An August ordinance calls for the defenders to be funded at 85 percent of the DA’s Office. Cantrell ignored it in her budget proposal. One council member floated the idea of cutting the DA’s budget.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
‘I hope the voters kill it:’ Library board member comes out against Cantrell-backed tax proposal on December ballot
Board member Andrea Neighbours also criticized a proposed policy from the Cantrell administration to change employee discipline and grievance policies.
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New testimony reveals record-keeping issues at Kennedy HS went back years
Staff malfeasance and record-keeping issues caused problems for Kennedy’s class of 2019.
Posted inCoronavirus
‘An entirely different ball game’: City Council begins 2021 budget hearings under fog of uncertainty
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a new president and Mayor Cantrell’s property tax proposal make it tough to predict how much money the city will have to work with next year.
Posted inCoronavirus
Health providers warn of diminished HIV testing during pandemic
Metro New Orleans testing and treatment hub reports that its tests are down nearly 90 percent from an average year.
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Behind The Lens episode 104: ‘Indefinitely and perpetually’
A wrap on Tuesday’s local elections. (Those have actually ended.) And the Wisner Trust is back in the news again.
Posted inCoronavirus
NOLA Public Schools reports 6 new COVID-19 cases, 160 quarantining
Ten total ‘active’ cases connected to New Orleans public schools, according to the district’s weekly update.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Juveniles in adult jail may be obstacle to city’s bid to scrap Phase III facility
With a decision on the proposed new jail building in the balance and a larger juvenile jail available, Cantrell administration reverses tough stance on placing youths in Orleans Justice Center.
Posted inCriminal Justice
DA candidates Landrum, Williams advance to December runoff election
Landrum led most of the night. The contest came down to whether Williams or former Judge Arthur Hunter would face her in December.
Posted inSchools
Brown, Parker win OPSB seats, and five other races head to runoff
Incumbent Leslie Ellison just missed the majority required to avoid the runoff.