School CEO says Homer A. Plessy staff always promptly inform parents and authorities after an incident.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Monitors say NOPD academy now in compliance with federal consent decree
Monitors have found department in compliance with at least 11 of 18 major consent decree sections.
Posted inOpinion
'The Second Battle of New Orleans' republished for 50th anniversary of end to Riverfront Expressway fight
Sandra Stokes remembers her friend Bill Borah, whose classic book on preservationists’ fight to stop the expressway project was recently republished.
Posted inOpinion
Corporate wealth or the truth
The Advocate’s editorial board “welcomes” petrochemical plants, even as its reporters show how dangerous that attitude has been.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 60: ‘I think a lot of people assumed that this was a fix for special education, and it wasn’t quite that’
An in-depth report on the state of special education in New Orleans, and how downsizing Convention Center Boulevard could impact traffic through the Warehouse District.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Convention Center general manager, Michael Sawaya, sued for violation of public records law
“The public records law means what it says — if the people want to review records of government spending or how decisions are made in positions of public trust those records have to be turned over in a timely fashion,” Scott Sternberg, McKay’s attorney, said.
Posted inOpinion
The most serious threat to abortion rights right now is a Louisiana law – and it’s heading to the Supreme Court
Recently the ACLU of Louisiana filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights challenging a law that would decimate access to abortion in Louisiana. The stakes could not be higher.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
‘It will be a mess:’ Traffic headaches from Convention Center Blvd. not expected to go away when construction ends
A plan from three years ago to fix the increased traffic from the lane reduction on Convention Center Boulevard has gone nowhere.
Posted inSchools
Five years after settlement in citywide special education suit, some New Orleans families still struggle for services
In 2010, after struggling to find accommodations for her son, Kelly Fischer joined other New Orleans parents in a class-action suit. Some parents are still fighting similar battles.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Entergy sues the City Council over lower profit rate and $1 million fine
Company wants to overturn recently passed resolution setting electric and gas rates for the city.