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  1. West, Brees join lineup for Make It Right gala

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    Fri, 10 Feb 2012

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    … their homes during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Lower 9th Ward was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods when Katrina caused levees to fail, inundating roughly 80 percent of the city with floodwater. Pitt worked with architects to come up with designs for …

  2. Drew Brees joins lineup for Make It Right gala

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    Fri, 10 Feb 2012

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    … their homes during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Lower 9th Ward was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods when Katrina caused levees to fail, inundating roughly 80 percent of the city with floodwater. Pitt worked with architects to come up with designs for …

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  1. John Kennedy

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    01/23/2012

    Garland talks with State Treasurer John Kennedy. Now that we identified these problems, do we have any state money for repairs? Can we cover the cost of bridges, levees , dams, drinking water infrastructure, roads and highways? Do taxes need to be raised?

  2. Dr. Kam Movassaghi

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    01/23/2012

    Garland talks with Executive Director of the ASCE's Report Card Project and former Secretary of DODT under Mike Foster. He's now President of and engineering firm in Lafayette, Dr. Kam Movassaghi. Louisiana gets poor grades for infrastructure..that's our bridges, levees , roads, drinking water, ports. Don't know about you, but I don't want to be on the bridge when it collapses. And how would we fix these things with no funds?

  3. Chris Roberts

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    01/18/2012

    Spud talks with Jefferson Parish Councilman, Chris Roberts. The Jefferson Parish Council is about to vote on a feasibility study for a streetcar line along Veterans from Lakeside Shopping Center to the Orleans Parish line. Do you think a streetcar is feasible?

  4. 01-17-12 10:10am James Carville, Mike Martin, & Joseph Coa

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    01/17/2012

    Garland is in The Think Tank with Tulane Professor of Practice, Political Science, and New Orleans, LSU Chancellor Mike Martin, and Former Congressman Joseph Coa to discuss the future of LSU.

  5. 01-16-12 12:35pm Val Marmillion

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    01/16/2012

    Garland is in The Think Tank with Spokesperson for America's Wetland Val Marmillion to discuss coastal restoration.

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  1. Drew Brees joins lineup for Make It Right gala

    Pages/Blogs

    02/10/2012

    … their homes during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Lower 9th Ward was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods when Katrina caused levees to fail, inundating roughly 80 percent of the city with floodwater. Pitt worked with architects to come up with designs for …

  2. State of LA releases report on sea-level rise

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    02/07/2012

    … Louisiana's coast will see three feet of sea-level rise by the year 2100 and recommends that future designs for such things as levees and roads to take sea-level rise into account. The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority opened a month-long comment …

  3. Fired NOLA teachers' lawsuit closer to resolution

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    02/06/2012

    … began last May, more than five years after Katrina struck and levees failed, deluging the city just as the school year began. With ..... his mother's home, which took on 20 feet of water when a levee broke in the Lower 9th Ward. Defendants include the Orleans …

  4. Brad Pitt to attend 'Make It Right' gala

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    01/26/2012

    … their homes during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The Lower 9th Ward was one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods when Katrina caused levees to fail, inundating roughly 80 percent of the city with floodwater. Pitt worked with architects to come up with designs for …

  5. Fatal train wreck in Kenner

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    01/24/2012

    … about the crash: McInnis tells WWL First News that there is no railroad crossing arms at the crossing, and that the area is usually only accessible to levee police and airport police, and others on official business, working in the area.

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