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The complete, updated music schedule for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, for Thursday, May 2, 2013.

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The Congress of Day Laborers is pressing local elected officials to investigate reports that undocumented workers are being detained and deported. The complaints center on the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Investigative journalism site The Lens features a story by Sarah Carr today. Carr looks at a Louisiana program that uses student test scores to evaluate teacher training programs. The education reporter sat down with WWNO's Eve Troeh to talk about her latest work, which Carr says could transform teacher training in Louisiana and across the nation.

Wednesday’s matchup between the New Orleans Zephyrs and the Omaha Storm Chasers was suspended due to heavy rains over Zephyr Field.

The game, which was scoreless, will be resumed Saturday, May 25, at 4 p.m. The game will go the full nine innings, while the following regularly scheduled game will last just seven innings.

The team says tickets for Wednesday’s game can be redeemed for a ticket to any other Zephyrs game for the remainder of the 2013 season. Ticket holders can call (504) 734-5155 for more information.

A letter asking federal officials to help speed up state Road Home money has been delivered to the New Orleans office of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Some residents are still out of their homes — almost eight years after Hurricane Katrina. 

One of three state legislative goals set by New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu is making its way through committee hearings in Baton Rouge this week. One part of the proposed changes in Sewerage and Water Board operation is getting some opposition.