Louisiana’s online shoppers are required to pay sales taxes
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer To get a jump on summer, you may have gone online and bought a sundress or sports gear from an out- of-state retailer. Louisiana levies a consumer ... Pension board sharply reduces payments to cops injured in the line of duty
Former law enforcement officers critically wounded in the line of duty have had their lifetime pensions cut in half and are being forced to pay back hundreds of thousands of ... Three case studies show that Blacks seeking help often put their lives at risk
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (Special from NorthStarNews Today) — Fourteen-year-old Brennan Walker, a Black high school student, knocked on a stranger’s door to ask directions to school after oversleeping and ... State Senators say children can be shamed for not having lunch money
By Kaylee Poche Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) — The Senate Education Committee on Thursday voted 4-2 to reject a bill that would have prevented schools from punishing students with ... What to expect the first weekend of Jazz Fest 2018
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer While it’s common to hear multiple versions of “When the Saints Go Marching In” and Louis Armstrong’s mega-hit, “What a Wonderful World,” at Jazz Fest, those classics ... Louisiana legislators shoot down proposals to change state gun laws
The effort to change Louisiana’s gun laws is not getting a lot of support from legislators at this year’s regular session, The Associated Press reported last week. Is tourism destroying NoLA’s neighborhoods?
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Residents complain that tourists treat New Orleans’ historic neighborhoods like an “Adult Disneyland.” Watching their “quality of life” deteriorate, many long-time African-American inhabitants of the ... House passes state budget that slashes state support for hospital partnerships and health care for the poor
By Devon Sanders, Ryan Noonan and Paul Braun Contributing Writers (LSU Manship School News Service) — Tensions were high April 19 as the Louisiana House voted 55-47 to pass a state budget ... BRPD officer in Sterling case appeals three-day suspension
BRPD Officer Howie Lake II, the cop who is back at work after being handed a three–day suspension for his role in the officer-involved killing of Alton Sterling on July ... CoffeeHate
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor When I heard about the recent incident at a Philadelphia Starbucks during which two Black men were arrested and carted off to jail for attempting to use ...
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