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By Edmund W. Lewis, how can i get fast cash now Editor During the same week that New Orleans and the nation marked the 50th anniversary of the historic Freedom Rides ... Insurance to pay for preparations/damages in spillway flooding
By Christopher Tidmore, Contributing Writer The opening of the Morganza Spillway promises to flood as much as 150,000 acres, including some of Louisiana’s prime corn, cotton, and soy bean farmland. ... SUNO/UNO merger bills die, pulled before vote
House Speaker Jim Tucker, R-Terrytown, told his cash in a check colleagues in Baton Rouge Wednesday that he is giving up on a proposal to merge Southern University at New ... Oil and gas operators prepare for rising Atchafalaya water
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Oil and gas companies active in the Atchafalaya Basin are emptying pipe­lines and tying down anything that moves after the recent opening of the Morganza Spillway for ... Political bullies are no better than the schoolyard variety
By Dr. Andre Perry Contributing Columnist Rep. Austin Badon sponsored House Bill 112, dubbed the Safe Schools Act, which would have provided more definition to schools’ harassment policies but the social conservative ... Racial tension taints views on health reform
By Charlene Muhammad (Special to the NNPA from The Final Call) — According to findings by a national policy institute for race and economic justice, racial tensions in America undergird the ... Reading level affects minority graduation
BALTIMORE, MD — Students who don’t read proficiently by third grade are four times more likely to leave high school without a diploma than proficient readers, according to a ... Red-light, speed cameras could be banned
By Christopher Tidmore The Louisiana Weekly Contributing Writer Two New Orleans area legislators have proposed a new statute that could end red-light and speed cameras in parishes across the state. ... Revolving prison doors
By Judge Greg Mathis, The Louisiana WeeklNNPA Columnist If you, like me, believe that prisons should be able to punish offenders while still preparing them for a productive, crime-free life once ... St. Mary’s Academy hosts Annual Debutante Ball
St. Mary’s Academy’s recently held its 52nd Annual Debutante Ball in which members of the Class of 2011 were, in the spirit of tradition, “officially introduced to society,” to the ...
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