Stories tagged "katrina"

Today, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) held one of his town hall meetings in Baton Rouge, LA. During this event, a reporter from the CBS station in New Orleans pressed the senator on his sordid Katrina record, asking him why he “voted twice against the creation

While thousands of Mississippians remain in FEMA trailers, the state wants to spend $600 million originally earmarked for housing on a major port expansion.

Martial law is looming in the US due to the financial crisis. It has apparently been prepared for decades.

Some Louisiana residents left homeless by the hurricane find themselves cast out again with the last emergency trailer parks set to close. A few cannot find housing; others wonder how long they can afford rent...

A private contractor under investigation for the compensation it received to run the Road Home grant program for Katrina victims says that in the rush to deliver aid to homeowners in need some people got too much.

Government reports confirm that half of the working poor, elderly and disabled who lived in New Orleans before Katrina have not returned. Because of critical shortages in low cost housing, few now expect tens of thousands of people to ever return home.

Cost: $2 billion U.S. Gov.AID; 9000 settler families, each received $200,000 to $300,000 US, were then relocated to newly built communities and homes. Buildings, Homes, and infrastructure was destroyed before disengagement. Compared to Katrina Victims?

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Colorful parades rolled through New Orleans on Tuesday as thousands of revelers turned out to celebrate Mardi Gras in the city still scarred by Hurricane Katrina. Drinking and

Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion.

The Bush Administration's "homeless czar" made his first visit to post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans but promised no immediate increase in federal funding...