For years, the city’s Harrah’s Casino fund provided an annual allocation to several NOLA Public Schools district programs, as required by a lease agreement with the casino. The agreement changed last year.
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New Orleans COVID-19 meal assistance program to end soon
The city sent out an email on Friday saying that the federally funded program, which has fed more than 10,000 people, would come to an end this month. But an official said that email was ‘premature.’ Still, the city now plans to end the program after June.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
SW&B director faces question from City Council over May 12 boil water advisory
The meeting did not produce any firm answers on what could have been done to avoid the drop in water pressure.
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NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases up; quarantines double, topping 500
Despite loosening of face covering rules, masks are still required at schools around the state.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Supreme Court declines to apply split-jury ban retroactively
More than 1,000 Louisiana prisoners not covered by a previous decision were convicted by split juries. Advocates are now urging the state to act to overturn old non-unanimous verdicts.
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Angola prisoner files federal suit over ‘bizarre and lawless’ parole revocation
Pulling Bobby Sneed’s parole after he was cleared of disciplinary infractions violated his constitutional rights and state law, according to the suit.
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Behind The Lens episode 127: ‘There might be some politics behind the process or behind the scenes’
New charter school contract language shelved. Cantrell now backs full renewal of library tax. And an update on Angola prisoner Bobby Sneed.
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Bill to provide relief to people still in prison with non-unanimous jury verdicts deferred pending Supreme Court decision
Advocates are pushing to have the bill passed regardless of the ruling
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City lays out plans for $400M in federal coronavirus aid
Cantrell administration expects the money will be needed to make up for a weak local economy for several years.
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NOLA Public Schools district shelves proposed changes to charter contracts after pushback from schools
The changes included increased protections against retaliation and requirements on reporting suspected abuse to the district. The district will now seek to approve them through OPSB policy, rather than contract revisions.