AltWeeklies Wire
'Irreparable harm'new
Why BP is trying to undo a claims settlement it negotiated last year
Tags: BP, gulf oil spill
NOPD's "Stop-and-Frisk" Policiesnew
Police Chief Ronal Serpas says police officers use legitimate reasons — not racial profiling — to determine who they should stop, but records about the stops are skewed by flawed software.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
04-02-2013 |
Race & Class
Adopting and Adaptingnew
Why foster care adoptions in New Orleans have hit their lowest point in recent memory.
Gambit |
Jeremy Alford |
02-18-2013 |
Children & Families
The Fall of Ray Naginnew
For all his talk of "changing the paradigm" at New Orleans City Hall, former Mayor Ray Nagin's arc from telegenic reformer to accused crook followed an all-too-familiar plot line: He started out full of ideals and good intentions, and then, step by step, one small seduction and compromise at a time, proceeded down his personal road to perdition.
Gambit |
Clancy DuBos |
02-04-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: Ray Nagin
Ladder control problemnew
The annual controversy over Mardi Gras ladders.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
01-22-2013 |
Performance
Super Bowl-ing For Dollarsnew
As the supply of hotel rooms in New Orleans winds down to almost nothing in advance of Super Bowl XLVII, nightly rates have skyrocketed.
Who's Running Southeast Louisiana Hospital?new
Running Southeast Louisiana Hospital is a major undertaking. But Meridian Behavioral Health Systems, the Florida-based company chosen to operate the region's largest public mental health facility, has never handled a facility of its size.
Coupon Buggednew
A Seattle-based company is offering discounts on New Orleans businesses -- but shouldn't someone tell the businesses?
Gambit |
Alex Woodward |
12-10-2012 |
Business & Labor
The "New" Bobby Jindalnew
How the Louisiana governor's current reinvention tracks with his past.
Tags: Bobby Jindal, Bobbby Jindal 2016
New Orleans Music Lawsnew
A new coalition of musicians, club owners and lawyers are working with the city to keep live music going in New Orleans.
The New Orleans Hotel/Motel Taxnew
Charles Maldonado on the 13 percent tax levied on hotel rooms, and where that money goes.
Gambit |
Charles Maldonado |
11-20-2012 |
Policy Issues
Tags: New Orleans Hotel Tax
Winnas, Loozas ... and Hanging Chadsnew
Clancy DuBos on the elections: who came out on top, and who didn't come out at all.
Tags: Louisiana Politics, mitch landrieu
