The city announced plans to scale back its testing efforts to focus on vaccinations. Its mass-vaccination plan was timed around the approval of a new vaccine from Johnson & Johnson.
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Over 1,500 New Orleans school staff receive vaccine as cases connected to local schools remain low
NOLA Public Schools district expects 3,000 staffers to have gotten their first doses by the end of this week.
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Council committee advances proposal to apply curfew laws to 17-year-olds
Juvenile defender’s office worries about more stops and the potential for profiling.
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Shared housing is an affordable housing option
We need to recognize that if we truly want to combat climate change, if we truly want to create more housing equity, it will have an impact on our block and our neighborhood.
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DA’s office agrees to vacate 22 non-unanimous jury convictions
The action was part of a larger review of hundreds of non-unanimous verdicts.
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Behind The Lens episode 117: Power hungry
Rolling blackouts in New Orleans. A hunger strike at Angola. And teachers begin receiving vaccinations.
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City Council opens investigation into Entergy New Orleans over cold weather blackouts
The company revealed this week that it shut off three times more power than it had to during the cold weather streak on Mardi Gras evening.
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Police investigating alleged embezzlement at Warren Easton Charter High School
Financial audit accuses a former employee of stealing $70,000 from student activity funds.
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Former juvenile public defender Teneé Felix to lead DA’s Juvenile Division
Felix is part of a string of appointments of former defense attorneys and civil rights lawyers in Williams’ DA’s office.
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NOLA Public Schools warns Rooted School over grading scale
Over its first four years, Rooted used a grading scale that did not include ‘D’s. That changed Monday.