Before the storm, ideas like “conservation” and “holistic planning” were about as Nu Awlins as grilled tofu and kale burgers. But having your home marinate in 5 feet of water can influence your thinking. Now, discussing and acting on water management ideas is as accepted as parking your car on the neutral ground during heavy thunderstorms.
New Orleans emerges as the nation's boldest experiment in school innovation.
The Office of Inspector General and two top New Orleans officials are under an Ethics Review Board investigation after a city employee alleged they conspired to discredit her. Parking Administrator Zepporiah Edmonds said believes the officials retaliated against her for complaining about what she saw as a contract-steering scheme.
Our expanded map features statewide, legislative and selected local races. New for the general election: precinct-level results for Jefferson, St. Tammany, East Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Caddo parishes. And, of course, Orleans.
What the older generation remembers from their own school days is increasingly irrelevant to a changing world.
Though it doesn't quite back up its implication that Vitter missed the vote because of the call.
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The shifting balance between suburbs and the city provides an opportunity for regional thinking.
Development company says it's worked for two years with another group to reach consensus.
Provisions in federal law and the $20.8 billion court agreement say that most of Louisiana's expected $8 billion influx has to be spent on restoration of environment. That allays long-held fears the big payday would set off a feeding frenzy among politicians for projects unrelated to the coast.
