The DA-elect lays out his plan for hiring staff and a new Civil Rights Division to be headed by former director of the Innocence Project New Orleans
With FDA authorization pending, Louisiana expects first shipment of vaccine within days
An advisory panel on Thursday recommended the agency approve an emergency use authorization. Frontline healthcare workers would be the first to be vaccinated.
NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases hold steady at 80, 712 quarantining
The cases are spread across 44 campuses, more than half the city’s public schools.
City Council saves $1.2 million by expanding in-house Entergy regulation, cutting consultants
The council has long relied on pricey — often politically connected — private firms to do its regulatory work.
Keep MRGO Closed. It’s Vital.
We must not forget the lessons learned from the MRGO disaster.
As the testing landscape changes, ‘percent positivity’ might not mean what you think
Statewide reporting on rapid tests is spotty.
NOLA Public Schools declines to renew Crocker College Prep; 17 charters win new contracts
Crocker was one of five schools with academic results that triggered ‘comprehensive review,’ a process that was expanded during the pandemic.
Study: OneApp’s half-mile ‘priority’ is more likely to benefit white, higher-income students
About 15 percent of high-income kindergarten applicants had the priority for a high-demand school, compared to 8.7 percent of low-income applicants.
City’s request to stop construction of Phase III jail facility should be denied, federal judge recommends
In scathing report, judge says he has “lost trust” in the city.
J.C. Romero tops OPSB incumbent Leslie Ellison in school board races
Ellison lost by 10 points after nearly winning outright in November.