New Orleans' tourism economy is on hold and the Convention Center is being used as a makeshift hospital. But that's not stopping center management from pursuing a new hotel development. And we'll get a sense of the economic damage from COVID-19.
Council members, advocates urge the Convention Center to reconsider its priorities.
Inmates say they fear for their lives. Officials are no longer testing and will not release number of suspected cases
Earlier Thursday, the state said high school seniors could graduate by completing courses online.
Lawsuit says facilities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are not taking precautions against infection, making dangerous outbreaks inevitable. A spokesman for the agency disputes that.
The court was originally scheduled to reopen this week. That has been extended to at least April 13, and could be extended further.
Officials have waived several graduation requirements, including certain state exams and seat time, in response to the statewide school closure.
"She had been taking precautions, I knew of no exposure, and her symptoms were not those we had been warned about... At 7:19 on Saturday night, I received a phone call that made my knees go out from under me."
Often one-on-one, moving special education services like counseling and therapy to homes is another challenge for families.
"The City of New Orleans may help 1031 Canal Street Development LLC, the developers of the ill-fated Hard Rock Hotel, make lemonade out of lemons after the disastrous October 2019 collapse of their unfinished building. The city’s insistence on implosion, which jeopardizes three adjacent buildings, could allow the developers to profit tremendously from the fatal collapse of their hotel."
