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At least one New Orleans school shuts in-person classes down due to rising COVID-19 numbers, staff exposures

School CEO says it is ‘unwise’ and ‘unethical’ to continue to operate as normal now that the city’s daily case counts and positivity rate have surpassed limits set in the fall.
by Marta Jewson January 4, 2021 Updated January 4, 2021

A marvelous New Orleans delicacy may soon disappear

If we don’t do anything to recover our declining oyster populations in Louisiana, this delicacy — a rare luxury in other parts of the country — could become out of reach for us, too.
by Raleigh Hoke December 23, 2020 Updated December 23, 2020

I am a serial evacuee

Voluntarily evacuating for storms every few weeks is exhausting, for evacuees and their families.
by Wendy King December 22, 2020 Updated December 22, 2020

New Orleans City Council bans facial recognition, predictive policing and other surveillance tech

The ordinance that was ultimately passed wasn't as ambitious as the original, but advocates say it's a good start.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 18, 2020 Updated January 27, 2021

Behind The Lens episode 109: Slow news year

More ITEP requests from Folgers. Emails reveal more about NOPD's use of facial recognition. And a look back at The Lens' coverage of everything that was 2020.
by Carolyne Heldman December 18, 2020 Updated March 11, 2021

As DA, Jason Williams plans to keep a list of police officers with credibility issues he won’t take cases from

Details are limited, but Williams says he expects it to be a “collaborative process” with the police department.
by Nick Chrastil December 18, 2020 Updated December 22, 2020

Orleans Parish School Board unanimously rejects six Folgers tax breaks

Officials said the district could not “fiscally tolerate” any additional financial loss during the pandemic. Earlier, the N.O. City Council delayed a vote on most of the exemptions.
by Marta Jewson December 17, 2020 Updated December 17, 2020

City Council rejects two Folgers tax exemptions, defers voting on four others

A final City Council vote on the remaining four Folgers exemptions is expected on Jan. 14.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 17, 2020 Updated December 17, 2020

More than 70 Louisiana hospitals have received vaccine doses, Edwards says

Due to 'angel doses,' state may have thousands more than initially reported.
by Philip Kiefer December 17, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020

COVID-19 cases hold steady in NOLA Public Schools, 769 people quarantining

Officials cautioned New Orleanians to keep holiday gatherings small so school can reopen in-person after the holiday break.
by Marta Jewson December 17, 2020 Updated December 17, 2020

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