Plaquemines Parish Council Member Richie Blink brought before the council this month a series of emails between Port of Plaquemines officials and private firms working to develop an oil export terminal that show what Blink described as “several key missteps made by our port” in the process of negotiating the terminal deal. The emails suggest […]
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Behind The Lens episode 54: ‘Targeting Black communities as sites for industrial pollution is environmental racism, and is unacceptable.’
An agreement is reached for a new hotel at the Convention Center, two charter schools are expected to get a failing rating and have their charter removed, and the Coalition Against Death Alley marches to Baton Rouge to protest a Formosa plastics plant.
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Judge dismisses Orleans Parish School Board from Kennedy HS students’ lawsuit
The civil district court judge also dismissed the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, leaving the Louisiana Department of Education and Kennedy’s charter group, New Beginnings.
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New Orleans Just Took a Step Towards Ending the Criminalization of Poverty. Let’s Finish the Job.
By voting in support of the dismissal of municipal and traffic warrants, fines and fees, the New Orleans City Council created an opening for more than forty-thousand New Orleanians to escape a vicious cycle of poverty and incarceration. By coming together to imagine a more just criminal legal system, our city is positioned to jump from being the target of civil rights lawsuits to being a leader in reform.
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Council advances measure reducing electric bills for many Entergy customers, but relief may be short-lived
A proposed $1 million against the company also moves on to the full council.
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On track for an ‘F’ rating, Coghill Charter unlikely to be renewed
The Gentilly Woods elementary school’s principal hinted that she’d discussed charter surrender with the superintendent.
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At meeting this week, more details emerge on new convention center hotel deal
The overall price tag for the 1200-room hotel is up nearly $30 million.
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Affordable Housing Crisis: Next Step? We never took the first step.
Because the people of Louisiana did not support Proposition #4, to give New Orleans the chance to create tax relief programs to address the affordable housing crisis, we must ask the Mayor and City Council to #PutHousingFirst and roll back our millage rates.
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City Council to consider $1 million fine on Entergy for frequent power outages
Outages in New Orleans became more frequent in the years following Entergy’s disinvestment in maintenance and system upgrades.
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NOLA Public Schools kicks off Juvenile Justice Week
Council of Chief State School Officers’ National Teacher of the Year Rodney Robinson gave district staff an impassioned speech Monday morning.