What we have heah, is a fail'ya'ta comoonicate, what Ah like'ta call Congenital Insult with Extreme Prejudice! ~Editorial: Don’t ban Harper Lee

Full-time employees drop sharply even as Landrieu proposes first budget increase ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens

Officials break ground on Iberville redevelopment ~Jaquetta White, N.O. Advocate

New “nano” brewery sets sights on Lower Garden District ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger

Robert Penn Warren ~KnowLA

Judge orders BP oil spill claims chief to set terms ~WWLTV

Corps to host meeting for update on Mississippi River study ~Dredging News

Will Coviello on a unique site-specific performance piece about the wetlands — set in St. Bernard Parish ~Gambit