Toadying to the Tea Party: Louisiana kids and the politics of the Common Core
To Marc Morial it’s simply “reprehensible” that politicians are putting their electoral ambitions ahead of Louisiana’s kids, indeed the state itself.
St. Bernard’s rejection of flood-protection tax could ripple across east bank
Voters rejected a 67 percent increase in a tax that funds flood protection.
Voters approve tax extension to maintain New Orleans schools
Over time, an existing tax will be shifted to a fund to maintain school buildings.
Track U.S. Senate, New Orleans races tonight with our live election map
See where Bill Cassidy got the most support in his upset of Sen. Mary Landrieu. We're also tracking the two Orleans Parish judicial races and the school tax.
Voters to decide whether to extend existing tax in order to maintain schools
Check back here Saturday night for precinct-by-precinct results on the citywide school tax.
Decline and fall: Emperor Jindal as the ancient Romans might have seen him
Our government serves the interests of corporations over common people, much as the Caesars concentrated power within their bloodline alone.
School-tax vote Saturday comes even as some don’t know who controls schools
Landrieu, Civil Service win ruling that aimed to stop personnel overhaul
Judge decided that because sweeping personnel changes hadn't harmed anyone yet, case was premature.
Some schools agree to remove banners encouraging a vote on school tax
Opponents say use of school property and intent of signs violate laws.
Slavery museum at upriver plantation stirs controversy on both sides of racial divide
Black and white folks alike — some of them skeptics, some of them cynics — seem to be mightily opposed to the idea of a slave museum.
