As the first chief executive appointed to the county Industrial Development Agency (IDA) following a major corruption scandal, Bill Fioravanti said his top job is to refocus the agency on its core duty and restore public trust. Over the past year or so, he reorganized the team with new service providers, chipped away at stale…
Orange County IDA Top Executive Charts New Course After Corruption Scandal
Nursing Home Owner Faces New Lawsuit in Ida Storm Evacuation
NEW ORLEANS—A nursing home owner who faces criminal and civil complaints over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021 is now being sued by federal authorities who say he misspent $4 million. The latest complaint against Bob Dean Jr. was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge…
A Nasty I of the Storm: Ida Is 12Th I Hurricane Name Retired
There’s something about hurricanes starting with the letter I that is particularly nasty. Last year’s Ida now joins the list of storms so deadly their names don’t get used again. The World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday that it was retiring the name “Ida” from its list of Atlantic hurricane names that repeats every six years….
Chip Shortages, Hurricane Ida Depress US Manufacturing Production
October 18, 2021
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WASHINGTON—Production at U.S. factories fell by the most in seven months in September as an ongoing global shortage of semiconductors depressed motor vehicle output, further evidence that supply constraints were hampering economic growth. Manufacturing production last month was also depressed by the lingering effects of Hurricane Ida, which also severely disrupted output at mines. The…
US Soy Exports Hit 6-Month High as Gulf Loadings Rise After Ida; Lag Year Ago Pace
September 28, 2021
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U.S. soybean exports jumped last week to a six-month peak, while corn shipments were the highest in a month as Louisiana Gulf Coast terminals steadily ramped up operations disrupted nearly a month ago by Hurricane Ida, preliminary data showed on Monday. The export pace remained well below normal for this time of year as some…
Lloyd’s of London Likely Exposed to 10 Percent of Ida Losses, Chairman Says
LONDON—Lloyd’s of London is likely to be exposed to around 10 percent of the billions of dollars of insured losses from Hurricane Ida, its chairman said on Thursday, as the commercial insurance market reported a swing to a first-half profit. Ida, one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to strike the U.S. Gulf Coast, hit…
Ida Curfew Lifted in New Orleans; 11 New Deaths Reported
HOUMA, La.—New Orleans lifted a nightly curfew Wednesday as the city moved closer to regaining full power 10 days after Hurricane Ida, but hundreds of thousands of people outside the city were still without lights and water and more than a quarter of a million children were unable to return to schools. The city was…
Ida Curfew Lifted in New Orleans; 250,000 Students Still Unable to Return to School
BATON ROUGE, La.—New Orleans lifted a nightly curfew Wednesday as the city moved closer to regaining full power 10 days after Hurricane Ida, but hundreds of thousands of people outside the city were still without lights and water and more than a quarter of a million children were unable to return to schools. The city…
Crash Victim Recalls Terror After Mississippi Road Collapse
LUCEDALE, Miss.—A teenager said she could hear the terrifying sounds of other vehicles crashing around—and on top of—the pickup truck where she and her mother were trapped after the truck plunged into a dark, muddy pit when a Mississippi highway collapsed during torrential rain brought by Hurricane Ida. “I saw a black hole, then I…
Cleanup Boats on Scene of Large Gulf Oil Spill Following Ida
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Coast Guard said Saturday that cleanup crews are responding to a sizable oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico following Hurricane Ida. The spill, which is ongoing, appears to be coming from a source underwater at an offshore drilling lease about two miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The reported location is near…
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