One New Orleans campus had to close its middle school due to a COVID-related staffing shortage. St. Tammany Parish schools reports 54 student cases, 26 staff cases.
Live outdoor music in question as city delays action on zoning, noise. A rise in COVID cases in prisons leads to reopening of quarantine facility. And many New Orleans high school students will have to be vaccinated to play sports or join clubs.
After The Lens reported that prosecutors had failed to report how often they used controversial witness warrants, two years after a law requiring the reports took effect, most DA’s offices have submitted the information.
Advocates say the policy also aims to ensure access to school staff and students.
Police can still cite people under state marijuana laws, but DA Jason Williams has said he will refuse minor drug cases.
Students with ‘exceptional circumstances’ can opt out but will be required to undergo regular COVID-19 testing.
Camp J, a former disciplinary facility at the Louisiana State Penitentiary, has been used to quarantine prisoners from across the state, a move that has generated criticism from civil rights groups.
The Cantrell administration said it would ask the City Council in September to increase the 2021 budget by $70 million.
NOLA Public Schools backs off closing Singleton. The City Council gets involved in the Phase III fight. And how schools and the courts are handling the COVID surge.
Several venues have recently stopped operating after the city claimed they were out of compliance.
