| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Trying to get it right: Beset by complaints of shoddy construction, the Make it Right Foundation has settled a lawsuit brought by some Lower 9th Ward homeowners who complained the high-profile, post-Hurricane Katrina neighborhood development founded by actor Brad Pitt had become a nightmare.
Mightier: Already no slouch in the depth department, the Mississippi River has been deepened even more between its mouth and New Orleans, a $250 million undertaking to accommodate more shipping traffic. Now it's being called the "mightier" Mississippi. For more business coverage, please sign up for our NOLA Business Insider newsletter.
Exit lane? For most of the past decade the New Orleans Police Department has operated under rules set by the federal government, per an agreement between the city and feds in 2012 to reform the department. Now? The city says that reform has taken hold and it wants out of the agreement, known as the consent decree. Will a federal judge agree?
Red Dress famous: The latest edition of the Red Dress Run sent a mass of red-dress-clad runners and hangers-on into the French Quarter over the weekend. One participant in particular, a buff man in long, off-the-shoulder ball gown, has become quite the internet hit, Doug MacCash writes.
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