Five Former NOPD Officers Sentenced for Danziger Bridge Shootings
Five former New Orleans police officers will serve from six to 65 years in prison for their parts in a notorious shooting after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Two unarmed civilians were killed and four...
View ArticleNOPD Officer Sentenced For Lying After Convention Center Shooting
A New Orleans police officer will serve 20 months in prison for lying about his actions after fatally shooting a man after Hurricane Katrina. The victim was among thousands stranded after the 2005...
View ArticleNew Orleans Opens Four New Libraries
New Orleans is marking the opening of a fourth new library in as many weeks. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleBlight and Rebuilding New Orleans
New Orleans has 43,000 blighted properties, more than any other American city. Fighting blight can be complex, But since Mayor Landrieu’s administration took office, there’s been an invigorated effort...
View ArticleCommunity Trust and the New Orleans Police Department
The public’s trust in the post-Katrina New Orleans Police Department is still a fragile commodity. But the men in blue and their leadership are attempting to re-engage the communities they serve.»...
View ArticleCharter Schools and the Recovery School District
In New Orleans, the city with the most public charter schools in the nation, individual charters’ standards of discipline can vary widely. Sharon Litwin investigates how the Recovery School District is...
View ArticleMental Health Care
One enduring legacy of Hurricane Katrina and the storm's aftermath is stress. Stress about home, family, money, environment, and on and on. But stress doesn’t stay stress; it has a tendency to...
View ArticleExamining New Orleans Six Years After, and Your Responses
Paul Maassen and Dr. Ed Chervenak, Director of the UNO Survey Research Center, discuss the state of our vital civic institutions in the years since Hurricane Katrina and the storm's aftermath, and...
View ArticleJudge Rules New Orleans School Employees Wrongfully Terminated After...
A judge in New Orleans has ruled in favor of school employees fired after Hurricane Katrina. The decision could pave the way for thousands more workers in a class-action lawsuit.» E-Mail This » Add...
View ArticleKatrina Recovery and Julia Child's Birthday
This week on The Reading Life: Daniel Wolff, author of The Fight For Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back, and Tom Wooten, author of We Shall Not be Moved: Rebuilding Home in the Wake of...
View ArticleReport: New Orleans Blight Continues At High Level
A new study shows there's a diminishing amount of blight in New Orleans. But the overall level is stubbornly high.The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center says that, as of March, there are 8,000...
View ArticleMayor Landrieu Announces Big Plans For Community Center Wrecked by Hurricane...
A New Orleans community center destroyed by Hurricane Katrina is getting a $5 million renovation. The new facility is set to be completed by this spring.Katrina ripped apart the roof of the John Lyons...
View ArticleFederal Judge OKs FEMA Trailer Settlement
A federal judge in New Orleans has signed off on a $37.5 million settlement involving companies that provided trailers to thousands left homeless from Gulf Coast hurricanes seven years ago. Some...
View ArticleGentilly Man Almost Ready To Move Home After Hurricane Katrina
It’s been more than seven years since Hurricane Katrina left up to five feet of water in his Gentilly house. But Harold Lyons is almost back home.It’s the second of a two-weekend effort by Rebuilding...
View ArticleNonprofit Planning More Homes For Gentilly
A nonprofit group that built 101 homes in Gentilly after Hurricane Katrina is launching another drive. Project Home Again will build another 100 energy-efficient houses.The group is headed by Leonard...
View ArticleFive Former NOPD Officers Sentenced for Danziger Bridge Shootings
Five former New Orleans police officers will serve from six to 65 years in prison for their parts in a notorious shooting after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Two unarmed civilians were killed and four...
View ArticleNOPD Officer Sentenced For Lying After Convention Center Shooting
A New Orleans police officer will serve 20 months in prison for lying about his actions after fatally shooting a man after Hurricane Katrina. The victim was among thousands stranded after the 2005...
View ArticleNew Orleans Opens Four New Libraries
New Orleans is marking the opening of a fourth new library in as many weeks. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleBlight and Rebuilding New Orleans
New Orleans has 43,000 blighted properties, more than any other American city. Fighting blight can be complex, But since Mayor Landrieu’s administration took office, there’s been an invigorated effort...
View ArticleCommunity Trust and the New Orleans Police Department
The public’s trust in the post-Katrina New Orleans Police Department is still a fragile commodity. But the men in blue and their leadership are attempting to re-engage the communities they serve.»...
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