ACLU sues security district officers over traffic stop, alleging discrimination. School district says Singleton Charter violated ethics laws. And a $74M plan to reliably connect the Sewerage and Water Board to the power grid.
Fewer than 40 percent of state residents have received their first shots, among the lowest rates in the country.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell originally said that all the money from the fine should go to the Sewerage and Water Board.
The council meeting follows the recent killing of a 7th Ward woman. The suspect in the killing had been ordered to be on an electronic monitor.
The project is estimated to be completed in time for the 2023 hurricane season.
The interim CEO who was appointed in March, following the CEO’s resignation, previously served as member of the school’s governing board.
The suit alleges that the officers were racially profiling the group when they stopped them.
District cases increased this week, but with fewer students in school buildings and citywide case numbers still low, they are still below the numbers that schools often reported during the school year.
The program has provided meals to thousands of New Orleans residents since it began last summer.
