+16 Opinion Will Sutton: Celebrating Mississippi, h, Dillard and Black history, and a big birthday BY WILL SUTTON | Staff columnist Updated Nov 27, 2024 Imagine a Black boy being reared in a rural Mississippi home with an outhouse, with blended family parents who didn’t finish eighth grade on public assistance. Three of the ten kids went to college. One became a college professor, and the president of a Mississippi university.
Clancy Dubos Jay Banks PHOTO BY KAT STROMQUIST Aug 30, 2019 District B Councilman Jay Banks has authored a City Council resolution favoring capped assessments and assessments based on fair market value.
News City Councilman plays defense after résumé is raised during Entergy hearing BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Feb 15, 2019 Jay H. Banks went into this week's City Council committee meeting on the offense, only to find himself playing defense by the meeting's end.
h City Council passes new sexual harassment rules for city employees_lowres Updated Jul 7, 2021 Helena Moreno.
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h Council members, business leaders call for health care, 'fairness' for hospitality workers_lowres PHOTO BY KAT STROMQUISTUpdated Jul 7, 2021 From left: District B Councilmember Jay Banks, New Orleans City Council President Jason Williams, District C Councilmember Kristin Gisleson Pa…
h Council members, business leaders call for health care, 'fairness' for hospitality workers 1272900 Kat Stromquist May 21, 2018
News Councilman-elect Jay Banks joins battle to quell amount of Uptown Airbnb rentals, end 'horror story' BY ROBERT MORRIS | UptownMessenger.com Dec 16, 2017 District B City Councilman-elect Jay Banks recently heard what he calls a “horror story” about the proliferation of Airbnb rentals in Uptown n…
+6 Elections Recount confirms Jay Banks' victory in New Orleans City Council District B race BY JESSICA WILLIAMS | jwilliams@theadvocate.com Nov 27, 2017 An official recount Monday confirmed the narrow victory that Jay Banks scored over opponent Seth Bloom in this month's runoff for the District…
+8 News In historic election, New Orleans City Council receives major makeover BY JIM MUSTIAN | jmustian@theadvocate.com Nov 19, 2017 Historic change has been the leitmotif of the 2017 election in New Orleans, with voters choosing the city's first female mayor in Councilwoman…