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Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Since 1923 • For a greater Loyola

The Maroon

Kay Charbonnet makes a sale at her boutique, Kay’s. Charbonnet is one of the many small business owners who are  worried about their businesses being negatively affected by the new sales tax increase, which was put into effect on April 1.

Sales tax hike affects small businesses

Emily Branan April 15, 2016

Kay Charbonnet, owner of a boutique called Kay’s, is worried her customers now have a reason to spend less money at her store because of a new tax. The one-cent sales tax increase went into effect on...

Protestors gather for an action against prison expansion in front of the Orleans Parish Criminal Courthouse on Thursday, April 14, 2016.

Citizens protest the expansion of the Orleans Parish Prison

Taylor Galmiche April 15, 2016

Lea Stern is a felon. She has served time in prison, a fact that will mark her for the rest of her life. She tells a crowd of protestors about the “x” on her back in front of the Orleans Parish...

San Francisco first to require paid paternal leave

Nick Morea April 8, 2016

San Francisco became the first city to require businesses to provide full paid leave for new parents. Approved uncontested by the Board of Supervisors, new mothers and fathers will receive six weeks...

Millennials show increased participation in the 2016 presidential elections

April 8, 2016

Contrary to popular belief that Millennials do not vote, Cate Tringali, philosophy senior, will be at the polls this November and every other time she has the opportunity to vote. “I voted in 2012...

Potholes like the one shown above are littered around the streets of New Orleans, often causing expensive car repairs and unattractive streets. Fix My Streets Working Financial Group aims to work with the city to make smooth streets in New Orleans.

Initiative aims to fill in NOLA’s street troubles

Taylor Galmiche April 8, 2016

Gretna resident Christian Holmes was dropping his son off on the way to work when a pothole blew out his tire. “It was a giant pothole in the middle of the street. You couldn’t really avoid it,”...

Napoleon construction expected to finish by December of this year

Nick Morea April 6, 2016

The Napoleon Avenue Drainage Project is projected to finish by late 2016 or early 2017. The project began in the summer of 2011. Due to lack of funding and unpredictable weather conditions the construction...

Mississippi governor passes religious freedom bill

Nick Morea April 6, 2016

Mississippi Governor Phillip Bryant has signed a bill allowing businesses to turn down service because of their religious beliefs. This bill allows religious organizations the ability to deny same-sex...

Trump supporters and opposition in the Latino community

Trump supporters and opposition in the Latino community

Zayn Abidin and Valeria Kawas April 6, 2016

Donald Trump has hurled insults at the Latino community on and off again, throughout his presidential campaign and those derogatory remarks seem to have created a division within the community. There...

Patrick Coates relaxes in his apartment in Metairie, Louisiana. After struggling with and overcoming his addiction twice, Coates is able to live a normal life through help and guidance from the methadone clinic.

Heroin haunts a recovering addict

Emily Branan April 5, 2016

The first time Patrick Coates tried heroin, he didn’t like it. He was around 16 at the time, and said it made him throw up. “That’s what helped me not to do it for the next 15 years,”...

La. lawmakers leave TOPS decision in the air

Mary Graci April 5, 2016

With the Louisiana Legislature entering its regular session on March 14, there has yet to be a solution to resolve the financial deficit for this budget cycle or the next one.Earlier this year, the Taylor...

Three-alarm fire erupts in the French Quarter.

Mark Robinson and Zack Brien March 31, 2016

On Wednesday morning, the New Orleans Fire Department responded to a three-alarm fire in the 11-hundred block of Decatur Street in the French Quarter. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time, but...

Millennial voters talk about their experience

Millennial voters talk about their experience

Kristen Stewart March 21, 2016

Two weeks after Louisiana’s primary elections, the state’s Millennial generation may have had a powerful impact on the electoral results. Polling places opened their doors for the primary elections...

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