Hurricane Katrina

Katrina 8 Years Later [Opinion]
Katrina 8 Years Later [Opinion]
Katrina 8 Years Later [Opinion]
The Mississippi Gulf Coast is thriving, parts of New Orleans are a ghost town and may never be neighborhoods again. What's the difference? Is it too many waiting on a hand out or too many hands reaching into the recovery funds for personal gain?
Hammond Woman Sentenced For Hurricane Katrina Fraud
Hammond Woman Sentenced For Hurricane Katrina Fraud
Hammond Woman Sentenced For Hurricane Katrina Fraud
A Hammond woman has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for fraudulently obtaining funds from the American Red Cross after Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk yesterday also ordered 31-year-old Lafreda Winston to pay full restitution to the Red Cross.
Feds Hope To Overturn Katrina Flood Ruling
Feds Hope To Overturn Katrina Flood Ruling
Feds Hope To Overturn Katrina Flood Ruling
The federal government is seeking to overturn a 2009 ruling that found the Army Corps of Engineers responsible for massive flooding after Hurricane Katrina because it failed to properly maintain a navigation channel.
FEMA Contract Fraud
A date is set for a former FEMA employee and a government contractor to be arraigned on charges they conspired to fraudulently obtain a $100 million contract for maintaining government-issued shelters in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina.
Landrieu Presses Obama Admin. On Disaster Relief Fund Shortfall
Landrieu Presses Obama Admin. On Disaster Relief Fund Shortfall
Landrieu Presses Obama Admin. On Disaster Relief Fund Shortfall
WASHINGTON – In a letter to President Barack Obama, United States Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., Chair of the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today joined 13 Senate colleagues to once again press the administration to address the shortfall in the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF).
Judge Refuses To Bar Lawyer From Katrina Case
Judge Refuses To Bar Lawyer From Katrina Case
Judge Refuses To Bar Lawyer From Katrina Case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has refused to disqualify a lawyer from representing one of six current or former New Orleans police officers charged in deadly shootings on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.

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