Congress

Danae Columbus: Villere touts Republican successes in Louisiana

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Louisiana Republican Party chair Roger Villere believes Louisiana citizens are already living the “new American dream,” that President Trump described in his SOTU speech Tuesday night. In Washington this week for the annual winter meeting of the Republican National Committee where President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence also are speaking, Villere praised Trump’s remarks.

city government

Chief Harrison should stay at NOPD, but jail and S&WB need major reforms in next administration, Councilwoman Susan Guidry says

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NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison should be allowed to continue the process of reforming the New Orleans Police Department into the next city administration, but the Orleans Parish Jail and the Sewerage & Water Board both remain “completely broken” and in need of total systemic overhauls, outgoing City Councilwoman Susan Guidry told a group of civic activists Tuesday night.

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Sponsored: InspireNOLA adds Leonard Fournette to Project Live & Achieve Rally for Excellence this Friday

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On February 2, 2018, Dr. Bernice King, CEO of The King Center, will keynote the “Project Live & Achieve” Rally for Excellence, where 5,000 students from local schools across the New Orleans area will attend.

The rally, which is presented by InspireNOLA Charter Schools, The Alliance for Diversity & Excellence and Hyatt Regency New Orleans, will also feature Congressional Black Caucus Chairman and U.S. Representative Cedric Richmond (D-New Orleans), New Orleans Mayor-Elect Latoya Cantrell, Angela Yee of the nationally syndicated radio show “The Breakfast Club,” and Jacksonville Jaguars Running Back Leonard Fournette as speakers who will offer words of hope and motivation to the students in attendance.