Jerry DiColo
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Metro Editor, The Times-Picayune (@nolanews). Trenton makes, the world takes.
Joined January 2012
RT @jmart: Nice coda here:. The folks at Advocate/Picayune are moving into a town that now and then needed a paper !..
shreveportbossieradvocate.com
Local news, sports, food, entertainment and more for Shreveport-Bossier City
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RT @nolacampanella: Mississippi has been so low for so long that the batture in front of The Fly, which is usually sandy beach when not und….
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It took awhile, but the new exit to the New Orleans airport is officially open. Don't get lost, folks. Morning pics, with the last of the supermoon, from @brettdukephoto @NOLAnews .
nola.com
Louis Armstrong International Airport's new westbound Interstate 10 flyover ramp opened this morning in Kenner.
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RT @NOLAnews: Is my water about to get salty? 3 things to know about saltwater invading the Mississippi River
nola.com
Here's what you need to know about water quality in Orleans and Jefferson parishes.
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One thing you'll notice in all the reviews and interviews for "Elon Musk": Walter Isaacson never misses a chance to talk up the Crescent City. As @elonmusk biography arrives, @WalterIsaacson talks Tesla, Twitter and always New Orleans
nola.com
Elon Musk, the latest subject of New Orleans author Walter Isaacson, is the world's richest man and perhaps its most controversial. But the publication earlier this month of a highly
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RT @aegallo: "I was born and raised on this bayou. I wasn’t leaving for no love or money in the world.". What does the future look like for….
nola.com
A special report from The Times-Picayune | The Advocate examines Louisiana's perilous future in a time of rising seas and intensifying storms.
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@AnthonyMcAuley2 @samkarlin A recent article by @stevenwaldman in the Atlantic argued that local news can "pay for itself.". If this deal ends up coming to pass at $330 million, that's a savings of around $100 million for a public agency.
theatlantic.com
Restoring the journalism jobs lost over the past 20 years wouldn’t just be cheap—it would pay for itself.
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Since the announcement, @AnthonyMcAuley2 and @samkarlin have been reporting on how the deal came to pass, including fighting for public records and raising questions about how a flagging property purchased for $60 million in 2018 could be worth so much now.
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Seven months ago, the deal for the former Avondale Shipyard was for $455 million. This is a massive price cut. Story from @AnthonyMcAuley2 @NOLAnews . Port of South Louisiana, T. Parker Host agree to drop Avondale price by more than $100M
nola.com
The Port of South Louisiana and T. Parker Host have agreed to slash the port's proposed purchase price of the former Avondale Shipyard from $455 million to $330 million, officials said Wednesday.
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RT @samkarlin: HUD unexpectedly told Louisiana it could keep $20.5 million it owed as part of a long-winding and contentious battle over mi….
nola.com
Earlier this year, Louisiana reached a deal with the federal government to end a long-winding and contentious battle over misspent grant money that was part of the Road Home program,
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RT @samkarlin: Quick story on the campaign funding in the Louisiana governor's race. Big question now is whether any of the Republicans cha….
nola.com
Attorney General Jeff Landry has continued to far outpace his competitors in fundraising for this fall's governor’s race, but several challengers have made significant gains as the competition enters...
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RT @sbcadvocate: 🎉 It's launch day! Shreveport-Bossier asked for more and today we're giving it to them. We are live at .
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RT @davidgura: "At that depth, you could have a leak that’s not much bigger than a diameter of one of your hairs and you would be dead with….
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After hearing a loud cracking sound during the dive, the expert, Karl Stanley, emailed OceanGate’s C.E.O., Stockton Rush, to urge him to hold off on future trips.
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More big breaking news today, this time from Baton Rouge:. @LSUfootball has vacated all of its wins from 2012-15. Here's why.
nola.com
LSU football vacated 37 wins after receiving a notice of allegations last year because former offensive lineman Vadal Alexander competed while ineligible.
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Big breaking news in Louisiana health care, via @NOLAnews:. Ochsner, MD Anderson enter pact to bring cutting-edge cancer treatment to Louisiana
nola.com
Ochsner Health has entered into a 10-year pact with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, a partnership that Ochsner officials say will give local patients access to the
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RT @tristanbaurick: More than 740 toxic chemical sites in Louisiana are at risk of serious flooding. .
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