The Louisiana Department of Health sets statewide school immunization requirements, but districts can request permission to include additional vaccines for their students. As of Tuesday, St. Tammany, Jefferson, St. Bernard and NOLA Public Schools have no plans to make that request.
Posted inCoronavirus
‘People are just reaching a breaking point’: New Orleans EMS employees say pay, COVID burnout contributing to turnover and delays in care
City EMS operations lost almost 20 percent of budgeted staff this year.
Posted inCoronavirus
New Orleans schools offering cash to students and staff who get tested for COVID
The school district is offering $25 for an initial test, then $10 for subsequent tests.
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New Orleans schools report 453 cases and 4,657 quarantines among students, staff
Following full approval of the Pfizer vaccine, LDH has no timeline yet for adding COVID shots to the required vaccine list for K-12 schools.
Posted inOpinion
Our community should invest in our youth
When a young person makes a mistake, we need to look at our decisions and how we react. Should we try to support and rehabilitate them, or simply lock them up and throw away the key?
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 140: ‘Ready to host’
New Orleans & Co. pulls its national tourism ad campaign. A car chase initiated by a state trooper leads to a crash in Lakeview. And a dramatic increase in cases and quarantines among city students and school staff.
Posted inSchools
Parents and activists confront OPSB to demand expanded virtual learning options
District schools reported a dramatic spike in cases and hospitalizations this week.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, News
Raising city employee minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost roughly $10M, administration says
The ultimate price tag largely depends on fire fighter pay increases, which could cost the city anywhere from $280,000 to $11.3 million a year.
Posted inCriminal Justice
State police officer who initiated pursuit leading to Lakeview crash has been involved in at least three high-speed chases in New Orleans since June
The pursuit was part of Operation Golden Eagle.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City Council members maintain legally dubious hotel exemption while reinstating French Quarter sales tax
Even after the vote, how the money is administered will still have to be worked out in an agreement between the Cantrell administration, the City Council and the French Quarter Management District.