 | BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Last call: No more booze on the expense account for city employees in New Orleans. The City Council has banned employees from buying alcohol on the taxpayer’s dime. James Finn has the details. Meanwhile, the council's effort to ban Mayor LaToya Cantrell's travel went before a judge this morning. Ben Myers was there.
Goldberg talk: The journalist added to a group chat of Trump administration officials discussing military strikes in Yemen spoke at Tulane University Thursday night. Rich Collins tells us what Jeffrey Goldberg had to say.
Facelift: Nearly 160 Spanish tiles grace the corners of historic French Quarter buildings. But some have seen better days. Now, some of the ceramic building markers will get a facelift, courtesy of Spain, Julia Guilbeau reports.
Cube time: The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has released the all-important “cubes.” Time to put your schedule together.
Bonnie and Clyde: Lots of people know the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde met their demise in a hail of bullets along a rural Louisiana roadway nearly a century ago. Ever wonder what became of their car? Robin Miller tells us the story.
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