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Hard Census Count Helps New Orleans Move Forward

The changes to New Orleans became visible almost as soon as the floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina receded in 2005, but having a real count today from the release of 2010 census data will enable the city's leaders to know what's actually going on in the post-Katrina world for the first time. New Orleans lost 140,845...

Census: Don't Blame Katrina for Louisiana's Loss of Clout

WASHINGTON -- Conventional wisdom holds that Hurricane Katrina's destructive powers have cost Louisiana one of its seven seats in Congress in the new census because thousands of people were forced to relocate. But it turns out that Katrina may not be to blame after all. Greg Rigamer, a demographer and president of GCR &...

The Families Who Could Decide New Orleans' Fate

NEW ORLEANS (Aug. 29) -- Michael Canedo remembers clearly the day his neighbors gathered at the local playground and vowed to rebuild. It was two months after Hurricane Katrina. The days were still warm. Ten feet of flood had turned Burbank Gardens, a neighborhood of tidy shotgun homes and "camelback" duplexes, into a dead...

Scandal-Ridden New Orleans Police at Crossroads

(July 16) -- In New Orleans, a town known for its jambalaya, jazz and hospitality, it hasn't been difficult over the years to find folks willing to serve up some harsh words about their often-maligned and scandal-plagued police department. That may change -- even with the latest federal indictments for the shootings after...

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06/02/12 Numerous possibilities floated for New Orleans City... Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA While Mayor Mitch Landrieu has declined to discuss whom he might select for the vacant District B seat on the New Orleans City Council , speculation has focused for weeks on former state Sen. Diana Bajoie, who served in the Louisiana Legislature with Landrieu while he was a House member and later when he held the lieutenant governor's job.
06/02/12 Mayor Mitch Landrieu will choose District B... Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA The bizarre saga of the empty District B seat on the New Orleans City Council apparently entered its final chapter Friday when the deadline for the council to act passed, shifting the right to fill the vacancy to Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
06/02/12 Leaders: City can weather storms Source: The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette LA NEW ORLEANS The Army Corps of Engineers responsible for the massive rebuilding of hurricane protection after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and leaders from around the metropolitan area say they're working closely on emergency planning as the new hurricane season officially gets under way Friday.
06/01/12 Landrieu to choose District B seat 'sooner rather than... Source: NBC - WDSU 6 - New Orleans LA New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will decide who will take the interim seat of council member for District B. The decision comes after the New Orleans City Council failed to choose the interim member by Friday.
05/31/12 I-Team: City to announce major reform for NOPD details Source: NBC - WDSU 6 - New Orleans LA Officials with the City of New Orleans are moving forward with a plan that will centralize management of police details, shifting oversight out of the police department and into City Hall. It will be led by retired Lt. Col. John Salomone.

Background on mitch landrieu

Mitchell Joseph "Mitch" Landrieu ( ; born August 16, 1960) is the Mayor of New Orleans, former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, and a member of the Landrieu family.

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