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New Orleanians
rallied behind Mona Lisa Restaurant and helped save the business from being evicted from its spot on Royal Street. The Italian restaurant has been in the French Quarter for almost 40 years, but the owners recently learned — via text message — that their building had been sold and they had 60 days to vacate. An outcry of neighborhood support quickly followed, and Mona Lisa will stay in place.
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The New Orleans Police Department
recently tried to require social aid and pleasure clubs have a $5 million insurance policy for trolleys and trailers used during second-line parades. The requirement would have prohibitively raised costs for the clubs and hurt the New Orleans cultural tradition. The New Orleans City Council took action and unanimously passed a resolution asking NOPD to suspend enforcement.
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The Trump administration…