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Gerard Shields has been a newspaper reporter for 19 years, covering government in Allentown, Pa., Orlando and Baltimore. He has worked for The Advocate since 2003 covering Louisiana issues in Washington. Call Gerry at the Senate Press Gallery at (202) 224-0241. E-mail him at gshields@theadvocate.com.
The credibility of the panel that is supposed to help trim state spending has taken a big hit. And once again Louisiana taxpayers are entitled to ask this question:
Port Fourchon Director Ted Falgout participated in a Washington, D.C., forum hosted by coalition of states advocating coastal restoration last week about removing roadblocks to coastal restoration efforts due to lack of coordination by federal agencies.
A U.S. Treasury Department representative told a U.S. House subcommittee last month that children as young as 4 years old got a first-time homebuyer tax credit from the federal government that failed to adequately monitor the new program.
U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and U.S. Rep. Charles “Charlie” Melancon, D-Napoleonville last week protested the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the sale of fresh, live oysters from Gulf Coast states.
Republicans in the Louisiana delegation are joining with their GOP congressional colleagues in calling for President Barack Obama to make a decision on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan.
A European defense company hired former LSU Chancellor Sean O’Keefe last week to lead its bid to land a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract. The European Aeronautics Defence and Space Co., which is headquartered near Munich, Germany, is in the running to capture the contract to build the Air Force’s midair refueling tanker.
