RSD scraps plans to move Cohen to Booker T. Washington site
By Della Hasselle Contributing Writer It was once called an “ulcer” in the middle of New Orleans. Until the 1930s, the Silver City Dump operated as the second-largest landfill in New Orleans, collecting ... Ex-cop pleads guilty to discarding evidence in killing of fellow officer
A former NOPD officer pleaded guilty Oct. 16 to charges that he attempted to cover up shoddy police work during the investigation into the murder of fellow officer Daryle Holloway ... NOPD tries walk-in testing for recruits
Becoming a law enforcement officer is a long and arduous process. Here in New Orleans, police recruits undergo a lengthy series of rigorous training activities and testing in the hope ... Firefighters reach another settlement with city for back pay
By Charles Maldonado The Lens For the second time this year, the city’s firefighters union announced Monday that it had reached a deal with Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration that will allow firefighters ... Group calls DOJ ‘impotent’ for failing to protect Black churches
The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans said last week that it is saddened to see ... Area ministers blast city administration for ‘lack of racial sensitivity, inclusion’
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As Pastor Tom Watson continued to speak in front of the historic Algiers Courthouse Tuesday morning, his voice gradually rose in gravitas and passion, and the minister ... U.S. lawmakers call for more oversight of workers’ comp
By Michael Grabell ProPublica and Howard Berks, NPR Ten prominent Democratic lawmakers, including presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, are urging the U.S. secretary of labor to come up with a plan to ... Halloween at Voodoo Fest – A Local View of Voodoo
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “My kids are getting excited about me being on the show there,” says Grammy-winning, New Orleans trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard. Primarily considered a jazz artist, Blanchard ... Details of BP settlement show oil spill caused trillions of marine wildlife deaths
By Bob Marshall The Lens When news broke this month that oil giant BP had agreed to pay $20.8 billion in fines for its Deepwater Horizon disaster, the figure seemed huge.
Black executive Brett Hart is now piloting United Airlines
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – United Continental Holdings, Inc., parent company of United Airlines, has named Brett J. Hart United’s interim CEO, replacing Oscar Munoz who ...
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By Della Hasselle Contributing Writer It was once called an “ulcer” in the middle of New Orleans. Until the 1930s, the Silver City Dump operated as the second-largest landfill in New Orleans, collecting ... Ex-cop pleads guilty to discarding evidence in killing of fellow officer
A former NOPD officer pleaded guilty Oct. 16 to charges that he attempted to cover up shoddy police work during the investigation into the murder of fellow officer Daryle Holloway ... NOPD tries walk-in testing for recruits
Becoming a law enforcement officer is a long and arduous process. Here in New Orleans, police recruits undergo a lengthy series of rigorous training activities and testing in the hope ... Firefighters reach another settlement with city for back pay
By Charles Maldonado The Lens For the second time this year, the city’s firefighters union announced Monday that it had reached a deal with Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration that will allow firefighters ... Group calls DOJ ‘impotent’ for failing to protect Black churches
The National Black Church Initiative (NBCI), a faith-based coalition of 34,000 churches comprised of 15 denominations and 15.7 million African Americans said last week that it is saddened to see ... Area ministers blast city administration for ‘lack of racial sensitivity, inclusion’
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As Pastor Tom Watson continued to speak in front of the historic Algiers Courthouse Tuesday morning, his voice gradually rose in gravitas and passion, and the minister ... U.S. lawmakers call for more oversight of workers’ comp
By Michael Grabell ProPublica and Howard Berks, NPR Ten prominent Democratic lawmakers, including presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, are urging the U.S. secretary of labor to come up with a plan to ... Halloween at Voodoo Fest – A Local View of Voodoo
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer “My kids are getting excited about me being on the show there,” says Grammy-winning, New Orleans trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard. Primarily considered a jazz artist, Blanchard ... Details of BP settlement show oil spill caused trillions of marine wildlife deaths
By Bob Marshall The Lens When news broke this month that oil giant BP had agreed to pay $20.8 billion in fines for its Deepwater Horizon disaster, the figure seemed huge.
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) – United Continental Holdings, Inc., parent company of United Airlines, has named Brett J. Hart United’s interim CEO, replacing Oscar Munoz who ...
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