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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell talks about the city of New Orleans' hurricane preparedness at a press conference on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. New Orleans Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Director Collin Arnold stands in the background.
Posted inEnvironment

City officials, nonprofits say they’re ready for hurricane season that’s projected to be above-average

Avatar photo by Safura Syed May 30, 2025May 29, 2025

Hurricane season begins Sunday (June 1), and city leaders, local officials and area nonprofits said that they are prepared, even in the midst of budget and staff reductions to key federal agencies that help cities and states manage disasters.

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Energy bills are rising while pathways for aid are threatened at state, federal level

Avatar photo by Safura Syed May 19, 2025June 14, 2025
Attorney Lauren Hall (left), an attorney and co-founder of Below Sea Level Aid, and Natalie Rupp, the executive director of the Trans Income Project, sit in City Council chambers during a May 8, 2025 council meeting.
Posted inGovernment, Justice, News

City Council passes law to protect sex workers from arrest, prosecution at local level

Avatar photo by Safura Syed May 8, 2025May 8, 2025
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Environmental advocates in St. James feel ‘left out’ after recent pro-industry votes

Avatar photo by Safura Syed May 5, 2025May 5, 2025
Deon Haywood, executive director of Women with a Vision, speaks at City Hall in favor of an ordinance that would protect sex workers from prosecution and arrest when reporting a crime and prevent admittance of condom possession as evidence for prostitution.
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City ordinance would protect sex workers from arrest by NOPD, but not State Police

Avatar photo by Safura Syed April 29, 2025April 30, 2025
Terry Mogilles, a nurse at University Medical Center, speaks at a rally held for the nurses at the hospital in New Orleans on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. The nurses are going to strike during the second weekend of Jazz Fest.
Posted inHealth

UMC nurses announce strike planned for second weekend of Jazz Fest

Avatar photo by Safura Syed April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
Whitney Plantation in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.
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Trump admin rescinds grants to Whitney Plantation, but leaves open avenue for appeal

Avatar photo by Safura Syed April 16, 2025April 16, 2025
Brianna Bryant, a crew leader at Grow Dat Youth Farm, writes during a community engagement meeting at the Pavilion of Two Sisters in City Park on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
Posted inCommunity

City Park leadership, community draft plans for future programming

Avatar photo by Safura Syed April 10, 2025April 11, 2025
Posted inNews

New Orleans joins nationwide anti-Trump protests

Avatar photo by Safura Syed April 5, 2025April 5, 2025
U.S. Rep. Troy Carter speaks at a town hall about potential cuts to Medicaid at Dillard University on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
Posted inNews

Residents express frustration with federal government at Troy Carter town hall on Medicaid

Avatar photo by Safura Syed March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

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