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NEW ORLEANS – Today, Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation (NOTMC) in partnership with 504HealthNet, launched the new Healthy Hospitality Initiative at the Jazz and Heritage Center. Tourism leaders and 504HealthNet […]

NEW ORLEANS — The City of New Orleans reminds residents that school zone cameras will be turned on for the new school year on Monday, Aug. 12, at 7 a.m. School zone hours are between […]

Camille Whitworth It didn’t take long for members of the Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks of the World to make their impact on New Orleans. ! The group of more than 2000, […]

NEW ORLEANS – The Mayor’s Office of Youth and Families, the Office of Criminal Justice Coordination and the Director of Strategic Initiatives this weekend at the Milne Rec Center engaged with local youth as part […]

Beginning this week, the City of New Orleans, Department of Public Works will begin implementing a pilot parking program to gather data about infractions and determine if the technology offers a viable option for more […]

  Audubon Zoo is joining the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, and will collaborate with Disney and the Lion Recovery Fund to stop the lion crisis. In support of Disney’s The Lion King Protect the […]

BATON ROUGE (The Drum/NNPA)—For more than three decades, Sadie Roberts-Joseph was an exceptional force of civic and cultural life in Baton Rouge. Often called an activist, matriarch, and a ‘tireless advocate of peace,’ the 75-year-old […]

Black women have been “at the tip of the spear”  experiencing the consequences of systemic racism in America, according to Mayor Pete Buttigieg, one of several Democratic candidates to address the crowds on the Power Stage […]

Data Staff Writers National Urban League President and CEO Marc H. Morial will join influential voices including Michelle Obama and Congresswoman Maxine Waters in a celebration of the 25th anniversary of the iconic event he […]