According to a report released today, full-time wage earners in New Orleans need to earn $20.73 an hour in order to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment at fair-market rent rates. For the rest of the state, that figure is a little lower— but not much less at $17.48 per hour. The...
City, Community Leaders Celebrate Start of Lower Ninth Ward Road Project
Mayor LaToya Cantrell joined other officials today (Monday, July 13) to mark the beginning of the $8.8 million Lower Ninth Ward Northeast B roadwork project. Mayor Cantrell was joined by District E City Councilwoman Cyndi Nguyen and and Rev. Michael Zacharie of Beulah Land Baptist Church. “We refuse to let...
COVID-19 Testing
Walk-up mobile COVID-19 testing will be available in New Orleans East Tuesday, July 14 - Thursday, July 16. This will be a nasal swab test, provided by partners LCMC, LSU, and the New Orleans Health Department. "Testing is still a vital tool in tracking and slowing the spread of COVID-19,...
Businesses Should Prepare to Apply for State Main Street Recovery Program
Mayor LaToya Cantrell is urging eligible businesses in New Orleans to prepare for the state of Louisiana-administered Main Street Recovery Program application period, which will begin no later than July 28. And grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. The Louisiana Legislature has designated $300 million from the...
City of New Orleans Wants to Suspend Plans for Phase III of OPSO Jail Facility Indefinitely
The city of New Orleans is seeking to suspend the programming, design and construction of a new Phase III of the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office (OPSO) jail facility, with city officials announcing today that it has requested a modification of prior court orders in order halt jail expansion plans indefinitely....
COVID Cases Continue Climb
With the state of Louisiana and the city of New Orleans both paused at Phase 2 of reopening, Louisiana is reporting 845 new cases of COVID from the previous day's case count and more than 12,260 new cases than reported exactly one week ago, when Gov. John Bel Edwards announced...
City Council Supports New Public Database on Police Misconduct
The New Orleans City Council adopted a resolution in support of the creation of a public-facing database by the Independent Police Monitor (IPM) to increase community engagement, ensure timely data collection and provide heightened transparency of local law enforcement encounters to create additional accountability. Currently, after five years, officer disciplinary...
New Orleans Health Department Investigates Apparent Clusters of COVID-19 Cases
The New Orleans Health Department and the Louisiana Department of Health announced today that the agencies are investigating apparent clusters of cases of COVID-19 in Orleans Parish. The two separate clusters are related to a New Orleans high school graduation party and a large, non-physically distant gathering at a bar...
Early Voting Begins Saturday, June 20 for Presidential Primary and Municipal Primary
Early voting begins Saturday, June 20 and continue through Saturday, July 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily, excluding Sundays. Registered Democrats and Republicans will be eligible to vote in their party’s Presidential Preference Primary. On the ballot for Presidential Nominee Democratic Candidates are Joseph R. Biden, Tulsi Gabbard,...
Dillard University to Launch Center for Racial Justice
Center will focus on policing and other racial justice issues Dillard University will launch its Center for Racial Justice (CRJ) in July 2020 in response to the mounting police brutality cases in the United States. As a historically Black university, Dillard is set to become the leading educational conduit between...