Much remains to be done in and around New Orleans to finish the rebuilding that is many years—and hundreds of thousands of former residents—away from being completed.

Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, freelancers on the rise but payments often go missing, retroactive regulatory nightmare for LA marijuana dispensaries, is nonprofit hospital chain using market clout to raise prices? and more.

The problem of delayed payments to its members has become serious enough that the nonprofit Freelancers Union in New York State has taken out subway ads and have set up a website where contractors can “out” deadbeat clients.

If you want to sell medical marijuana in Los Angeles, you have to operate as a nonprofit—that's for certain. Beyond that, when it comes to complying with very restrictive, if not bizarre rules, good luck.

Some nonprofits aren't all that nonprofit-y. According to Businessweek, Sutter Health, a nonprofit that owns Sutter Davis Hospital in California, charges 40 to 70 percent more than its nonprofit and for-profit rivals for typical medical procedures.

"Gone are the days when corporate donors wrote checks for the 'nice' programs or the 'cute' girls," according to the CEO and chief fundraiser for Girls Inc. of the Capital Region.

Read our most popular newswire here: The lack of concerted effort on recruiting and placing Latinos on foundation boards exacerbates the problem.

The discovery that a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Dallas awarded scholarships worth $20,000 from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to four relatives and a top aide's two children is raising more questions about the charity's operations.

Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, a thrift store intent on greening the film biz, food bank disappears leaving many in the lurch, member of NZ parliament unapologetic for double dip and more.

It is the goal of Film Biz Recycling to “see every re-useable building material, prop and, set dressing either make its way to charity or help fund the efforts of recycling the props back into other productions. paragraph."

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley is investigating complaints against Serve New England and its director, Ann T. Adams.

Five-term member of  parliament Roger McClay was sentenced to 300 hours of community work for having defrauded two charities of $25,000.