New law provides tougher penalties for La. landlords
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On May 11, Senate Bill 466 passed the Louisiana House, giving Louisiana renters protection from landlords who unlawfully refuse to refund security deposits. School board puts off decision to cancel tax exemptions that cost $3.7 million a year
By Charles Maldonado The Lens The Orleans Parish School Board deferred a proposal Thursday to deny all applications from companies seeking a break from millions of dollars in property taxes that fund ... Cantrell, Riley spar over rescinded job offer
The drama over Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s decision to rescind a job offer to former NOPD Supt. Warren Riley continues to unfold as the city’s top executive defends her right to ... Black Millennials say student loan debt crippling their chances to advance to higher education
By Jasmine Hardy Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Howard University News Service) — When Danielle Douglas began her career after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Howard ... Federal lawsuit challenges HUD to enforce Fair Housing rule
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer In 1965 and as part of a visionary public policy strategy known as The Great Society, President Lyndon Johnson created a new cabinet level agency, the ... Experts say the mentally ill are gun violence victims, not culprits
By Jasmine Hardy Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Howard University News Service) – When the mother of a mentally ill man called 911 for help from ... How Trump is hastening the resegregation of Southern schools
By Bill Corriher Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — America’s schools are more racially segregated than they’ve been in decades. Between 2001 and 2014, the number of schools that are more ... Gas prices expected to reach or top $3 per gallon by summer
(Special from NorthStarNews Today) — The national average for gas prices is expected to reach and possibly top $3 per gallon by summer due in part to the White House’s ... Dialysis, infections, and hepatitis
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — By definition, hemodialysis is pumping a patient s blood through a filtration device to remove toxins that failing kidneys can no longer handle, and ... New Orleans musical traditions continue and evolve
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Dr. White Michael Tricentennial Rag (Basin Street Records) Is that song old or is it new? That is a question that one might ask on first listening to Dr. Michael ...
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