New Orleans City Council President Jason Williams pleads not guilty to tax fraud charges
Williams is charged with 11 federal counts, including conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government.
French teachers bound for Lycée Français unlikely to make start of school year due to Trump visa ban, state agencies say
The French government and local schools hope to get teachers here by January, after the president’s visa ban is set to expire.
‘Is it really safe to reopen schools?’ Educators, parents, students discuss concerns about reopening in virtual town hall
A NOLA Public Schools survey found that only 49% of teachers felt safe to return as of the beginning of June. And COVID-19 infection rates have not improved since.
City Council considers ordinance to ban facial recognition and create a public review and approval process for surveillance technology
Council members were supportive of broad aspects of the ordinance, but some remain unconvinced on certain restrictions.
With funding uncertainties exacerbated by coronavirus, public defenders hopeful for permanent statewide solutions
Legislators appear open to changing ‘user-pay’ funding system for criminal justice.
To ensure students on track to graduate, NOLA Public Schools will require high schools to turn over details on course offerings
The trend in the district’s increased oversight comes one year after half the class of John F. Kennedy High School learned — after graduation — they had not been eligible for diplomas.
New Orleans lost over $50 million in potential federal relief funding due to move by legislature, official tells council
City sales tax collections lag 2019, but are not as low as projected earlier in the crisis, according to Cantrell official.
Fighting for the future of the past
The quandary of what to do with our history is highly prescient in this American moment of historical identity crisis. The question of which monuments or street names to preserve or strike is only the most tangible outward expression of the fight over the meaning of our shared public memory.
Memo: Following death of inmate who tested positive, Sheriff’s Office says no new known cases of coronavirus at jail
Jail compliance director tells federal judge that all inmates housed near Christian Freeman, who died last month while positive for the virus, have since been tested and cleared.
Positive monitors’ report could mean end to federal oversight of special education in New Orleans, but civil rights group says that’s premature
Plaintiffs’ attorneys in the five-year-old consent decree case say the point of oversight was to ensure better delivery of special education services. In spite of a ‘substantial compliance’ finding, they’re not confident New Orleans’ schools have achieved that.
