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Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor In the race to replace Troy Carter in Louisiana Senate District 7; an area that covers Orleans, Jefferson and northern Plaquemines parishes a new state senator was elected on […]

Rep. Cedric Glover’s HB 652 Bill Passes Senate, Decriminalizing Small Possession of Marijuana Louisana Democrats Democratic Representative Cedric Glover’s HB 652 passed the Louisiana Senate this week by a vote of 20-17. HB 652 decriminalizes […]

Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor It is that time again; the 2021 Hurricane Season is expected to be busier than normal, with 13 to 20 named storms with 6 to 10 of them hurricanes […]

Sytonia Reid The Grio “I’m so damn hurt. I’m hurting so bad. I broke down not too long ago. And I needed that,” Mona Hardin, mother of Ronald Greene told NBC News. Two years after […]

Kenneth Cooper Black Source Media Why was Drew Brees’ led group given extra time to improve their proposal? The City of New Orleans’ response to the proposals to redevelop the abandoned Jazzland Amusement Park in […]

Recently, Troy Carter was sworn into Congress Tuesday by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Carter was sworn in on the House Floor to fill the 2nd Congressional District seat for the remainder of the 117th Congress in […]

Data News Weekly Staff Edited Report A step forward in history was made Thursday, May 6th in the House Labor Committee of the Louisiana Legislature when HB 245 by Representative Barbara Carpenter passed without objection […]

Laycee Ramsey Data News Weekly Contributor When it comes to gender-based violence during the Pandemic, it’s an issue often swept under the rug. The United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women has dubbed it […]

Data News Weekly Contributor Roughly a year in, students of New Orleans had to adjust to online learning for most of their time in school. Around January 4, 2021, majority of the public schools in […]