Cannizzaro begs City Council for more money
By Jessica Williams thelensnola.org Despite District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s impassioned plea to the City Council Tuesday to boost city spending on his office by more than $1 million, council members pushed back ... Ceremonies open Armstrong Park once again
By Mary LaCoste Contributing Writer Louis Armstrong must have been smiling down from heaven as the park named in his honor was reopened Friday morning, Nov. 18. It was blessed with perfect ... Will the South be forced to pay for the lessons of Fukushima?
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is preparing to approve the design of a new type of nuclear reactor planned for sites ... Three decisions to affect Jindal’s popularity with GOP/Dem. base voters
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer No sooner than he had been re-elected to a second term, Bobby Jindal came under fire from many of nominal allies on the Political Right — as ... Scandal-rocked nonprofit continues to collect rent checks, act as landlord
By Karen Gadbois thelensnola.org The New Orleans Affordable Homeownership program, a city-financed non-profit program that many thought was dissolved amid scandal and a federal investigation in 2008, apparently has continued to operate ... RSD students to be assigned through central office
By Jessica Williams and Michael Patrick Welch thelensnola.org Working to fulfill a promise made months ago, the Recovery School District is taking over enrollment for each of its 50 charter schools in ... U.S. Supreme Court is a harsh critic of D.A.’s defense
By Michael Radcliff Contributing Writer On July 25,1995 an article by lawyer, extra funds payday loan author and legal analyst Jeffrey R. Toobin appeared in The New Yorker magazine suggesting that LAPD ... Plan to reduce murders in N.O. unveiled
Surrounded by local and federal law enforcement partners, leaders and clergy last week, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu spelled out a plan to reduce murders based upon a model that ... City shuts door on citizens they swore an oath to serve and protect
‘Mr. Mayor, can we come in?’ Staff Report — The New Orleans chapter of the NAACP and its supporters encountered unanticipated rejection last week as they were denied access to Gallier ... Civil Rights elders ‘pass torch’ to Occupy Movement
By J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer Sunday of last week, Veterans of America’s 20th Century civil rights movement entered the 21st Century Occupy Wall Street movement in New York, Oakland, San Francisco ...
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