Word: louisiana
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...billion Bill submitted to Louisiana last week to cover roughly 9% of what FEMA spent there in posthurricane...
...eerie season had begun. The Hornets tipped off their 2005-06 NBA campaign last week more than 700 miles from New Orleans, in Oklahoma City, Okla., where the team has relocated for at least a year. (To keep ties to Louisiana, the team will play six of its 41 "home" games in Baton Rouge.) NBA franchises usually get 18 months to establish themselves in a new market. From the time the Hornets finalized their move to Oklahoma City on Sept. 20 to their first regular season game on Nov. 1, the Hornets had 42 days. During that time, the team...
...have streets with potholes you can lose small children in, schools that brag when they are on probation from the state, and there is no reason why we can’t and shouldn’t be doing better,” Green says.BOY FROM THE BAYOUA Louisiana native, Green grew up in a single-parent home, which he says helps him better empathize with many of Cambridge’s residents.“It forces you to grow up faster,” he says. “I know firsthand what it’s like...
...many of the poor New Orleans residents who were unable to flee Hurricane Katrina. Imagine. What if just 100 people would have left New Orleans if they had had a few thousand more dollars to spend on transportation and hotel rooms? How many people lost their lives because the Louisiana Supreme Court didn’t think New Orleans had the right to demand a minimum level of economic security for its citizens...
...elected office and one working full-time in community service and activism. Recipients “demonstrate the impact and the value of public service in the spirit of John F. Kennedy,” according to a press release. The two past recipients of the award are a Louisiana state representative, Karen Carter, and the founder of the non=profit group Teach for America, Wendy Kopp. Madigan was honored with the Fenn Award, named after Dan Fenn, the Kennedy Library’s first director and a former Kennedy staff member. Since taking office as the first female Illinois...