Our fossil fuel addiction is killing us
New Orleans is called the “southern-most Caribbean city” because of its tropical weather. Here, hot and often rainy weather starts in spring and runs through the fall. Temperatures rise from ... Report: No simple answers for crime wave
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer While the United States grappled with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country also faced a rise in violent crime and some types of property crime ... Pending civil suit against Gretna police is stayed until ruling in plaintiff’s criminal case is rendered
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Top City of Gretna officials were unable to comment last week about a lawsuit filed by a Harvey man who alleges that several Gretna police officers brutally ... Publicly funded gas bill payments, authorized by council vote in April, have still not gone out to Entergy
By Charles Maldonado The Lens Months after the New Orleans City Council earmarked $1.9 million in federal COVID relief funds to pay thousands of residents’ overdue gas bills, the city has yet ... Members of U.S. Senate panel fight over effects of abortion ruling on Black patients
By Jennifer Shutt Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday began wading through the dozens of state laws that have taken effect in the two weeks since the ... Criminalizing The Vote: GOP-led states enacted 102 new election penalties after 2020
By Kira Lerner Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: First in a two-part series (lailluminator.com) — During the 2020 election, Rhonda Briggins and her sorority sisters spent days providing voters in metro Atlanta with water ... Environmental groups slam nation’s largest exporter of natural gas for trying to skirt EPA emissions rule
By Joshua Rosenberg The Lens Louisiana environmental groups criticized the nation’s largest exporter of liquified natural gas last week for asking the Biden administration to exempt the company from complying with an ... Corp. profiteering driving inflation, threatening most vulnerable
By Jenny Manrique Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Corporations are reporting record profits while inflation rates are running at the fastest pace in decades. Small businesses and low-income workers, meanwhile, are ... Court records detail Karen Carter Peterson wire fraud scheme
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Karen Carter Peterson, a former state senator and Louisiana Democratic Party chair, has admitted she diverted party and campaign funds for her personal use. Federal ... Seniors with prediabetes should eat better, get moving, but not fret too much about diabetes
By Judith Graham Contributing Writer (khn.org) — Almost half of older adults — more than 26 million people 65 and older — have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...
« Previous Page — Next Page »