The audit also found financial issues which the NOLA Public Schools district plans to review.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Public tourism body changes its mission under plan from Mayor Cantrell
If the City Council ratifies the changes, the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation will change from a marketing agency for the city’s tourism industry to a fund that supports New Orleans’ “cultural economy and culture-bearers.”
Posted inSchools
Morris Jeff Community School teachers' union inks three-year contract
The charter is one of three schools in New Orleans with a collective bargaining agreement.
Posted inOpinion
Louisiana’s death penalty violates conservative values
I used to believe the death penalty was justified. I have since learned that capital punishment actually violates many of the conservative principles that I hold dear, such as fiscal responsibility, limited government, and valuing life.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 67: A thousand words
The Port’s controversial new mural, a postponed public hearing on the Plaquemines Liquids Terminal, the latest on the fake subpoenas case and Dr. MarkAlain Dery’s briefing on Wuhan coronavirus round out a busy week of news.
Posted inSchools
Weak grading policy prompts district review of all high school promotion plans
One high school administrator said the district told her to change school policy in what may have been an overstep.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City Council approves two Industrial Tax Exemptions for the first time under new local approval rules
The council decided the new factory was worth it, despite aspects of both applications that violate local rules.
Posted inCriminal Justice
DA's lawyer gets tough questions from judges in appeal on fake subpoena case
“Faking a subpoena is clearly improper under the law,” one judge said.
Posted inEnvironment
State agencies postpone meeting on proposed oil terminal in Plaquemines Parish
The hearing was planned for public discussion of the proposed Plaquemines Liquids Terminal. The PLT is a massive crude oil export terminal that would be built adjacent to the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Port to move newly installed mural after non-white employees take issue
Port employees told The Lens that the debate over the mural evolved into a wider conversation over how the Port leadership handles issues of race, the treatment of non-white employees and the lack of people of color in senior staff positions.