Graduate medical programs at the university attracted national attention earlier this year following the suspension of Dr. Princess Dennar.
The two sides will have a hearing Thursday.
The Orleans school district moves to close Singleton Charter School. City Councilmembers vow not to take Entergy campaign donations and city employees ask for $15/hour. And Medicaid recipients should watch for renewal information as eligibility will begin again when the federal COVID-19 'public health emergency' ends.
The new Living Wage Ordinance for contractors would raise the minimum to $13.25 an hour next year and $15 in 2023. Some direct city employees earn far less, and the council can’t change that on its own.
The water isn’t going anywhere. We must all learn to live and work with it.
If the superintendent’s recommendation stands, Singleton Charter School will close and scatter students across other city charter schools before school starts in the fall.
A proposed law would give "prospective pardons" to anyone cited for marijuana possession under city law.
Letters sent this month are an early step in winding down pandemic programs.
Several similar resolutions have been approved since 2006, but this new one adds new restrictions on donations from Entergy employees and extends the restrictions to council candidates who aren’t currently sitting council members.
This is the final weekly update the district will issue for the 2020-21 school year.
