October 2023 Archive

Affordable Care Act premiums rise, but subsidies protect most consumers
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Premiums on the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchange will increase in 2024, but the Biden-Harris administration has pledged that generous subsidies will ...
Entergy wants customers to pay more …again
The inflation rate is below five percent for the first time in two years. You would think U.S. citizens would be flocking to malls and stores and flexing their spending ...
Giving each other a moment of humanity
Last week, after City Council President J.P. Morrell and I had a well-publicized squabble while on the dais during a meeting, I sent a note to my friends, apologizing for ...
Dysfunction and dissent – a political mess
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist It would be generous to say that the Republican Party is a chaotic manifestation of political madness. Eight miscreants toppled House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and could ...
The high price of police misconduct
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Each year during the month of October, the National Faith and Blue Weekend is held in communities throughout the nation. The purpose of this community engagement ...
Cease-fire needed in Gaza
By Rev. Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist We are on the verge of an unimaginable cataclysm in the Middle East. The heinous Hamas terror attacks on Israeli civilians triggered a fierce retaliation on ...
Rollback millages, not values
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Columnist Sticker shock greeted many Orleans homeowners back in July when letters from Parish Assessor Erroll Williams indicated sharp increases in their property value. The jump amounted to ...
Breakthrough research sheds light on aggressive breast cancers in Black women
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Researchers at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center are spearheading a pioneering study to unravel the biological underpinnings of ...
N.O. City Council approves Kirkpatrick
By Josie Abugov Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — The New Orleans City Council on Thursday (Oct. 19) confirmed Anne Kirkpatrick as the city’s next police chief, ending a monthslong search process that critics ...
Entergy Louisiana wants to hike customer utility bills again
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Entergy Louisiana wants to again raise prices on its customers, and state utility regulators are expected to discuss the proposed rate hike last week on ...

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