<h2>Donaldsonville Area Chamber of Commerce and Tourist Information Center</h2> Our goal is to provide a well-organized "starting point" for acquiring information to conduct <strong>business</strong> in the <strong>Donaldsonville area</strong>. The <strong>Donaldsonville Area Chamber of Commerce</strong> is committed to providing information regarding starting and maintaining <strong>businesses</strong>. <strong>Education</strong> is the key to staying on top of the business world. The Donaldsonville Area Chamber of Commerce hopes that the information contained in this section will help you and your business prosper. Economic <strong>Incentives</strong> Contact the Chamber for a listing of many of the tax incentives available to businesses in the Donaldsonville area through the Department of <strong>Economic Development</strong> and other state agencies. View our publication: <a href="http://donaldsonvillecoc.org/?src=cv">The Chamber Voice</a> online.
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Welcome to the Donaldsonville Area Chamber of Commerce online. Donaldsonville boasts of a rich and colorful heritage which is steeped in history. The one time state capitol is the heart of Ascension Parish. We are renowned for our cuisine, wonderful architecture, and known as the birthplace of jazz! Just driving through our town you can experience the true gateway to Cajun and Plantation Country illuminated by numerous mansions which proudly stand along the Mississippi River. We believe that meeting our warm and friendly people will leave your spirit truly uplifted. Please browse through our website, as well as the our member listing. We hope you will come to visit. Donaldsonville is like our gumbo--we have a little bit of everything.


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U.S. Army Spc. Stoney Harper from Winsboro, So. Carolina, from the South Carolina National Guard guards an alley near the town of Baraki Barak, Logar province, Afghanistan, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Obama could lock in Afghanistan decision Monday (AP)

AP - The White House said President Barack Obama could use an unusual evening war council session Monday to lock in his long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of new U.S. forces to the stalemated war in Afghanistan.


In this photo provided by CBS, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., appears on CBS's 'Face the Nation' in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS Face the Nation, Karin Cooper) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES,  NO ARCHIVE

Schumer says failure not an option on health care (AP)

AP - Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.


FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2009 file photo, shoppers prepare to load their car with purchases from a Kmart store in Somerville, Mass. This week, which will be abbreviated due to Thanksgiving, investors will look to reports on home sales, unemployment and consumer confidence and the start of the holiday shopping season on Friday for more insight into the direction of the economy. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

AP-GfK Poll: Debt turning shoppers into Scrooges (AP)

AP - A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they'll behave like Scrooge rather than Santa.


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., embraces Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn as he speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad healthcare overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, as Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa  looks on. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

For Reid, Dodd, clout on big issues cuts both ways (AP)

AP - Two Senate leaders trying to steer a pair of President Barack Obama's high-stakes initiatives through Congress are being dogged by re-election worries, and it's not clear whether their legislative prominence will help or hurt them.


FILE - In this file photo taken Aug. 13, 2009 South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford attends a meeting in Columbia, S.C.  Sanford faces ethics charges he broke state laws more than three dozen times by violating rules on airplane travel and campaign money, according to details of the allegations released Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. Sanford's lawyers have claimed the allegations involve minor and technical aspects of the law. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)

SC gov faces 37 charges he broke state ethics laws (AP)

AP - Gov. Mark Sanford is accused of breaking 37 ethics laws regarding campaign finances and travel, including using taxpayer money for high-priced airplane tickets that took him around the world and to Argentina for a rendezvous with the woman he once called his "soul mate."


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Govt issues record 2.1M recall for dropside cribs (AP)

AP - More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations.
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Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years (AP)

AP - For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her her autobiography, 'Going Rogue', at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday, Nov. 23, 2009. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)

Sarah Palin's book tour hits NC's Fort Bragg (AP)

AP - Sarah Palin brought her book-signing tour to North Carolina's Fort Bragg on Monday as thousands greeted the former Republican vice presidential candidate in a campaign-like gathering that tested military rules involving politicians.


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Mass. woman seeks funds for turkey's eye surgery (AP)

AP - A Massachusetts woman is seeking donations from fellow pet lovers to help pay for eye surgery for her turkey named Jerry. Lyndsey Medeiros and her husband adopted three-year-old Jerry and another turkey from a Rhode Island farm last week. But Jerry has cataracts, and the eye problems mean he can't eat independently or join his female companion, Penelope, in flying.

FILE - This is an Aug. 13, 2009, file photo showing Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer hitting a three-run homer against the Kansas City Royals in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Minneapolis. Mauer has become only the second catcher in 33 years to win the American League Most Valuable Player Award, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.(AP Photo/Hannah Foslien, File)

Mauer near-unanimous pick as American League MVP (AP)

AP - Joe Mauer sat behind a table on a podium in a conference room at the Metrodome when Justin Morneau shouted out the last question of the day. "Are you finally going to buy dinner now?" Morneau said to his teammate from the audience, one MVP to another.


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Home sales at 2-1/2 year high (Reuters)

Reuters - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes jumped last month to their highest level in more than 2-1/2 years, but a fall in an economic gauge was a reminder that recovery from recession would be patchy.

Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is seen in a video grab released on October 2, 2009 by Israeli television. REUTERS/Handout

Israel-Hamas prisoner swap deal near (Reuters)

Reuters - Israel has softened its terms for a prisoner swap with Hamas and the two are nearing a deal to exchange hundreds of jailed Palestinians for an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip, officials said on Monday.


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South Carolina governor faces ethics allegations (Reuters)

Reuters - Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, a conservative seen as a presidential contender before a sex scandal wrecked his reputation, faces 37 possible ethics violations, the state ethics commission said on Monday.

US President Barack Obama, seen here on November 14, will decide "in the coming days" whether to attend a United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, a senior administration official said Monday.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)

U.S. to bring emissions cut target to Copenhagen talks (Reuters)

Reuters - The United States will propose an emissions reduction target at U.N. climate change talks in Copenhagen in December with an eye toward winning support from U.S. lawmakers who must agree to put it into law.


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Eight charged in U.S. for Somali war recruiting (Reuters)

Reuters - Authorities unsealed terrorism-related charges Monday against eight defendants they said recruited young Somali-American men to return to their homeland to fight for an Islamist militant group.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (2nd L) another other cabinet members look on as President Barack Obama speaks at the end of a meeting with members of his administration in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Obama says boosting jobs is a top priority (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama assured Americans on Monday that boosting jobs was a top priority, but gave no specifics about how to meet this goal that some economists say warrants more government spending.


Rescuers prepare to enter the Xinxing coal mine to search for survivors following a gas explosion at the mine in Hegang, Heilongjiang Province November 22, 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song

China families protest mine disaster, toll hits 104 (Reuters)

Reuters - Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a mine in northeastern China scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the toll from the country's latest mine disaster at 104.


A view of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant from Goldsboro, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1999. REUTERS/STR New

Radiation leak investigated at Three Mile Island (Reuters)

Reuters - Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety.


Philippine Army armoured personnel carriers and trucks move down a highway of the town of Datu Piang in Maguindanao on military actions against separatist rebels in May 2009. At least 21 people were murdered in the lawless southern Philippines on Monday in a massacre that the military and relatives of the victims said was likely linked to a political rivalry.(AFP/File)

At least 21 dead in Philippine political massacre: military (AFP)

AFP - At least 21 people were murdered in the lawless southern Philippines on Monday in a massacre that the military and relatives of the victims said was likely linked to a political rivalry.


A couple walks past a poster of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in Jerusalem. Israel said there is no deal yet on a prisoner swap with Hamas, as efforts appeared to gather pace on an accord that could see a Gaza-held soldier exchanged for hundreds of Palestinians.(AFP/Menahem Kahana)

Israel says no deal yet on Shalit prisoner swap (AFP)

AFP - Israel said on Monday there was no deal yet on a prisoner swap with Hamas, as efforts appeared to gather pace on an accord that could see a Gaza-held soldier exchanged for hundreds of Palestinians.



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