DUMP SITES AVAILABLE: Cameron Parish has dump sites in every community, so please place only household trash at the road for residential pickup. Waste Management only picks up household trash. It does not pick up 55-gallon drums or tree limbs, so please dispose of them at the dump site. Here are the dump site hours [...]

Louisiana on Monday snagged $155.7 million in GOMESA revenue-sharing funds for coastal restoration efforts, derived from offshore energy production. Plaquemines Parish gets the largest disbursement in the state, with more than $3 million. Rounding out the top five: Jefferson Parish, nearly $2.6 million; Terrebonne Parish, nearly $2.4 million; Orleans Parish, more than $2.1 million; and [...]

Louisiana is the number one producer of fish and shellfish in the contiguous U.S.; one out of every 70 jobs in the state is related to the seafood industry.  Seafood dealers—or any one who buys or handles seafood that will be sold, or resold—play a critical role in producing a fresh and superior product. Seafood is [...]