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.
Proposed ordinance comes three months after NOPD deployed tear gas at protesters on the Crescent City Connection.
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the state will move to phase 3 Friday, but details were limited.
Montaño continues to insist that a nearly 40 percent cut in tax revenue will not hurt services.
The city is attempting to halt construction of the new jail building meant to house detainees with acute mental illness.
Pre-kindergarten through fourth grade students will return to public schools Sept. 14 through Sept. 25.
In Orleans Parish, judges have eliminated confusion with a blanket halt on evictions. But other parishes have not taken the same step.
The NOLA Public Schools district is set to begin its phased in-person reopening in a little over a week.
Disappearing COVID-19 data. An apparent suicide at the New Orleans jail. And taking attendance without a classroom.
The news comes as the city has seen an increase in new daily cases over the past week. The district says it is shifting its focus to testing positivity rates, which remain low.
