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“Contracts must be awarded to Black businesses that create jobs in their communities and help to fuel the region’s economy,” said LaVerne Toombs, executive director of the New Orleans Regional Black Chamber of Commerce.

Rep. Carter Urges Federal Agencies to Include DBEs in Post-Ida Recovery Contracting

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Judy Reese Morse, president and CEO of the Urban League of Louisiana, said the importance of involving businesses owned and run by people...

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Art5 years ago

Terence Blanchard at The Met!

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Terence Blanchard’s ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ is the first work by a Black composer to be presented at the Met. Based...

Crime8 years ago

State’s Prison Population Shrinks

THE LOUISIANA WEEKLY — On November 1 of last year, inmates were released from facilities across Louisiana in a one-time exodus. Ten criminal justice measures, signed...

Louisiana Weekly8 years ago

Probe into Mayor’s credit card use ends; no charges to be filed

THE LOUISIANA WEEKLY —After nearly a year of delving into New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s use of a City-issued credit card during her tenure as a...

Education9 years ago

Morehouse Student Follows His Passion, Finds the Black Press

By Tiana Hunt (NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow) Darrell Williams is a rising senior at Morehouse College, who has big dreams of being a creative director, one day....

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