Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed a tax break for the oil and gas industry that would have cost the state over $38 million over the next five years. The Louisiana legislature approved the bill, but Edwards said he doubted whether it would actually produce the jobs promised by oil lobbyists. “During a legislative session wrought […]
The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to leave the majority of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in place. Two conservative members of the court – Chief Justice John Roberts and Trump appointee Justice Brett Kavanaugh – made statements that suggested they’re unlikely to follow the urging of Republican attorneys to throw out the law. The […]
According to Feeding America, the largest domestic hunger-relief nonprofit in the United States, Louisiana has the worst rate of childhood food insecurity in the nation. According to a recently updated study by the nonprofit, in 2020 32.3 percent – over 354,000 children – in Louisiana will face food insecurity. That’s up from 24.6 percent in […]
According to the U.S. Elections Project, a nonpartisan website run by Michael McDonald, a professor of Political Science at the University of Floriday, initial election estimates show that the 2020 election has the highest voter turnout in 120 years. According to the project, at least 160 million people cast their vote – or 66.9 percent […]
With the City of New Orleans still struggling to recover from a direct hit from Hurricane Zeta, as many as 11 polling locations are expected to remain without power on Tuesday. However, in spite of their responsibility to ensure that all citizens are able to vote, Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin and Commissioner of […]
The Forum for Equality PAC (FFE PAC), a political action committee for LGBT human rights has filed suit against Leslie Ellison, the incumbent candidate for Orleans Parish School Board for District 4. The group is filing the suit after supporters presumed to be supporters of Leslie Ellison’s re-election campaign removed legally-placed signs from public property. […]
On Monday, October 26, NASA announced that earth’s moon has a lot more water than scientists once previously thought. For the first time, scientists have found water molecules across the sunlit regions of the moon’s surface. How was the water discovered? NASA scientists made the discovery using SOFIA – the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. […]
In the newly released documentary film Francesco, Pope Francis makes the statement that individuals who identify as LGBT are "children of God and have a right to a family." In addition, the pope makes statements in support of civil union laws, saying the laws are necessary to ensure that LGBT families "are legally covered."
In their study, Placing Prosperity, The Data Center explores how neighborhood inequality is based in generations of history, and how neighborhood investment moves, but doesn't necessarily reduce place-based inequality.
The New Orleans Mosquito, Termite, and Rodent Control Board (NOMTRCB) reported on Tuesday that mosquitoes carrying West Nile Virus (WNV) have been collected from the East Bank of Orleans Parish.
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