Jon Batiste’s reimagined Super Bowl anthem highlighted wife’s painting and set stage for new music
Jon Batiste transformed the Super Bowl stage into a symphony of creativity, debuting new music, reimagining “The Star-Spangled Banner” and shining a global spotlight on his wife’s creative vision.
Donald Trump’s election to a second presidential term sent ripples through members of vulnerable populations in New Orleans.
So we spoke to them.
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Justice
Immigrants sue ICE over alleged ‘Russian Detention & Deterrence Scheme’
Attorneys representing nearly 300 people in immigration detention claim ICE is illegally targeting people from post-Soviet countries for prolonged detention.
ENVIRONMENT
Will Trump dismantle the new EPA rule limiting a Cancer Alley pollutant?
The EPA lowered how much ethylene oxide industrial workers can be exposed to. The chemical is emitted by several Cancer Alley facilities. But will Pres. Donald Trump reverse the rule?
government
Councilmembers call for engineering consultant after series of building collapses in city
New Orleans has faced at least seven building collapses in the past year. Council members want to hire a professional to advise the city on structural reviews.
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Housing
Q&A: Author and Professor Bernadette Atuahene to launch new book at local event
Property law scholar and author Bernadette Atuahene is coming to New Orleans to promote her new book at an event hosted at Baldwin and Co. on Thursday, Jan. 30.Â
Education
Cantrell backs out of $20M payment to schools
Months after the City Council brokered a deal with the Orleans Parish School Board to cover their multimillion-dollar deficit, payments still haven’t been made.
Health
Days before Super Bowl, University Medical Center nurses go on two-day strike
Nurses at University Medical Center began their two-day strike ahead the Super Bowl this Wednesday (Feb. 5) by picketing outside the hospital’s Canal Street entrance.
A law was meant to target teen violence. Instead, 17-year-olds are being charged as adults for lesser offenses.
Louisiana lawmakers lowered the age at which the criminal justice system treats people as adults, but most teens arrested in the three largest parishes aren’t charged with violent crimes.
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New Orleans tried to ban guns near the Super Bowl. It failed
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NFL emails reveal extent of Saints’ damage control for clergy sex abuse crisis
The records reveal New Orleans Saints executives played a more extensive role than previously known in a PR campaign to mitigate fallout from the clergy sexual abuse crisis.
What Was Lost: 20 years after Katrina, some things will never be replaced
Later this year, Louisiana, southern Mississippi and the rest of the Gulf Coast will humbly and sadly mark the 20th anniversary of the most devastating time in our lives— when Hurricane Katrina hit, the levees failed and life changed as we knew it.
What Was Lost: A buffet that belonged to a prominent Black businessman
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What Was Lost: The childhood diaries of a New Orleans East resident
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