After managing presidential campaigns around the globe and becoming a national political celebrity, the Ragin’ Cajun is putting down new roots in the place where it all began.
Kevin Pearson
Representative, Louisiana Legislature
This legislator is making quite a name for himself speaking out on issues near and dear to the hearts of those who live on the Northshore. He proposed a unique change to the homestead exemption, spoke vehemently against a gasoline tax hike, urged St. Tammany residents to fight their assessments and took on cable companies over the limited airing of games of Louisiana’s pro sports teams. The entrepreneur started his own company, Slidell-based Wealth Management Group Inc., in 2002 and was elected in 2007.
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As Louisiana Economic Development noted in its “Year in Review” report for 2009, Louisiana has begun a steady climb up the major national business-climate and economic rankings.
Something about The Roosevelt hotel defies words. No, scratch that. Almost everything about The Roosevelt hotel defies words.
He turned a passion for welding into a multimillion dollar business, Begneaud Manufacturing in Lafayette.
Elizabeth Noble’s paintings are instantly compelling.
When A-list political pundits and consultants came to New Orleans to hold forth about what’s wrong with politics, solutions were hard to come by.
David Guas is emerging as the next face of Louisiana cuisine.
South Louisianans will slap just about any meat that once moved between two slices of French bread, slather on some mayonnaise, dress it up with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and pickles and chow down.
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Despite enormous success, Lafayette’s River Ranch development stays true to its roots as it nears completion.
Four years after Katrina, a project that promises to be an economic development engine for both metro New Orleans and the entire corridor is more mired in controversy and uncertainty than ever.
Former legislator Ron Gomez still remembers the hue and cry that erupted in the Legislature when he introduced a seemingly insignificant bill that would have changed a single line in the state budget to reflect the correct name of the state-run teaching hospital in his Lafayette district.
Louisiana state government is at a crossroads.
News from the companies, cities and people that make the corridor click.
John Donahue III has been named chief executive officer of DonahueFavret Contractors in addition to his role as president. Donahue began his career at DonahueFavret in 1990 as a project manager/estimator, and became president in 2007. Jack Donahue remains chairman of the board of the company.
Co-founder/CEO, The Idea Village
New Orleans
New Orleans Saints tight end Jeremy Shockey and former defensive lineman Charles Grant are suing ex-teammate Kevin Houser over investments worth hundreds of thousands of dollars tied to a now-defunct movie studio.
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