AARP helps locals get homes fit for senior living
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer Our seniors are living more active, independent lives, longer than ever before; the AARP states that nearly 90 percent of older adults would prefer to remain in ... Upcoming Washington March should again focus on jobs
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Civil rights leaders will march on Washington, D.C. on Saturday, August 24 to observe the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on ... No easy task to prepare flood protection system if hurricane approaches
By Bob Marshall thelensnola.org As the heart of hurricane season approaches, residents protected by the new Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System can be excused for feeling a little confident. After ... FCC reduces prison call rates
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer) — More than a decade after a U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed a class action ... Oil and gas building to become mixed-income apartments
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Plans are underway on the renovation of the old Oil and Gas Building at 1100 Tulane Avenue, with the goal of turning it into mixed income apartment ... Locals prepare for commemoration of March on Washington
Just days before the commemoration of the March on Washington’s 50th anniversary, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will kick off its 55th anniversary celebration with a conference in the nation’s ... Tax hike? More cuts? Refilling rainy-day fund clouds state budget prospects
By Tyler Bridges thelensnola.org Gov. Bobby Jindal and state legislators have drawn down Louisiana’s rainy day fund by $255 million over the past several years rather than raise taxes or make even ... Public opposition to Plaquemines coal terminals grows
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Louisiana, a major exporter of coal originating from other states, could ship far more of that fossil fuel once the Panama Canal is widened and deepened in ...
Two of New Orleans’ internationally renown musicians take the spotlight
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Love Sessions Number Four Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield presents the fourth edition of his annual philanthropic jazz series sweetly dubbed “Love Sessions.” The event takes place at Irvin Mayfield’s ...
Deconstructing Reconstruction
By Nicholas Lemann Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series Race in America — Past and Present America’s Twentieth-Century Slavery. (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Children in elementary school often come home ...
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By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer Our seniors are living more active, independent lives, longer than ever before; the AARP states that nearly 90 percent of older adults would prefer to remain in ... Upcoming Washington March should again focus on jobs
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Civil rights leaders will march on Washington, D.C. on Saturday, August 24 to observe the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on ... No easy task to prepare flood protection system if hurricane approaches
By Bob Marshall thelensnola.org As the heart of hurricane season approaches, residents protected by the new Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System can be excused for feeling a little confident. After ... FCC reduces prison call rates
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer) — More than a decade after a U.S. District Court judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed a class action ... Oil and gas building to become mixed-income apartments
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Plans are underway on the renovation of the old Oil and Gas Building at 1100 Tulane Avenue, with the goal of turning it into mixed income apartment ... Locals prepare for commemoration of March on Washington
Just days before the commemoration of the March on Washington’s 50th anniversary, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will kick off its 55th anniversary celebration with a conference in the nation’s ... Tax hike? More cuts? Refilling rainy-day fund clouds state budget prospects
By Tyler Bridges thelensnola.org Gov. Bobby Jindal and state legislators have drawn down Louisiana’s rainy day fund by $255 million over the past several years rather than raise taxes or make even ... Public opposition to Plaquemines coal terminals grows
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Louisiana, a major exporter of coal originating from other states, could ship far more of that fossil fuel once the Panama Canal is widened and deepened in ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Love Sessions Number Four Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield presents the fourth edition of his annual philanthropic jazz series sweetly dubbed “Love Sessions.” The event takes place at Irvin Mayfield’s ...
By Nicholas Lemann Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the fifth in a series Race in America — Past and Present America’s Twentieth-Century Slavery. (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Children in elementary school often come home ...
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