A federal judge Monday approved BP’s civil settlement over its 2010 Gulf oil spill for an estimated $20 billion dollars. Eric Smith, Director of the Tulane Energy Institute said this should put a stop to any potential litigation against the oil giant…:
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The money will go towards Clean Water Act penalties and to cover environmental damage, and it will be paid out over 16 years.

If you’d like to be buried with your pet, it could soon be a possibility in Louisiana, as a Senate Committee takes up such a proposal today at the Capitol. Patrick McCausland, president of Heaven’s Pets in Metairie, says the measure would give cemeteries the option to allow this…:
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A New Orleans entrepreneur has developed an app which consumers can use to find the best price on seafood in town. Sheldon Williams says the Seafood Locator App does the searching for you…:
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You can get Seafood Locator for free on Apple and Android devices.

A cost-of-living increase for retired state workers measure advanced out of a Senate committee on Monday. Lawmakers tied the raise to two other bills that would revamp state retirement systems, and officials say all three proposals would have to pass the Legislature and be signed by the governor in order for the raise to take effect. It would mean a 1.5 percent-2 percent increase in their monthly pension checks.