Healing that wound should be our Tricentennial vow.
Category: Government & Politics
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Take ‘Em Down NOLA demands inclusive process for deciding what’s next
Calls for town hall meetings.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use, Opinion
Monument fight now part of our heritage — but what to do with those pedestals?
What should replace Gen. Lee? Maybe no one.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Memo to liberal media: New Orleans hasn’t just ‘joined’ movement against white supremacy
A moment in which we deserve to love ourselves
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Reader slams two Lens columns on Israel, declaring them anti-Semitic rants
Accuses Lens of ‘selective outrage’
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Industrial Canal lock project: Try getting info about it from the Army Corps!
Comment period expires with questions still unanswered
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Contract requires traffic-camera company to study wrecks, but New Orleans won’t push it
Two city council members say they want the city to demonstrate that cameras make streets safer.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Students gather to reclaim the role they played as leaders in the Civil Rights era
Ambassador Young returns to the city where the SCLC was born.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Airbnb tracker: Find short-term rental applications in New Orleans
After April 1, 2017, it’s legal to rent homes in New Orleans via Airbnb, VRBO and similar services. Sites must be licensed. We’re tracking where applications have been filed and approved.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Airbnb tracker: New Orleans has approved about 470 short-term rentals
The city started approving applications earlier this week, soon after the law went into effect.