December 2012 Archive

Appeals court sides with city in ongoing CPNC dispute but sympathetic to cab drivers
On December 18, a panel of Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judges ruled in the City of New Orleans’ favor on three consolidated lawsuits filed by taxicab companies and CPNC ...
Full-term pregnancies mean healthy babies, says the March of Dimes
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer Though the arrival of baby can dmp for payday loans bring about anticipation, excitement and anxiety, the March of Dimes is encouraging expectant mothers to let nature ...
Genealogist sounds alarm for child safety
By J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer Last week an internationally skrill cash advance renowned Black genealogist and poverty activist put out a national call for a major change in how the USA ...
Louisiana community leaders urge fiscal fairness
By Lianna Patch Contributing Writer Gathered in a windy churchyard on the morning of December 20, a group of Louisiana clergy, community leaders and advocates publicly implored state lawmakers to support a ...
New year, lingering questions
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor It’s just days before a New Year begins but there are still lingering questions from 2012 that deserve answers. It is clear that the powers that be ...
One week, two sides of Obama
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Over the span of one week, two different sides of President Obama emerged in different yet unforgettable terms. This first was political, involving Susan Rice’s decision ...
NOPD conviction vacated in Glover murder case
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor A federal appeals court in New Orleans on December 17 overturned the conviction of former New Orleans police officer David Warren, one of the former ...
Our children deserve better
By Benjamin Todd Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Every generation believes its children deserve to be better off than they were. This belief inspired the first slave rebellion in 1663, when a new law ...
Passionate about the wrong things
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA payday loans murrieta Columnist I was in a cab just the other day when the driver chided me for not knowing football. He was a big Redskins ...
PSC lowers prison phone rates
By Ben Ledbetter Contributing Writer The cost of inmate phone calls will be getting cheaper for Louisiana families. The Louisiana Public Service Commission recently voted on changes that lowered the rates of ...

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