Sewerage & Water Board asks firm to research new fee to fund drainage projects

By Charles Maldonado thelensnola.org Five months after raising water and sewage rates, the Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans is contemplating a new fee

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Landrieu looks to 2018 in State of City address

By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered his state of the city address in the newly refurbished Tremé Community Center, the neighborhood center

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Underdogs upset judge favorites as CCC tolls go down in defeat
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Two Judicial favorites, with the lionshare of endorsements, financing, and experience, lost on Saturday May 4th, to two underdog challengers, one of whom has questions of residency ... New Orleans ranks second on list of booming U.S. cities
By David T. Baker The Louisiana Weekly New Orleans once again makes a list of America’s top cities. A report by Bloomberg Rankings ranks the New Orleans area, in­cluding neighbors Metairie and ... Whites record wealth six times greater than Blacks
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Whites had an average wealth of $632,000 in 2010 while Blacks had about $98,000 and Hispanics had $110,000, according to a recent study ... Tensions ease between Magnolia Marketplace and First Mount Calvary Baptist Church
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Councilmember credited with facilitating agreement Ground breaking for Magnolia Marketplace—a two-story mall on 6.5 acres bounded by Clara Street, Washington Avenue, Toledano Street and an area just south ... After years of arms-length relationships, Jindal needs friends now
By Tyler Bridges thelensnola.org Folding tables laden with crawfish stretched from one end of the second-floor balcony to the other. Senate President John Alario was hosting an evening gathering for senators, spouses ... All the lonely people: How we live alone past 65
By Thomas Goldsmith Contributing Writer DURHAM, N.C. (Special from Raleigh News & Observer/New America Media) — Clydie Pugh-Myers, one of the state’s first Black licensed practical nurses, once drove a red Cadillac ... Immigration takes center stage at race healing conference
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) – More than 50 years since the civil rights struggle for the right to vote and racial desegregation for African-Americans, a new kind of racial ... Macy’s Workshop alum Kim Roxie returns to Lakeside store
By Kelly Parker Contributing Writer Entrepreneur Kim Roxie has always been an innovator. The 29 year-old founder of LAMIK beauty has the distinct honor of being part of the inaugural class of ...
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