Only 15 people turned over their firearms, according to a watchdog report, despite a state law that requires them to be disarmed.
Posted inSchools
New Orleans Parish School Board member could be selected next week
District 5 board member Ben Kleban resigns effective June 15, about seven months shy of the end of his term.
Posted inCriminal Justice
City says funding new jail building would require ‘cutting basic city services’
It appeared that ‘Phase III’ was ready to move forward after years of debate. But with expected shortfalls due to COVID-19, City Hall says a new jail building could take funding away from other priorities.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 83: Street sound
Phase one workplace tensions, preps for the next school year and a jazz players’ round table on the importance of live music.
Posted inCoronavirus
Some New Orleans workers scramble to organize as they’re pushed back into frontline jobs
Charlotte Wilcox and three of her coworkers from Still Perkin’ Coffee Shop have been on strike for two weeks.
Posted inCoronavirus
Drug hyped as viable treatment for COVID-19 makes its way to Louisiana hospitals, but experts remain unsure about effectiveness
Studies have thus far found only limited benefits from remdesivir.
Posted inOpinion
On oil, death and taxes
“A significant portion of Louisiana’s political class has manned the barricades for the oil industry, and if successful their actions will blow a hole in the state budget that will probably have to be filled by cuts to higher education and sales tax hikes and will nudge our state closer to bankruptcy.”
Posted inCoronavirus
Early childhood lottery results delayed by COVID-19 closures, district says
Families have until June 5 to verify eligibility information.
Posted inCoronavirus
Oakdale union president says prison failed for days to isolate prisoners with coronavirus
Warden has been replaced after OSHA complaints were filed.
Posted inCoronavirus
NOLA Public Schools announces COVID-19 task force for reopening schools
Whether schools, which were closed March 13, will begin the school year online or in-person is still to be determined, but officials are planning for multiple scenarios.