Blake Paterson

New Orleans, United States

Jefferson Parish Reporter at The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

Jefferson Parish reporter @NOLAnews Email: [email protected]

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A big name in the tech sector is coming to New Orleans' Bywater naval station as its first tenant

3 days ago | nola.com | Blake Paterson

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Louisiana lawmakers want to cut taxes for oil. They'd pay for it by upping taxes on natural gas.

5 days ago | theadvocate.com | Blake Paterson

A package of bills aimed at boosting oil production and making Louisiana's tax code more competitive with those of neighboring states sailed through the Louisiana House Thursday. But the measures could face headwinds in the Senate, amid questions over their long-term impact on state coffers. House Bill 600, sponsored by state Rep.
Louisiana lawmakers want to cut taxes for oil. They'd pay for it by upping taxes on natural gas.

5 days ago | nola.com | Blake Paterson

A package of bills aimed at boosting oil production and making Louisiana's tax code more competitive with those of neighboring states sailed through the Louisiana House Thursday. But the measures could face headwinds in the Senate, amid questions over their long-term impact on state coffers. House Bill 600, sponsored by state Rep.
Colette Hirstius, New Orleans native, named president of Shell's U.S. operations

1 week ago | nola.com | Blake Paterson

Colette Hirstius, a New Orleans native who currently oversees Shell's operations in the Gulf of Mexico, will take over as president of the European oil giant's U.S. business, the company said this week.
Brazilian company eyeing Avondale Global Gateway, but a $13M rail line is needed.

1 week ago | nola.com | Blake Paterson

Avondale Global Gateway is in talks with a Brazilian importer on a project that could bring more than 120 jobs to Jefferson Parish and provide a new tenant at the former shipyard as it seeks to transform itself into a global logistics hub. The project isn't a done deal. But information on the former shipyard's potential new tenant was made public last week during the Jefferson Parish Council meeting as members debated whether to help fund a rail expansion at the site.
Jefferson Parish to require water meter readers to snap photographs for abnormal readings

1 week ago | nola.com | Blake Paterson

Jefferson Parish will require its water meter readers to snap a photograph when readings are abnormally high or low or when a meter is inaccessible. The Jefferson Parish Council amended its contract with its third-party meter reader, Olameter Corporation, on Wednesday in response to a steady stream of complaints from constituents upset and confused over seemingly out-of-whack charges.
Everyone agrees Louisiana needs rules for solar farms. No one yet agrees what they should be.

2 weeks ago | nola.com | Blake Paterson

For much of 2021, one issue dominated Tangipahoa Parish politics: Should the parish allow a 100-megawatt solar farm to be built on 1,200 acres of farmland? And if so, under what rules? On one side, residents and farmers worried it would be an eyesore and pose a safety hazard and take up valuable agricultural land. On the other, solar developers and landowners argued that property owners should be allowed to do what they want with their land and that the project was clean and safe.
Louisiana's business lobby had a banner year in 2024. This year's legislative fights look tougher.

3 weeks ago | nola.com | Blake Paterson

Louisiana's powerful business lobby had a banner year in 2024, winning long-sought tax changes and education reforms, aided by a new governor and a Republican supermajority in Baton Rouge. But on some of its top issues this year, the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry is facing more friction.
Wind farms in Louisiana? At least five land-based projects are in development. Here's where.

3 weeks ago | nola.com | Blake Paterson

Private wind developers are quietly inking lease agreements with landowners in parts of rural Louisiana for what could be the state's first land-based wind farms, even as President Donald Trump takes aim at renewable energy projects in general and the wind industry in particular. According to public records, at least five utility-scale wind projects are in development in Louisiana. Two of those projects are based in St. Landry Parish in Acadiana.
At Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival, police now say 2 unrelated shootings left 3 teens wounded

1 month ago | nola.com | Blake Paterson

Three people were wounded in two unrelated shootings around the Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival Saturday night, authorities announced early Sunday. The first shooting occurred around 9:25 p.m. near the festival's ticket booth at Ponchatoula Memorial Park, where deputies with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff's Office found two wounded teenage boys. One had a graze wound to the leg and the other was shot in the abdomen.

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A big name in the tech sector is coming to New Orleans' Bywater naval station as its first tenant

Louisiana lawmakers want to cut taxes for oil. They'd pay for it by upping taxes on natural gas.

Louisiana lawmakers want to cut taxes for oil. They'd pay for it by upping taxes on natural gas.

Colette Hirstius, New Orleans native, named president of Shell's U.S. operations

Brazilian company eyeing Avondale Global Gateway, but a $13M rail line is needed.

Jefferson Parish to require water meter readers to snap photographs for abnormal readings

Everyone agrees Louisiana needs rules for solar farms. No one yet agrees what they should be.

Louisiana's business lobby had a banner year in 2024. This year's legislative fights look tougher.

Wind farms in Louisiana? At least five land-based projects are in development. Here's where.

At Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival, police now say 2 unrelated shootings left 3 teens wounded

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