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Rampart streetcar extension to open in 2015, RTA says
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Work will begin next year on a $71 million North Rampart streetcar extension, linked to the new Loyola Ave. line
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Slashed budget leaves hundreds of indigent defendants lawyerless
By Tom Gogola http://thelensnola.org Draconian cuts in the budget for lawyers who represent indigent defendants have come back to haunt the Orleans Parish criminal justice
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By Min. J. Kojo Livingston Contributing Writer I am a passionate supporter of Black businesses. I have launched two campaigns to promote Black support of Black businesses. The Black-on-Black ... Deadline extended a fourth time for Isaac-related flood insurance claims
Louisiana property owners with flood insurance policies whose homes or other structures were damaged during Hurricane Isaac have an additional 60 days to file claims for their flood-related losses. This ... Diversity turnaround at Sodexo
By William Reed NNPA Contributor Sodexo is one of the largest food services and facilities management companies in the world, and the leading provider of integrated food and facilities management services in ... Lower Ninth Ward coalition releases food access action plan
By Ben Ledbetter Contributing Writer The Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood does not have a grocery store, however residents and community organizations are working on changing that. What that has led ... Spill trial against BP and its partners gets under way
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of articles on the trial. A landmark environmental trial kicked off last week at United States ... Whole Foods to open on North Broad and Bienville streets
By Lianna Patch Contributing Writer Mid-City residents tired of the vacant former Schwegmann’s supermarket at the corner of North Broad and Bienville Streets will soon have a new place to make groceries. ... Avondale Shipyard set to transition into energy manufacturing market
By David T. Baker Associate Editor Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII), the company that owns and manages Avondale Shipyard in Avondale, La,, is moving out of shipbuilding and into the energy market. BP challenges official estimate of oil spilled in Gulf
By Sue Sturgis Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Trying to reduce civil liabilities it faces under the federal Clean Water Act, BP filed a legal motion earlier in January to ...
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