Road Home reaches its end, thousands of lawsuits against recipients pulled
By Greg LaRose Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – The landmark and lambasted government program that attempted to make homeowners whole after Hurricane Katrina has come to an end, federal, state and local officials ... HANO homeownership program among largest in the country
By Michelle Liu Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Six months after buying her first home last year, Dianne Hall was still marveling at the details of her condominium in Algiers — the fireplace ... Unaffordable rental costs now plague 44 million people in every state
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer For the first time in more than two decades of research, every state now has renters who are nearing a financial breaking point in housing affordability. New ... The community of mothers who lost sons to police killings
By Brett Murphy ProPublica On Wednesday (February 1), RowVaughn Wells joined the grim sorority of Black mothers who have buried their children after deadly police encounters and then pleaded for those deaths ... Army Corps again rejects St. John grain elevator impact report
By Seth Freed Wessler ProPublica For the second time in six months, a federal agency reprimanded a Louisiana developer for its failure to offer an adequate assessment of the harm that its ... The SANS Institute reopens HBCU Cyber Academy application window to address growing need for cybersecurity professionals
(BlackPressUSA) — The SANS Institute is proud to announce the reopening of the HBCU Cyber Academy application window from February 1, 2023 to March 1, 2023. The HBCU Cyber Academy ... Two New Orleans schools will merge this summer
By Marta Jewson The Lens Mildred Osborne Elementary School and Akili Academy will merge this summer as enrollment continues to decline citywide, the two schools’ charter groups announced last Thursday. NOPD sergeant fired after calling protesters ‘animals’ and ‘savages’ will keep job following court ruling
By Michael Isaac Stein Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — A New Orleans Police Department sergeant who was fired over incendiary and “racially insensitive” social media posts during the George Floyd demonstrations in 2020 ... Potentially fatal genetic heart condition subject of recent forum
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer The dangers and treatment of an often overlooked, and often fatal, genetic heart condition that afflicts people of color were discussed at a community forum recently. Louisiana issues new emergency rule on abortion ban exceptions
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana Department of Health issued a new emergency rule late last month that governs a list of medical exceptions to the state’s strict abortion ...
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