Neil Abramson

Oil Cleanup Bill Passes State House

AP | MELINDA DESLATTE | Posted 04.26.2012

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana House sided Wednesday with the oil and gas industry in an ongoing dispute with landowners and trial lawyers ov...

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The August 2011 Indie Next List Preview

Bookselling This Week | Posted 09.06.2011

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Here's a preview of the titles on the August Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement....

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Talking Post-Katrina Homelessness With Louisiana State Representative Neil Abramson

Mark Horvath | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mark Horvath

I'm honored that Neil Abramson, Louisiana State Representative, District 98 in New Orleans, would take the time to talk to me about homelessness in post-Katrina New Orleans.

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Pilgrim's Progress: 10 Reasons to be Thankful for New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 11.17.2011

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

I was taken aback when a CNN commentator conjectured that New Orleans residents are now looking for their "Pound of flesh." Our diaspora is not Shakespeare's Shylock character.

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