On Thursday, the state of Louisiana filed a lawsuit against the state of California over a law banning the sale and import of alligator products. According to the lawsuit, in addition to hurting an important industry in Louisiana, it could also hurt the state’s wetlands. “Far from protecting American alligators, the Challenged Laws – if […]
Short term rentals (STRs) have been something of a blessing and a curse for New Orleans. On the one hand, they provide a relatively easy addition income for New Orleans homeowners – many of whom earn as little as 14 percent below the national average in wages each year – and a cheaper, convenient place […]
Mitragyna Speciosa, better known as just ‘kratom’ is a tropical and evergreen plant that belongs to the coffee family. It grows naturally in the humid environment of Southeast Asia. Countries like Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea happen to be the biggest growers of this herb. For ages, these countries would use kratom […]
In the dark, early hours one summer in 2016, two people killed a man. We don’t know his name, because the journalists who reported his death never bothered to report his name. The two killers did not act in concert, and they didn’t know each other. In fact, they probably had never met. And […]
On Thursday, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a global survey of 18 European countries and found that antisemitism remains a pervasive problem in many areas, and is even on the rise in others. The poll is part of the ADL Global 100: An Index of Anti-Semitism and was fielded betweeen April and June 2019 in Eastern […]
Flu season is in full swing, and Louisiana is leading the country in the number of cases nationally. According to doctors at the Mid-City Ochsner urgent care, they’re seeing between five and 15 patients every day for flu and flu-like illnesses. “We are way ahead. Both in terms of other states in the country, and […]
It’s how the headlines should have read on Sunday morning. Or maybe “PEOPLE FINALLY VOTING IN LOUISIANA” considering we had a massive turnout of over 50% of all eligible voters in the run-off this past Saturday. Due to this, we have re-elected a Democrat Governor for the first time in over 40 years. And nationally […]
In October, Port Orleans Brewing Company teamed up with grocery chain Winn-Dixie for the “Lend a Helping Can” campaign to raise money for the Ochsner Cancer Institute. The campaign was overwhelmingly successful: on Thursday, November 14, the two businesses donated a total of $71,127 to the Ochsner Cancer Institute to help patients in their fight […]
What a difference a week makes! Following one of their more disappointing overall team efforts in last week’s stunning upset loss at home to the Atlanta Falcons, the New Orleans Saints got back on track yesterday afternoon, earning a 34-17 win over the division rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers. With the victory, the Black and Gold […]
The New Orleans Saints couldn’t have picked a worse time to turn in one of their most disappointing performances of the Sean Payton-Drew Brees Era in their 26-9 loss to the visiting Atlanta Falcons yesterday afternoon. While on the surface the disappointing loss doesn’t appear to have lessened the Black and Gold’s chances of making […]
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