BATON ROUGE - Monday morning East Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, Governor John Bel Edwards, and Congressman Garret Graves met to discuss local funding needed to match federal dollars to fund a drainage project.Last year, $255 million in federal funding was secured from the Army Corps of Engineers for East Baton Rouge Parish flood control. The project, which dates back… Read more »
Click here to see video.BATON ROUGE - Congressman Garret Graves discussed national and local topics during an interview on 2une In Monday morning. He first talked about two mass shootings that left more than 29 people dead over the weekend. Early Sunday morning, Connor Betts opened fire at people in Dayton, Ohio. Officials say at least nine people were killed and 20 were injured.The day… Read more »
Part of Louisiana's Congressional delegation in Washington isn't happy with how long it is taking the state to get a federal grant for long-overdue flood protection measures.Congressman Garrett Graves on Friday called HUD's expected guidance on the funds "pathological foot-dragging ."$1.2 billion dollars will fund flood mitigation projects in nine parishes. This included work along the… Read more »
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today it will "soon" release long-awaited regulations outlining how $9 billion dollars of flood mitigation grants can be spent by nine U.S. states, including Louisiana, which is poised to receive some $1.2 billion.The announcement is good news for state officials, who have been planning for months how to spend the money once… Read more »
Louisiana Congressmen Cedric Richmond and Garret Graves introduced legislation in the House of Representatives today that would boost the share of offshore energy revenues for Gulf Coast states, providing a substantial increase in funding for Louisiana's coastal restoration and flood protection projects."Louisiana is battling the largest historical, ongoing and prospective loss of coastal… Read more »
After Governor John Bel Edwards declared a 'State of Emergency' for the State of Louisiana, both the parish and city of Denham Springs followed suit.The disaster declarations open up the funnel for federal funds and support, but only if President Donald Trump declares the final level of the emergency.Thursday evening, the entire Louisiana delegation in the nation's capitol signed a letter… Read more »
LIVINGSTON PARISH, La. (WAFB) - Fortunately, Hurricane Barry did not deliver the punch it initially threatened, but that didn't keep many in Livingston Parish from worrying about the wall along I-12. Improved designs in the wall barricade are now part of a federal law. "A picture says a thousand words," said Congressman Garret Graves. "That wall held back several feet of water in… Read more »
Sand bag availability: East Baton Rouge Baker public works BREC Alsen park BREC City Hall BREC Cadillac st. BREC Lovett Road park BREC Memorial Stadium BREC Flannery Road park BREC Hartley Vey at Gardere park St. George Fire HQ BREC Airline Hwy fairgrounds BREC Doyles Bayou park Livingston parish Fire District 2: Station 1 at 32280 Terry… Read more »
Congress overwhelmingly approved the legislation in September 2018, but holdups with the Office of Budget Management led to a battle that ended when President Donald Trump ordered release of the funds last month.
The first round of checks went out earlier this week for homeowners in 56 of the state's 64 parishes who were impacted by flood event in 2016.
The first disbursement of grant… Read more »
