| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Real estate woes: Remember a few years ago when the real estate market was going great guns? Well, times have changed, Stephanie Riegel reports. The culprit: A handful of things, it turns out.
Delay in Linda Frickey trial: The second-degree murder trial for the suspects in a high-profile New Orleans carjacking and killing has been put on hold for a year. Courts reporter Jillian Kramer has been following the Linda Frickey case and has the latest this morning.
School closure meeting: The rubber meets the road tonight for the Jefferson Parish School Board, as parents for the first time will get to publicly sound off about a massive school closure/consolidation proposal. At stake: where several thousand students will learn next year. Blake Paterson has this preview and will be covering tonight’s meeting. (Here's lots of background on the proposal.)
Getting raises: About a thousand workers at the Caesars Superdome, Smoothie King Center and Morial Convention Center will be getting raises. The union that reps them has hammered out a new agreement with Sodexo Live, the company that employs workers at the venues, Tony McAuley reports. For more business coverage, please sign up for our NOLA Business Insider newsletter.
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