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A New Orleans neighborhood confronts the racist legacy of a toxic stretch of highway
By Drew Hawkins Contributing Writer (Gulf States Newsroom via kffhealthnews.org) — Aside from a few discarded hypodermic needles on the ground, the Hunter’s Field Playground
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Lawmakers question administration’s domestic violence shelter funding cut
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana legislators are asking why the Landry administration has removed $7 million in funding for domestic violence shelters
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By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Four New Orleanians are among a group of honorees to be feted at the annual Bright Lights Awards Dinner hosted by ... La. Legisation targets mail-in absentee voting
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana lawmakers have filed legislation that would make it harder to vote by mail, particularly for elderly shut-ins and people with disabilities, just as record ... Southern’s leader calls on governor, lawmakers to close funding gap with LSU
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The leader of the Southern University System is asking the Louisiana Legislature to address a funding disparity between the state’s historically Black and primarily white ... Exploring Afrofuturism in AP African American Studies
By Josie Abugov Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Gathered in an auditorium at the New Orleans Museum of Art, a crowd of high school students gazed at an image of the Kenyan American ... Applications open for United Way’s business assistance prog.
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer A pandemic-era program to help bolster small Black businesses in metro New Orleans is seeking new applicants to fill the ranks of its selective sophomore cohort following ... Secrecy around LNG export terminals leaves public in the dark on dangers
By Pam Radtke Floodlight During a summer’s afternoon in 2022, a 450-foot fireball exploded at a liquefied natural gas terminal south of Houston, rocking sunbathers on Quintana Beach, adjacent to the Freeport ... New Orleans is among the top 50 US metros for Black-owned businesses
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer A new report by one of the country’s largest lending platforms is declaring New Orleans among the “top 50 U.S. metros where Black-owned businesses are most prominent,” ... Plaquemines Parish development board votes ‘no’ on Oakville zoning change
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Residents of an historic Black community in Plaquemines Parish scored a major victory against a group of property developers on March ...
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