May 2023 FOR THE RECORD At the April 6 general meeting, the City Council approved an expansion of an Interim Zoning District (IZD) in the University Area Off-Street Parking Overlay District. This overlay... Jesse Lu Baum
April 2023 FOR THE RECORD In August 2022, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the New Orleans “homestead exemption” for short-term rentals was unconstitutional. New regulations had to be... Jesse Lu Baum
March 2023 FOR THE RECORD At the February 16 New Orleans City Council meeting, the Council adopted a motion granting up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave to all City employees who have been at their job... Jesse Lu Baum
February 2023 FOR THE RECORD On January 5 and 10, the New Orleans City Planning Commission held two sessions open to public comment before issuing new recommendations for Short Term Rental (STR) regulation.... Jesse Lu Baum
January 2023 Home to Any Possibility Felix Allen, who launched a union drive at the Lowe’s on Elysian Fields in New Orleans, has been busy. While working at Lowe’s, he also moonlights as a musician and works to... Jesse Lu Baum
December 2022 FOR THE RECORD On November 3, the New Orleans City Council passed—with significant amendments—the Healthy Homes Ordinance. The ordinance expands protections for tenants and finally... Jesse Lu Baum
November 2022 Owning the Means Recently, to make ends meet as my rent increased and the prices of groceries and utilities have climbed, I have begun busing tables on the weekends. There are holes in my floors... Jesse Lu Baum
October 2022 REVIEWS ... Anthony Oscar, Bryan Funck, Dalton Spangler, Danielle Dietze, Jesse Lu Baum, Kevin Barrios, Mary Beth Campbell, Sabrina Stone, Will Hibert, William Archambeault
September 2022 REVIEWS ... Anthony Oscar, Frances Madeson, Jesse Lu Baum, Marisa Clogher, Mary Beth Campbell, Veronica Cross, Will Hibert, William Archambeault
July 2022 LETTER FROM SOME EDITORS “I hated childhood / I hate adulthood / And I love being alive.” —Mary Ruefle What was forecast has come to pass. Roe v. Wade was overturned by the “Supreme” Court,... Jesse Lu Baum, Marisa Clogher
July 2022 Hot Union Summer On June 4, the Starbucks at 7700 Maple St. in New Orleans voted 11 to 1 to unionize their store, with two contested ballots, becoming the first Starbucks in Louisiana to join a... Jesse Lu Baum
June 2022 REVIEWS ... Andy Pham, Dalton Spangler, Frances Madeson, Harriet Burbeck, Jesse Lu Baum, Kallie Tiffault, Mary Beth Campbell, Raphael Helfand
