February 2015 Archive

Black unemployment dips to 10.3 percent
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell slightly from 10.4 percent in December to 10.3 percent in January and is still on track to hit ...
Celebrate yourself
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Part II There’s been a great deal of conversation in the community in recent years about the power relationship between Blacks and whites and how that relationship is ...
N.O. crime rises in all areas except murder, data shows
NOPD's ‘aorta of corruption’ cash advance modesto still intact despite consent decree, report finds As if the rash of armed robberies and violent attacks in the French Quarter in recent months ...
Plastic bags smother Planet Earth
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Maybe it has always been like online installment loans in mississippi this. If so, I am not sure precisely what triggered my new concern. But in ...
Time to invest in children
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The president’s budget released last week proposes billions in critical new federal investments for 2016 and beyond to improve the life chances of millions of poor ...
Rental-unit inspections, registration would be required under ordinance
By Charles Maldonado The Lens City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell says she is considering introducing an ordinance that would require many landlords to register their properties with the city and pass an inspection ...
La.’s coastal restoration efforts imperiled by Pres. Obama’s budget proposal
By Bob Marshall The Lens President Obama’s unexpected budget proposal to stop sending a portion of federal offshore mineral royalties to Gulf states could cripple Louisiana’s coastal-restoration efforts by eliminating what is ...
TMS fracking slows as operators watch oil prices
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer When crude oil prices sank this winter, companies scaled back fracking plans in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale deposit, running from central and southeast Louisiana into Mississippi. Exploration ...
Is Retired Lt. General Russel Honoré running for governor?
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Right now Jay Dardenne and John Young fight the whisper game. They both battle those unnamed “experts” who mutter with supposed wisdom that each is ...
Xavier awarded $80K grant from Black and Indian Mission Board
Xavier University of Louisiana was recently awarded an $80,000 grant bad credit personal loans near me from the Black and Indian Mission Board in support of its educational ministries. The Xavier ...

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