WASHINGTON — The future of flood insurance is in question — and not just because it has become unaffordable for many Louisiana residents.
No one knows exactly when Oliver Fletcher arrived at the courthouse. What they know is that he is always there, dressed in a snazzy suit, as fixed to the courthouse as its towering columns.
Sidney Torres IV is reviving a plan to develop a large tract of land he owns near Bayou St. John in Mid-City, joining forces with the owners of the blighted Lindy Boggs Medical Center on a "lifestyle center" of shops, leisure amenities, restaurants and apartments along Lafitte Greenway after…
