N.O. continues to overpay its vendor for delinquent tax collections, IG says
By Charles Maldonado The Lens More than two years after the Office of Inspector General reported that the city’s delinquent-property-tax collections contractor charged more than 10 times what its ... Civil Service staff takes issue with plan to consolidate 911 center dispatchers
By Charles Maldonado The Lens The New Orleans Civil Service Department on Monday came out against a key provision of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s long-stalled proposal to bring the city’s 911 operations under ... Louisiana’s Top 10 political stories of 2015
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Per tradition here at The Louisiana Weekly, here are the ten stories that impacted the Pelican State’s political world in 2015. 10. The monuments and Mitch’s 3rd term The ... White House commemorates Bill of Rights Day
President Barack Obama issued a proclamation earlier this month declaring December 15, 2015 as Bill of Rights Day, commemorating the ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791. Clemency granted to 97 prisoners before Christmas
By Zenitha Prince Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — Christmas came early to 97 felons granted commutations and pardons by President Barack ...
How the system fails grandmothers raising kids
(Special from NorthStarNews Today) – Increasing numbers of grandmothers across the United States are raising their grandchildren, many of them in poverty and grappling with a public assistance system not ... Looking after your eyes
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (Special from George Curry Media) – As people age so do their eyes. Some people suffer from vision problems early on and others can have great ... New CEO selected to run New Orleans East Hospital
Dr. Takeisha Davis has been selected to serve as the new Chief Executive Officer of the New Orleans East Hospital (NOEH), Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced last week. Expert: Stun-guns far from ‘nonlethal’ alternative to bullets
Editor’s Note: New America Media’s Paul Kleyman interviewed Aram James, a leading opponent of electronic control weapons (ECWs) about their risks. James, a former public defender in Santa Clara County, ...
Multi-talented New Orleanian Tony Bazley dies
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Tony “Oulabula” Bazley was a great drummer, a talented folk artist and a gregarious man whose career and nature took him zigzagging around the world. Bazley, a ...
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By Charles Maldonado The Lens More than two years after the Office of Inspector General reported that the city’s delinquent-property-tax collections contractor charged more than 10 times what its ... Civil Service staff takes issue with plan to consolidate 911 center dispatchers
By Charles Maldonado The Lens The New Orleans Civil Service Department on Monday came out against a key provision of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s long-stalled proposal to bring the city’s 911 operations under ... Louisiana’s Top 10 political stories of 2015
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Per tradition here at The Louisiana Weekly, here are the ten stories that impacted the Pelican State’s political world in 2015. 10. The monuments and Mitch’s 3rd term The ... White House commemorates Bill of Rights Day
President Barack Obama issued a proclamation earlier this month declaring December 15, 2015 as Bill of Rights Day, commemorating the ratification of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791. Clemency granted to 97 prisoners before Christmas
By Zenitha Prince Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper) — Christmas came early to 97 felons granted commutations and pardons by President Barack ...
(Special from NorthStarNews Today) – Increasing numbers of grandmothers across the United States are raising their grandchildren, many of them in poverty and grappling with a public assistance system not ... Looking after your eyes
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (Special from George Curry Media) – As people age so do their eyes. Some people suffer from vision problems early on and others can have great ... New CEO selected to run New Orleans East Hospital
Dr. Takeisha Davis has been selected to serve as the new Chief Executive Officer of the New Orleans East Hospital (NOEH), Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced last week. Expert: Stun-guns far from ‘nonlethal’ alternative to bullets
Editor’s Note: New America Media’s Paul Kleyman interviewed Aram James, a leading opponent of electronic control weapons (ECWs) about their risks. James, a former public defender in Santa Clara County, ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Tony “Oulabula” Bazley was a great drummer, a talented folk artist and a gregarious man whose career and nature took him zigzagging around the world. Bazley, a ...
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