Featuring Dr. Walter M. Kimbrough and Dr. C. Reynold Verret. Interviews by Philip Kiefer.
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Behind The Lens episode 98: Public resources, public mandates
Two local HBCU presidents discuss their decision to participate in a vaccine trial. Also, schools, crowds and COVID. Library told to do more with less. And the great jail building debate turns 10.
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New Orleans City Council committee advances ordinance to restrict law enforcement use of tear gas
Proposed ordinance comes three months after NOPD deployed tear gas at protesters on the Crescent City Connection.
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City, NOLA public schools to remain in phase two, as rest of state moves into phase three
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the state will move to phase 3 Friday, but details were limited.
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How would libraries deal with a Cantrell-backed cut? Top official says shedding staff is one possibility
Montaño continues to insist that a nearly 40 percent cut in tax revenue will not hurt services.
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Federal judge has authority to order Phase III of New Orleans jail, civil rights attorneys argue
The city is attempting to halt construction of the new jail building meant to house detainees with acute mental illness.
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Schools forge ahead with reopening, but watching data closely after Labor Day crowds
Pre-kindergarten through fourth grade students will return to public schools Sept. 14 through Sept. 25.
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As CDC eviction moratorium takes effect, questions remain about how it will apply, especially outside New Orleans
In Orleans Parish, judges have eliminated confusion with a blanket halt on evictions. But other parishes have not taken the same step.
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Emails: 25 school employees at 19 New Orleans public schools have tested positive for coronavirus over summer
The NOLA Public Schools district is set to begin its phased in-person reopening in a little over a week.
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Behind The Lens episode 97: ‘There are still these gaps’
Disappearing COVID-19 data. An apparent suicide at the New Orleans jail. And taking attendance without a classroom.