Live blog: Committee interviews candidates for Lycée Français board
Our live coverage of three nights of interviews and discussion.
Continuing live blog: Consent decree hearing on Orleans Parish Prison
On Wednesday, testimony concerned the city's involvement in the negotiations over the consent decree and conditions in the mental health unit. Sheriff Marlin Gusman will testify Thursday morning.
Choice leaders halt plans to move to church as renovation turns to ‘unmitigated mess’
Cost estimates for the renovations spiraled from $625,000 to now $1.6 million, leading Choice leaders to pursue a lawsuit.
Board gets update on new scoring system, facilities changes
Board member frustrated at lack of permanent building; recruitment hampered by redevelopment
Consultant’s ranking system weighed heavily in Lycée board picks
Wilson Charter, EdisonLearning blaming one another for $400,000 shortfall
Auditors have cited the school for problems every year in the school’s five-year history.
Choice Foundation plans lawsuit over facilities contract
The board originally allotted $500,000 for the construction project, but estimates later exceeded $1 million.
Sheriff: Landrieu’s gloom-and-doom consent decree figures are inflated
Gusman disputes $22 million-a-year for five years, cited by mayor.
Pro-business organizations sponsor expense-paid seminars for federal judges
U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier, who is presiding over the BP civil trial, attended a seminar sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute. Critics say these privately funded conferences serve judges a steady dose of free-market, anti-regulation lectures that could influence their rulings.
