A motion passed on Thursday instructs the city to use ‘replacement cost’ rather than market value.
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Court vacates permits for proposed $9.4 billion petrochemical plant in state’s Chemical Corridor
Formosa’s own modeling showed that the plant’s emissions would push area pollution over federal standards.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Several detainees injured by DOC officers during shakedown of New Orleans jail last week
Sheriff’s Office again offers little information on the operation or the alleged injuries.
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NOLA Public Schools: Foundation Prep violated special education laws
The district alleges the charter school group failed to report an incident in a timely manner.
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US Dept. of Justice official expressed concerns over state’s ‘problematic’ plan to move kids to Angola, offered assistance
The transfers could violate federal law and open the state up to litigation, a juvenile justice official at the federal agency wrote days after the state’s plan was announced.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 179: ‘Our best option’
A three-day court hearing on the state’s plan to transfer juveniles to a facility at Angola. And the latest on the planned relocation of Gordon Plaza residents.
Posted inEnvironment
Research seeks ways to grow solar and crops together in the skeptical Corn Belt
Researchers want to know how co-locating solar and crops — a practice known as ‘agrivoltaics’ — could benefit farmers and be a salve to a growing strain in the Corn Belt, where rural residents and towns are pushing back on solar projects that can often take farmland out of production.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Hearing on suit challenging juvenile transfers to Angola ends without ruling from bench
The judge presiding over the suit, who called the case against the state ‘thin,’ will issue a ruling later this month.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
French Quarter could be blanketed in city surveillance cameras under new plan
The proposal would more than triple the number of city crime cameras in the neighborhood.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Federal judge hears testimony on state’s plan to transfer youth to Angola
The lead plaintiff in a class-action suit against the state, a detainee at Bridge City Center for Youth, testified behind closed doors on Tuesday.