| BY BOB WARREN | Staff writer |
Losing the canopy: New Orleans is known for some of its gorgeous tree-lined streets, St. Charles Avenue perhaps being the most famous of those. So it’s big news when a live oak, even one that isn’t a century old, is illegally cut down, Alex Lubben reports. Super Bowl. Super upgrades: The Super Bowl arrives in New Orleans next February. But before that, there’s a lot of work to be done, something Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Gov. Jeff Landry are calling “the summer of Super Bowl,” Tony McAuley reports. No ACT? Louisiana might soon allow some high schoolers to opt out of taking the ACT, a national college readiness test. Patrick Wall looks at a move to abandon mandatory testing — and those trying to keep it. Gatorless Thanksgiving: Don't look for the Louisiana gator in this year's Macy's Thanksgving Day Parade. The state, which has put a 60-foot alligator float in the parade the past few years, didn't renew its contract, Ellyn Couvillion reports. What happens now to the big gator? Going for the culinary gold: A who’s who among chefs from North and South America are descending on the Crescent City for an event commonly known as the Olympics of the culinary world, food guy Ian McNulty tells us. Learn all about the Bocuse d’Or Americas here. Like the Lunch Line? Sign up here. Want to subscribe to The Times-Picayune? Boom! Here ya go. Thanks for reading, friends. Go be great today. Bob | 