Municipal Court judge says that the process for such a large blanket pardon was not made clear before the council approved it.
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LDH official encourages back-to-school covid testing after holidays amid omicron surge
Public health experts are highly concerned about omicron spread over the holiday season.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
‘A very Louisiana story:’ apparent state law violation by city election chief may have helped him avoid more serious crime
The potential legal violations arose when Clerk of Criminal Court Arthur Morrell sent endorsement letters to the city’s election commissioners, urging them to vote for Darren Lombard to replace him as clerk.
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Behind The Lens episode 153: ‘An effort at rebranding’
The final round of charter school renewals. Allegations of contract-fixing for the New Orleans “smart cities” plan. And a reform effort in state prisons has not produced the promised results.
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Dr. King Charter School earns three-year renewal
The Orleans Parish School Board also approved one high school’s request to expand to eighth grade.
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City Council passes laws allowing police to deputize civilian city workers
Employees in several departments will have the power to issue criminal citations for quality-of-life violations.
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After momentary ‘release,’ Angola prisoner Bobby Sneed rearrested and put in local jail
Sneed is suing the state parole board for illegal imprisonment, following an unusual decision to strip his parole last spring.
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NOLA Public Schools students 5 and up must be vaccinated by Feb. 1
Cantrell administration to extend proof-of-vaccination requirement for restaurants to include anyone over the age of 5.
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Orleans Parish School Board continues search for a new superintendent
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School awaits Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.’s charter renewal recommendation to come Thursday.
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Louisiana policy intended to reform solitary confinement still leaves people in indefinite lockdown
Officials say the total number of people in restrictive housing has gone down, but the state doesn’t keep enough data to substantiate that claim.