December 2024 Archive

War on women
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. Trice EdneyWire.com Columnist In case you haven’t noticed, there is an uptick in the war on women. The tragedy is the war isn’t just coming from ...
These new La. laws take effect in 2025
By Athina Morris Contributing Writer (Special from WWNO–FM) — Gas stations won’t be able to sell hemp products anymore. Laid-off workers won’t get as many unemployment benefits and Louisiana will have a ...
Alabo Wharf deal gets slippery
By Delaney Dryfoos The Lens The narrow Holy Cross Historic District sits on high ground, spanning the Mississippi River side of the Lower 9th Ward, an area of town that’s isolated from ...
Should NOPD have less federal oversight?
By Michelle Liu Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Is the New Orleans Police Department a transformed agency, following best practices in constitutional policing? Or is the city’s police force still inextricably linked to ...
New Orleans City Council backs Entergy sale of gas service to private equity firm
By Katie Jane Fernelius Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — The New Orleans City Council voted Thursday to approve the sale of Entergy’s local gas utility to Delta Utilities, a newly formed company backed ...
NOPD’s rape clearance rate at decade-plus low. What does this mean for consent decree?
By Michelle Liu Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — After she began to wonder if her own sexual assault case would ever be solved, Julie Ford decided to look into how the New Orleans ...
Developers eye La., Texas coasts for offshore carbon storage
By Pam Radtke Floodlight The fishers in Gulf of Mexico waters off Cameron Parish estimate their catch has fallen catastrophically from one million tons a season to 150,000 tons since the first ...
Lawmakers urge President Biden to finalize Equal Rights Amendment before transition
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — As President Joe Biden’s tenure ends, a coalition of more than 100 House Democrats has urged the administration to ratify and publish the ...
Climate-driven insurance crisis sweeps the nation as non-renewals and premiums skyrocket
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Homeowners across the United States face an escalating crisis as insurance companies abandon high-risk areas driven by climate change. A newly released Senate ...
Health insurance companies are exposed
By David W. Marshal TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist If a person faces any serious medical condition, ideally, the best situation is to be financially stable and never have to depend on the financial decisions ...

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