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French Quarter businesses file suit over Decatur Street construction
The businesses are asking a judge to issue an injunction forcing the Sewerage & Water Board to remove barricades along Decatur, which they claim have kept customers away.
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8mNew Orleans privacy advocates push for suspension of the NOPD drone program
One councilmember, Lesli Harris, said at the committee meeting that “we have to take a hard look at suspending” the drone program amid calls for more transparency.
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3mNew Orleans' Creole culture took center stage for 8 days from 1950s to 1970s
Candlelight tours offered a glimpse into the architecture, gardens and traditions that helped define old New Orleans Creole life.
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20mHe spent 27 years on death row as a wrongfully convicted man. What comes next?
Solitary confinement for 23 hours a day. 115-degree heat. Jimmie Duncan is haunted by the decades he spent on death row in Angola prison — and how, even after being released, he still isn’t truly free.
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12mProtesters pack Alexandria airpark meeting to oppose new ICE detention center
People against a proposed immigration detention facility near the Alexandria airport came from all over the state to voice their concerns.
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14mCouncilmember’s texts prove he had ‘discriminatory intent’ in rejecting affordable complex near English Turn, developer claims in lawsuit
In a 2023 text message, Councilmember Freddie King said he blocked a 278-unit apartment complex near his English Turn home because he didn’t “want dread heads and bonnet wear fools next to me.” But in a deposition, King said he was only satirizing protesters who were accusing the council of discrimination.