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Expungements delayed during pandemic due to dysfunction at Clerk’s Office, lawyer says

Arthur Morrell’s office suspended expungement filings for months during the pandemic. Even after they started back up, an attorney who specializes in helping clients seal their records says unnecessary delays remain.
by Nick Chrastil March 9, 2021 Updated March 10, 2021

Governor announces major expansion to vaccine eligibility list

Shots are now available to people 16 or older with a wide range of preexisting conditions.
by Philip Kiefer March 9, 2021 Updated March 9, 2021

Nearly 3,000 NOLA Public Schools staff vaccinated

by Marta Jewson March 8, 2021 Updated March 8, 2021

Tulane School of Medicine administrator who alleged discrimination, retaliation turns down conditional reinstatement

The reinstatement offer came after backlash from medical school students and alumni, as well as national media attention.
by Philip Kiefer March 5, 2021 Updated March 5, 2021

Behind The Lens episode 118: ‘Personal vigilance’

A proposed 'early warning' system for students in danger of falling behind. A federal complaint against Entergy. And Jason Williams begins vacating non-unanimous guilty verdicts.
by Carolyne Heldman March 5, 2021 Updated March 11, 2021

New Orleans City Council joins $1 billion complaint against Entergy over mismanagement of Grand Gulf Nuclear Station

Reliability problems at the plant have cost New Orleans ratepayers more than $70 million over the past several years, according to City Councilwoman Helena Moreno.
by Michael Isaac Stein March 3, 2021 Updated March 3, 2021

NOLA Public Schools hopes to pilot ‘Early Warning System’ aimed at keeping students in school

Student data can help identify those in trouble of not graduating on time.
by Marta Jewson March 3, 2021 Updated March 5, 2021

Johnson & Johnson delays complicate city’s mass-vaccination plans, but new Convention Center site to remain open

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.
by Philip Kiefer March 3, 2021 Updated March 3, 2021

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.
by Marta Jewson March 2, 2021 Updated March 2, 2021

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.
by Nick Chrastil March 1, 2021 Updated March 1, 2021

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