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Lead Pipes, Another New Orleans legacy
By Delaney Dryfoos The Lens A preponderance of local homes have lead in their water, if the startling results from tests by the Water Collaborative
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What Louisiana constitutional amendments are on the ballot?
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana voters will soon get the opportunity to decide whether the state constitution should be amended to divert
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By Richard A. Webster Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — In February, a prosecutor from a rural area outside Baton Rouge asked members of Louisiana’s Senate judiciary committee to imagine a frightening scene: You ... ‘Bare bones’: Disability rights advocates say city’s disaster plans fall short
By Katie Jane Fernelius Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — When forecasters projected Hurricane Ida was going to hit New Orleans in August of 2021, Ashley Volion was not sure what she would do. ... This week is voter registration week in Louisiana
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Monday, September 23, began Voter Registration Week in Louisiana ahead of the Nov. 5 nationwide election. The Louisiana Weekly celebrates its 99th anniversary
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer On September 19, The Louisiana Weekly will celebrate its 99th anniversary of covering stories focused on New Orleans’ African-American community. Grambling installs youngest HBCU President
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Grambling State University honored its new president, Dr. Martin Lemelle Jr., in an investiture ceremony on campus on September 6. Court blocks environmental civil rights protections for La.’s Black communities
By Terry L. Jones Floodlight The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana this week issued a permanent injunction that prevents the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of ... City reaches deal with Ochsner to eliminate $59M in medical debt
By Katie Jane Fernelius Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Nearly two years after first announcing a program to eliminate $130 million in residents’ medical debt, the city of New Orleans said Monday (Aug. ... Pres. Biden announcement of $23M in cancer research to Tulane met with praise, protest
By Safura Syed Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — Environmental activists from Louisiana’s so-called Cancer Alley had mixed reactions to President Joe Biden’s announcement on Tuesday (Aug. 14) that researchers at Tulane University will ...
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