Amid nationwide controversy surrounding lethal injection, Louisiana officials are recommending a new way to execute the condemned: death by nitrogen. And the head of the state prison system also wants legislators to reconsider an execution-secrecy bill that was introduced but dropped during last year’s legislative session.
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RSD superintendent recommends closing Lagniappe Academies charter school
His plea against charter renewal comes after state report cited problems and cover up.
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City workers fixing some school-zone lights, but problems persist in others
Workers are replacing batteries at twice the rate they did last year.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Attorney for Civil Service Commission says he’s owed more than $70,000 by city
Outside lawyer says some past-due payments date back to 2013.
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Lawsuit over selection of John McDonogh charter operator delayed two weeks
Group alleging open-meetings violation by RSD agrees along with district to delay hearing for two weeks.
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Charter selection includes some public input, but decision made privately
Four schools in New Orleans recently have been closed or assigned to new operators. Although the processes to make these changes have become somewhat more public, the decision to hand over public schools to a new management organization still is being made primarily behind closed doors.
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Confronting the enemy below: hydrologists float plan to keep water in city
A city that prides itself on embracing contradiction is now waking up to this one: The levees and pumping stations it has spent nearly 300 years perfecting to guard against external threats have also been the catalysts allowing an unseen enemy below to savage its budgets and cloud its future.
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Fire safety 101: Faulty gas fuel lines can make your attic a loaded gun
Enforcement is lax, given just one state employee to oversee local code jurisdictions throughout Louisiana.
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Landrieu’s Civil Service overhaul again survives a legal challenge by city workers
This is the second such ruling to favor the mayor; employee lawyer urges appeal.
Posted inOpinion
To escape marginalization, Black History Month must embrace ‘hard truths’
As we close out the 2015 installment of Black History Month, a real problem is the way people continue to separate black history from American history.