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<span class="author-prefix">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://veritenews.org/author/jgrayveritenews-org/">John Gray</a></span> </span> <time class="entry-date published" datetime="2024-12-04T08:00:00">December 4, 2024</time><time class="updated" datetime="2024-12-04T14:42:14-06:00">December 4, 2024</time> </div> </div> </article> <article data-post-id="18559" class="tag-affordable-housing tag-election-2024 tag-featured-story tag-housing tag-new-orleans-city-charter tag-vn-app tag-workers-bill-of-rights category-housing type-post post-has-image" > <figure class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://veritenews.org/2024/11/06/new-orleans-voters-ok-measures-on-workers-rights-affordable-housing/" rel="bookmark" tabindex="-1" aria-hidden="true"> <img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%20width='1200'%20height='900'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20900'%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="attachment-newspack-article-block-landscape-large size-newspack-article-block-landscape-large wp-post-image perfmatters-lazy" alt="New Orleans voters OK measures on workers’ rights, affordable housing" data-hero-candidate="1" data-src="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/11103340/CityHall6-1200x900.jpg" data-srcset="https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/11103340/CityHall6-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/11103340/CityHall6-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/11103340/CityHall6-600x450.jpg 600w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/11103340/CityHall6-400x300.jpg 400w, https://cdn.veritenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/11103340/CityHall6-200x150.jpg 200w" data-sizes="(min-width: 782px) 400px, (min-width: 600px) 42.5vw, 90vw" /><noscript><img decoding="async" width="1200" height="900" 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