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Economic outlook provides mixed bag for New Orleans
Jobs are coming back to the area, but there is a catch to that good news. LSU economics professor emeritus Loren Scott says one of the metro area’s big jobs drivers continues to shrink, and he’s not sure that it will ever fully recover.
Convertible sleeping bags turn into insulated tents for people experiencing homelessness
When blizzards line up to rip through the Northeast, schools close, flights are canceled, and people even board up their houses. Though missions and homeless shelters do what they can to provide safety to those who have no homes to go to, thousands of people still have to weather the cold outside.At Carnegie Mellon University's 2015 Impact-a-Thon, students were challenged to provide a temporary low-cost shelter for homeless people during the winter.
Less than 2 weeks post-Helene, local volunteers prepare to help again
NEW ORLEANS — Less than two weeks ago, local volunteers gathered up food, fuel, and generators and headed East to help people in Hurricane Helene’s path. Now, with Hurricane Milton closing in, they are getting ready to do it again. The back-to-back storms present unique challenges for helpers,...
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