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School officials struggle with locations, attendance zones

Uncertainties about the relationship between charter schools and the neighborhoods in which they are located continues to dog New Orleans school officials as they work out the final details of a master plan for rebuilding and assigning public school facilities.
by Ariella Cohen January 7, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Gusman wants more jail beds; ACLU wants to know why

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana wants Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman to justify his recent claim that a new city jail needs 3,200 beds, after a consultant hired by the city said city could easily make do with a 1,500-bed jail.
by Matt Davis January 7, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Woldenberg disaster spending frustrates neighborhoods

A plan to spend $4.2 million in federal disaster-recovery grants on Woldenberg Park in the French Quarter has provoked the ire of community activists who say the money should be spent in areas still suffering from Hurricane Katrina.
by Ariella Cohen January 6, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Judges, clerk apologize for Civil District Court computer system crash

The City Council this morning called for changes in the management of the computer system at Civil District Court, following the disastrous computer crash that has crippled the city’s real-estate market since late October.
by Matt Davis January 6, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Trash fee increase among highlights on council agenda

The City Council plans to vote tomorrow on an ordinance to double residential garbage pick-up fees to $24, even though Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration still has not even started drafting new contracts with two companies to actually haul the city’s trash.
by Matt Davis January 5, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Ohio State gets a Boehner; Arkansas gets the bird

I love to handicap college football games by carefully analyzing the merits of each team’s mascots, and factoring in ominous current events that might foretoken disaster for a particular football squad.
by Mark Moseley January 4, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Hookah bar loses liquor permit

Six nightclubs came under scrutiny at this month’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board meeting Tuesday.
by Jessica Williams December 22, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Recommendation for new jail came from non-member

A resolution supporting a new jail was proposed by someone who was not even a member of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s advisory group on the matter.
by Matt Davis December 22, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Empty since Katrina, 233 HANO units to be torn down

The Housing Authority of New Orleans approved a deal today to demolish 233 empty scattered public housing units moldering since Hurricane Katrina. But while neighbors applauded progress in the battle against blight, questions remain about what HANO will do with its properties once the 99 doomed buildings are cleared.
by Ariella Cohen December 21, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

HANO moving forward with scattered-site demolitions

by Ariella Cohen December 20, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

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