While officials in the Broome administration try to find a source of matching funds—some $2.1 million a year for 30 years—needed to draw down a $255 million federal windfall earmarked for five, local drainage projects known as the East Baton Rouge Parish Flood Control Project, they're also trying to secure the matching funds needed to get a Stormwater Master Plan… Read more »
The wait is over. According to U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (R-District 6) the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has released Duplication of Benefits (DOB) legal guidance. Graves said that the 53-page document will be sent to the State of Louisiana for processing, and outlines changes that must be made in the Restore Louisiana program to match new guidelines. Once the… Read more »
Today, U.S. Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (FL-26) and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (LA-06), members of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, introduced the Coast Guard Shore Infrastructure Improvement Act, legislation to help reduce and better manage the serious maintenance backlog for Coast Guard shore infrastructure. A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found… Read more »
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - Lawmakers and the Federal Communications Commission are working to fight robocalls.
"I deal with it often. All during the day," Tyronne Aubert said.
"I mean, it's actually a lot of people, more than just me. Like, my friend, everybody that I know is getting random calls from people that they, people that they can't even give you a name," Monica Washington… Read more »
While several state lawmakers lobby the Legislature for infrastructure funding to build a new Mississippi River bridge, among other transportation projects, efforts are also underway on the federal level that U.S. Rep. Garret Graves hopes will help support a new bridge. Much of the national focus has been on talk of a massive $2 trillion federal infrastructure plan, which basically fell… Read more »
Livingston Parish is a coastal community, the southern portion at least. Coastal erosion has allowed salt water to creep into Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas, eventually feeding into the bayous and rivers in southern Livingston. That has opened the doors for funding streams to help with drainage work throughout the parish, and nearly 700 miles of waterways, an important project in… Read more »
Click here to watch videoBaton Rouge, La (Local33)(Fox44) - The Baton Rouge Metro Airport has been awarded a $15 million dollar grant for airport improvements by the Federal Aviation Administration. Congressman Garret Graves announced the nearly $50 million total project received partial funding through the FAA's airport improvement program. Majority of the money will go towards shifting… Read more »
DENHAM SPRINGS – A resolution to delayed flood recovery funds held up by federal bureaucrats could be in place by this weekend and the funds could be going out to families by the end of the month. That was the assessment by U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, during a visit Monday to Seventh Ward Elementary in Denham Springs. The congressman ate lunch with a group of… Read more »
Baton Rouge Metro Airport has been awarded a $15 million Federal Aviation Administration grant that will be used to relocate a portion of Plank Road in order to better utilize an airport runway.U.S. Rep. Garret Graves, R-Baton Rouge, announced that the nearly $50 million total project received partial funding through the FAA's Airport Improvement Program. He called the grant, the… Read more »
