The contractor was selected without a public bidding process.
A district court judge awarded an attorney more than $50,000 last year. The lawyers who represented her are seeking nearly $135,000 for legal fees and costs associated with the multi-year suit.
Reform groups encouraged the city to appeal after a stern ruling by a federal judge.
A resolution, likely to go before the full City Council next week, would also restrict new late fees for Entergy customers.
Attendance rates are down and chronic absenteeism is on the rise as the pandemic carries on.
If non-unanimous verdicts are overturned and the cases retried, it will have a huge impact on those who assumed the legal process was over. Support is available.
Students returned to school Monday after a three-week campus closure.
Disappearing scholarships at SUNO. A new data-sharing system for New Orleans law enforcement. Schools reopen. And the latest on the Phase III jail building.
A city program has provided thousands with meals. But advocates say more is needed to ensure seniors are supported when it ends.
The effort will help identify newer variants of the disease.