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12/20/2024

“I mean, do they want to dismantle public health?”

Louisiana public health workers were told in November to stop promoting COVID, influenza and mpox vaccines.

via New Orleans Public Radio

The vaccine advertising policy was discussed in meetings held within the Louisiana Department of Health's Office of Public Health, on Oct. 3 and Nov. 21.

12/20/2024

UNO is facing a $10 million budget shortfall. And with salaries accounting for 75% of its expenses, furloughs and layoffs could be coming next year.

via Louisiana Illuminator

UNO is facing a $10 million budget shortfall. And with salaries accounting for 75% of its expenses, furloughs and layoffs could be coming next year.

12/20/2024

Like his parents, Thomas Covington Dent dedicated his life to uplifting the Black community.

As the first-born son of Dillard University President Albert W. Dent and classical pianist Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent, Thomas C. Dent was a poet, jazz scholar, essayist, playwright, oral historian, journalist and cultural activist.

12/19/2024

The New Orleans City Council voted on Thursday (Dec. 19) to approve the sale of Entergy’s local gas utility to Delta Utilities, a newly formed company backed by a private equity firm. The vote comes less than a week after the council first announced its intent to approve the sale and just days after the council’s utility committee voted unanimously to advance the resolution to the full council.

The New Orleans City Council voted on Thursday (Dec. 19) to approve the sale of Entergy’s local gas utility to Delta Utilities, a newly formed company backed by a private equity firm.

12/19/2024

We’re giving away two pairs of VIP tickets to A Tale of God’s Will: A Requiem for Katrina. 🎟️

New Orleans native Terence Blanchard will perform his GRAMMY-award winning work with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra on Saturday, Jan. 18. Don’t miss his performance.

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12/19/2024

Do you know what's included in the New Orleans Police Department's consent decree? Learn in this episode of Porch Poppin'.

12/19/2024

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12/19/2024

Five hurricanes made landfall in the United States this year, causing half a trillion dollars in damages. Flooding devastated mountain towns along the East Coast. Scores of wildfires burned almost 8 million acres nationwide. As such events grow more common, and more devastating, homeowners are seeing their insurance premiums spike — or insurers ditch them all together.

An analysis released Wednesday by the Senate Committee on the Budget found that the rate at which insurance contracts are being dropped rose significantly in recent years, particularly in states most exposed to climate risks. In all, 1.9 million policies were not renewed.

Via: Grist.org

Two congressional reports make clear that, with increasingly frequent hurricanes, floods and fires, 'the model of insurance as it stands right now isn't working.'

12/18/2024

A poet, novelist and scholar, Margaret Walker grew up in New Orleans.

Walker later founded Jackson State University's Institute for the Study of History, Life, and Culture of Black People, which became the Margaret Walker Alexander National Research Center.

12/18/2024

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is launching a youth anti-vaping campaign that will engage athletes at LSU and other colleges in name, image and likeness deals.

The campaign is the first state-funded NIL deal in Louisiana.

via Louisiana Illuminator

AG Liz Murrill's $281,000 anti-vaping campaign is the first state-funded name, image and likeness deal in Louisiana.

12/18/2024

Before she married a Dillard University president in 1931, Ernestine Jessie Covington Dent was a concert pianist.

12/17/2024

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 the wrongs of its past, plagued with community mistrust, racial bias and other problems?

The city of New Orleans wants a judge to wind down the police department’s consent decree over a two-year period.

12/17/2024

The New Orleans Police Department's r**e clearance rates have plummeted over the past several years. What does this mean for the consent decree?

The New Orleans Police Department’s s*x crimes division has struggled with staffing over the years.

12/17/2024

"The best gift that you can give a child for the holidays is a book," writes Fatima Shaik.

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12/16/2024

The Silver Gloves boxing tournament was hosted this weekend at the Milne Recreation Center in Gentilly.

“They’re just positive male figures in your life if you don’t have one,” White said of the trainers. “It’s a pretty positive place here. You feel like family, the coaches and teammates.”

Young boxers and their families were treated to displays of discipline and skill at the Louisiana State Silver Gloves boxing tournament at the Milne Recreation Center last Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 14 and 15).

12/16/2024

New Orleans City Council members on Monday (Dec. 16) voted to advance the sale of Entergy’s local gas utility to a private equity-backed firm — a $484 million deal first announced last year.

A final vote on the $484 million statewide sale of Entergy’s natural gas business could come as early as this week.

12/16/2024

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