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Mitch Landrieu has met with plenty of U.S. government officials as Louisiana Lt. Governor. Today he renews ties with them as New Orleans Mayor-elect. He'll meet with some of the U.S. government's top officials...
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Mitch Landrieu hugs his wife, Cheryl, after being elected mayor of New Orleans on Saturday. His sister, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, is at left.
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On Monday, Jonah Bascle was joined by about 50 demonstrators who halted streetcar service along the St. Charles Avenue neutral ground at Martin Luther King Drive for several hours.Though the Canal Street line's red streetcars, in keeping with the Americans with Disabilities Act, are equipped with hydraulic pumps on both sides to accommodate wheelchairs, the St. Charles cars' historic designation trumps the ADA and prohibits the streetcars from obtaining modern features, including wheelchair lifts or air conditioning.
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Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has offered up St. Elmo's famed shrimp cocktail with its fiery sauce as part of the city's wager on the Super Bowl. - Star file photo
In usual battle of the bets among mayor's of championship teams, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin have made their wagers for the Super Bowl.
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Over 122 people have been rescued from the rubble in Haiti since the 7.0 earthquake more than a week ago. 40 plus of those rescued were saved by American rescue personnel. Those who have traveled to the disaster scene contend there is death and destructions amid a hope for life and a city flourishing after rising from the rubble and ash in Port-Au-Prince. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, at the White Hous, connected the dots between Haiti and New Orleans.
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New Orleans music icon Dr. John has endorsed mayoral candidate James Perry. The candidate's first celebrity endorsement was from the NBA's Grant Hill, an all-star with the Phoenix Suns …
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A day after Troy Henry lashed out at the media for what he categorized as racially biased coverage the dynamics of the mayor’s race became further inflamed after Mayor Ray Nagin said on a local radio show that Henry’s accusations were accurate.
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Education reform advocate and nonprofit founder Leslie Jacobs has dropped her bid to replace Ray Nagin as mayor of the City of New Orleans.
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Mitch Landrieu said Tuesday that he's entering the field for the Feb. 6 primary. The announcement comes five months after Landrieu said he had no plans to run.
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The jazz trumpeter has steadily raised his profile in recent years to include a radio talk show and work with library and redevelopment boards. Speculation about his intentions picked up recently, with qualifying for the winter election set for next week.
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