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Valena C. Jones was a Black school facility before its time
As plans emerge to repurpose the Valena C. Jones Elementary School building, its history is a reminder of what it once meant to this community.
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13mPublic Service Commission will vote on revised transparency rule at September meeting; some groups still have concerns.
Electric companies, environmental groups have expressed concerns to the Public Service Commission about privacy and fairness as well as whether it could chill debate on utility regulatory matters.
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7mSign ups for free transit program for New Orleans youth ends this week due to funding cut
New Orleans Regional Transit Authority riders born 2001-2010 have until Aug. 14 to get free passes as the pilot program ends open enrollment. After a $1 million funding cut, the Opportunity Pass program is expected to end if new funding is not secured.
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11mFrank Perez, founder of LGBT+ Archives Project, was a pillar of the queer community in New Orleans
Frank Perez, who helped catalog the history of queer communities throughout Louisiana, died after a bout with cancer at 57.
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3mWilliam G. Brown, Louisiana's first black state education superintendent, helped reform a failing system
Brown exposed problems with how Louisiana's public school system operated, then called for reform
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8mTrump’s ‘energy emergency’ could fast-track massive expansion of Plaquemines LNG export terminal
$18 billion project could damage 470 acres of wetlands in a parish already losing land at a rapid pace