Gov. Edwards hosts a who's who of White House officials and Republican leaders, including Vice President Mike Pence and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. We hear more about the federal push to reopen schools, come hell or high water, with columnist Stephanie Grace.
Groups push for treatment and care options outside of the criminal justice system
City officials are considering using the tax revenue for a patrol of off-duty NOPD officers instead of State Police troopers.
Uptown’s French-curriculum Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans faced a staff shortage of up to 35 percent of their teachers due to the virus and President's visa ban.
Some parents and educators don’t think the measures go far enough while others urged the state to allow local districts to set their own policies.
The program has enough funding to serve about 50,000 customers. Moreno asks Entergy to push public awareness.
"To be clear, there is no evidence that racial and ethnic minorities have an inherently greater predilection of being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus or dying from it when compared to white persons. A more accurate predictor of infection is poverty, and a higher likelihood of working at jobs that can’t be done remotely."
District and city officials said they will announce a plan next week.
Lawyers say the jail has made progress but dispute that it is in full compliance with the consent decree.
Local school systems will have to adopt the minimum standards BESE approves Tuesday. It's unclear exactly how that will work in New Orleans schools.
