Louisiana receives B- for education policy
By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer Early in January, Louisiana’s educational policies were given an overall grade of B- from Sacramento-based education reform lobbying group Students First. The group gave failing grades ... BP challenges official estimate of oil spilled in Gulf
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Trying to reduce civil liabilities it faces under the federal Clean Water Act, BP filed a legal motion earlier in January to ... Jindal seeks income — sales tax swap but is there a better option?
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer An impromptu editorial board meeting convened recently when WBOK 1230 AM afternoon host John Slade dropped by the offices of The Louisiana Weekly. The homecoming for this newspaper’s ...
Super Bowl! Super time! Super music! Who ‘ya for….?
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer And so it begins, or dirt cheap payday loans continues depending on how one looks at this incredible period of time in New Orleans that finds Super ... Mayor Landrieu joins bi-partisan effort to reign in national debt
By Philip Stelly Contributing Writer The battle to cut the massive federal debt has been joined in Louisiana now that New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has agreed to lead a statewide steering ... At Second Inauguration: Obama focuses on inequality: ‘We were made for this moment’
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — On the birthday holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Barack Obama, America’s first Black president, was inaugurated for a second time boldly ... Black state lawmakers fight for relevancy
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As conservative southern Democrats –once known as Dixiecrats – switched to Republicans, Black state lawmakers have seen their power evaporate in the South.
Black women and girls least likely to binge drink
By Alexis Taylor Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — One in five teenage high school girls are binge drinking and quickly headed down ...
Former USCG head assesses the BP spill
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Last Monday in New Orleans, retired U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen told scientists and others about the challenges he faced as National Incident Commander during ... Hornets become Pelicans
By Christoper Tidmore Contributing Writer The New Orleans Hornets basketball team was re-dubbed the Pelicans, in an announcement by the team’s new majority owner Tom Benson on Thursday.
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By Michael Patrick Welch Contributing Writer Early in January, Louisiana’s educational policies were given an overall grade of B- from Sacramento-based education reform lobbying group Students First. The group gave failing grades ... BP challenges official estimate of oil spilled in Gulf
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Trying to reduce civil liabilities it faces under the federal Clean Water Act, BP filed a legal motion earlier in January to ... Jindal seeks income — sales tax swap but is there a better option?
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer An impromptu editorial board meeting convened recently when WBOK 1230 AM afternoon host John Slade dropped by the offices of The Louisiana Weekly. The homecoming for this newspaper’s ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer And so it begins, or dirt cheap payday loans continues depending on how one looks at this incredible period of time in New Orleans that finds Super ... Mayor Landrieu joins bi-partisan effort to reign in national debt
By Philip Stelly Contributing Writer The battle to cut the massive federal debt has been joined in Louisiana now that New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has agreed to lead a statewide steering ... At Second Inauguration: Obama focuses on inequality: ‘We were made for this moment’
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — On the birthday holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Barack Obama, America’s first Black president, was inaugurated for a second time boldly ... Black state lawmakers fight for relevancy
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As conservative southern Democrats –once known as Dixiecrats – switched to Republicans, Black state lawmakers have seen their power evaporate in the South.
By Alexis Taylor Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — One in five teenage high school girls are binge drinking and quickly headed down ...
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Last Monday in New Orleans, retired U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen told scientists and others about the challenges he faced as National Incident Commander during ... Hornets become Pelicans
By Christoper Tidmore Contributing Writer The New Orleans Hornets basketball team was re-dubbed the Pelicans, in an announcement by the team’s new majority owner Tom Benson on Thursday.
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