August 2012 Archive

Legal defense fund established to fight for voucher dollars
By Zoe Sullivan Contributing Writer The fight over the future of public education in Louisiana continues in spite of a judge’s decision in July to deny a request for an injunction against ...
Circle Food Store moves closer to finally reopening its doors
The Circle Food Store, an iconic 7th Ward grocery store where several generations of customers could once pay their utility and water bills, visit a doctor, buy school uniforms and ...
Downtown hospital construction accelerates after slow start
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Husband and wife Justin and recovery of unsecured loans Christy Pitard, who opened Avery’s Po-Boy’s on Tulane Ave. in March, are waiting for thousands of construction workers ...
Urban League gives New Orleans youth a ‘Head Start’
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Local officials, business leaders and community activists turned out in large numbers July 28 to cut the ribbon on a new multi-million dollar Head Start center in ...
Strictly New Orleans, and all that jazz…
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Joy is such an essential element of jazz. It is the dynamic that elevates the interaction between musicians – their obvious thrill of communicating – ...
High-risk sexual activity among Black teens drops dramatically
By Imani Evans Contributing Writer WASHINGTON (Special to the cash advance payday loans columbus ohio NNPA News Service from The Dallas Examiner) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released ...
Life is sweet for eastern New Orleans businessman
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Scott Hunter fast cash loans on memorial dr is a businessman who knows what he wants and isn’t afraid to step out on faith to get it. ...
Black diabetes deaths double that of whites
By Rebecca Nuttall Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from The New Pittsburgh Courier) — Almost 19 percent of all African Americans in the country are living with diabetes. Diabetes is ...
Occupy group stages protest outside of legislator’s home
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Funding for hospitals and Medicaid in Louisiana has been cut to the bone in the latest round of financial belt-tightening enacted by the governor and his fiscally ...
BESE makes clear how charters that perform well can leave RSD
By Jessica Williams thelensnola.org The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education received and approved a plan by the Recovery School District Wednesday on a process for trans­fer­ring schools back to the ...

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