The report shows about 2,600 outages in the city from mid-2016 to mid-2017.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Report: State preemption laws disproportionately hurt women, people of color
One of the authors says she is supporting House Bill 422, which would allow Louisiana municipalities to set their own minimum wage and required work leave days.
Posted inSchools
New Beginnings schools CEO resigns amid grade-changing investigation
CEO Michelle Blouin-Williams has been on paid leave since an investigation began April 1. She is also being investigated for allegedly falsifying public records.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Court orders city to hand over records on surveillance network
Judge rejects argument that cameras are used for terrorism prevention.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
What gives? Too broke to fund schools, Plaquemines cuts risky deal with oil exporter
Cloud of secrecy shrouds Port transaction.
Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: Low water pressure adding to delays in school lead filter project
Plus, short-term rentals and Mayor Cantrell’s infrastructure deal. A GiveNOLA Day reminder. And a new episode of Behind The Lens.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 30: One-newspaper town
Marta Jewson on lead filters in New Orleans public schools. Michael Isaac Stein on how short-term rentals figure into Mayor Cantrell’s infrastructure deal. And Jed Horne talks about The Advocate’s purchase of The Times-Picayune.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Cantrell administration predicting increase in short-term rental sales as part of infrastructure deal
STR sales continue to increase in spite of yearlong freeze on whole-home rentals.
Posted inOpinion
Merger ends a newspaper war, but the bloodletting may not be over
Absentee owners proved inadequate to the challenge.
Posted inSchools
Lead-removal filter project drags on as school district deals with water pressure
More than half of schools with water filters have at least some that are not working. The district has known about low water pressure problems since September.