, 2008 -
We wanted to pass along the following message from the folks at the Katrina Information Network:
May 19, 2008 -
We've reported extensively here on allegations of cronyism and other problems with the Department of Housing and Urban Development's work in post-Katrina New Orleans -- problems that culminated in the resignation earlier this year of former HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson, who remains under criminal in
May 16, 2008 -
As I reported yesterday, a national inter-faith group is expanding on the critical role that religious institutions have played in the Katrina rebuilding effort by launching the Isaiah Funds, an innovative loan and grant program to jump-start rebuilding in New Orleans.