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New Orleans plans to erase $130 million in residents’ medical debt
By: Karli Winfrey, Verite - January 2, 2023
The New Orleans City Council, following the footsteps of other local governments in Cook County, Illinois, and Toledo, Ohio, passed a last-minute line item in early December to the city’s 2023 budget: a $1.3 million expenditure that is earmarked to be used to erase more than $100 million in medical debt for city residents. The […]
Convention center employees threaten strike over working conditions
By: Karli Winfrey, Verite - November 23, 2022
NEW ORLEANS – Sodexo food service employees from five major convention centers across the country have announced demands for improving working conditions and threatened that failure to meet the demands could result in strikes. Food service workers at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center have partnered with Unite Here Local 23 in New Orleans to […]
‘Healthy Homes’ ordinance falls short for New Orleans tenants, advocates say
By: Karli Winfrey, Verite - November 10, 2022
NEW ORLEANS – Jas Robinson walked through the kitchen of her Tulane-Gravier apartment on a warm October afternoon. Her large calico cat, Badu, weaved between her legs, dodging the soft spots in the linoleum that buckle even at the weight of a feline. Every day, as Robinson, 30, a caterer, moves between the stove and […]