Louisiana State Penitentiary’s lethal-injection drug expired last month, a lawyer for a death-row inmate has concluded after reviewing documents provided by the state in an ongoing lawsuit. The Lens has been trying to pin down the Department of Corrections since February on the expiration date of the drug, and an attorney for the state has repeatedly said no record of the expiration date existed.
Posted inCharter Schools
Building issues stymie Audubon charter
Both its upper and lower schools are in temporary buildings now, waiting for repairs to other sites.
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Enrollment at UNO possible for Franklin students
High school juniors and seniors allowed to enroll at both institutions.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Full-time employees drop sharply even as Landrieu proposes first budget increase
Reduction of 170 full-time-equivalent positions comes without layoffs.
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Behavioral issues accompany new 7th graders
Success Prep is having trouble with new middle-school grade.
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John McDonogh may lose one of its principals
Enrollment shortfall means salary cuts of 20 percent also possible.
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School will have to wait for new home
Orleans Parish School Board rebids work for Lake Forest Elementary
Posted inOpinion
Unprobed mysteries still lurk at the heart of the Danziger online comment scandal
Not all the comments by federal prosecutors appear to have been identified.
Posted inEnvironment
After being replaced on levee board, lawsuit proponent announces new effort
John Barry says he’ll form a new nonprofit to support a blockbuster lawsuit against the oil and gas industry.
Posted inCharter Schools
School considers leaving retirement system
Board looking at 403(b) accounts for employees.