NCAA Final Four Legacy Project renovates Algiers recreation center
By Jordan Booker Contributing Writer New Orleans this year played host to the NCAA college men’s basketball Final Four March Madness tournament, and as part
OPSB selects Avis Williams as next superintendent
By Marta Jewson The Lens The Orleans Parish School Board unanimously selected Avis Williams as its next superintendent at a special board meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The Louisiana Weekly Staff report – Dillard University’s Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes has been named commissioner of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC), becoming the first African-American woman to lead ... Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation no longer maintaining, paying taxes on remaining properties
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens A subsidiary of the Make It Right Foundation — the troubled post-Katrina housing nonprofit founded by actor Brad Pitt — owes the city of New ... Despite campaign promises and settlement agreement, DA Jason Williams appears to lack a written policy on turning over evidence
By Nick Chrastil The Lens Before he took office as Orleans Parish District Attorney last year, Jason Williams said he had a plan to tackle a problem that had plagued the office’s ... Legislature overrides Gov. Edwards’ veto of Louisiana’s congressional redistricting map
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School News Service) — Both chambers of the Legislature voted Wednesday (March 30) to override Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of ...
A New Orleans police commander has been named Montgomery’s police chief. Louisiana needs another 2,500 teachers: ‘This is a crisis for us’
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) – Louisiana education leaders’ message to state lawmakers was clear: the teacher shortage in K-12 schools has reached emergency levels. Rep. Carter brings funds to state to increase STEM education
By Tyana Jackson Contributing Writer As part of a national effort to bolster historically Black universities and colleges for another century, Louisiana Congressman Troy Carter, an alumnus of Xavier University of ... HBCUs playing big role in NCAA Final 4 this weekend
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer New Orleans is abuzz about hosting the long-awaited NCAA Final Four weekend March 31-April 4. In addition to the Final Four and the championship game, there ...
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