U.S. Rep. Garret Graves is pointing to recovery hurdles Louisiana faced in the wake of historic flooding in 2016 and other recent disasters in arguing for a major overhaul in how federal long-term recovery efforts are handled. But he's not a fan of a proposal that's making its way through Congress currently.WATCH VIDEO: The U.S. House voted 290-118 in favor of advancing to the Senate a… Read more »
Baton Rouge Business Report TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2019 | By Stephanie RiegelU.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, has secured $7 million to complete the extension of a key taxiway at New Orleans' Louis Armstrong International Airport. The taxiway runs in front of the new terminal at the airport and is needed to help facilitate air traffic into and out of the new facility, which is on… Read more »
In August 2016, a slow-moving storm pummeled southern Louisiana for several days, inundating some areas with upwards of 30 inches of rain, ravaging the region with widespread flooding and record-high river swells.
Registering as a 500-year event, the floods displaced thousands who would eventually return to irrevocable damage and to a situation that called for swift action from federal… Read more »
Nov. 4 was the first day that the Trump administration could file paperwork to officially withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, and it wasted no time doing so.
The fact is the agreement was far from perfect. It wasn't even originally supported by some climate activists. It was unenforceable and lacking in specifics. Still, it was a signal to the world that the U.S. takes… Read more »
Undeterred by government gridlock, representatives from the Gulf Coast descended on the nation's capital this week to lobby for an ongoing effort to secure more money from offshore oil and gas revenues for coastal projects, including efforts to protect Louisiana's disappearing coastline."Our sense of urgency in Louisiana is much different than any other state in the country," said Chip… Read more »
Today, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order to Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC (Plaquemines LNG) approving exports of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Plaquemines LNG Project. The Project will be located on the Mississippi River, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana approximately 20 miles from the Port of New Orleans. "The increase in LNG… Read more »
Today, Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana) announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is giving authority to the state to begin issuing Duplication of Benefits checks. Watch here, or click the image. . "This is news that many of you have been waiting on for a long time," said Graves. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has given… Read more »
Congressman Garret Graves (South Louisiana), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement about the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Terrace Ave. exit at I-110. "I've said it before, this is a game-changer. Not because it is suddenly going to fix all of our traffic problems — rather, it is an indication that traffic solutions are… Read more »
Aiming to reduce traffic backups, Gov. John Bel Edwards and others Friday announced the opening of a new exit off Interstate 110 south near the "new" Mississippi River bridge in Baton Rouge.The $9.3 million Terrace Avenue exit will allow southbound motorists to get to the Washington Street area without having to cross multiple lanes of traffic.The new exit begins over Myrtle Avenue,… Read more »
HUD has approved Louisiana to begin issuing funds to the Small Business Administration, which will in turn apply that money to loans of those who flooded in August 2016 and were caught in a duplication of benefits quagmire.Homeowners were trapped in a law that forbids people from getting double government benefits – SBA loans and grants were funded by the government, leaving people… Read more »
