Entergy planned to sell its transmission assets a decade ago, a commitment that helped put a federal antitrust investigation to rest. It never happened.
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Active cases drop in NOLA Public Schools as city sees lower COVID-19 numbers
Despite the recent encouraging data from the district, the 2021-2022 case count among staff and students is already higher than all of last school year’s, likely due in large part to the highly infectious delta variant.
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Time for New Orleans to pick up the trash
The city’s trash contractors need to be held accountable in every way possible.
Posted inCriminal Justice
A ‘Jim Crow jury’ prisoner fights for freedom
Brandon Jackson is one of more than 1,500 people still incarcerated in Louisiana on non-unanimous verdicts, though the United States Supreme Court ruled split verdicts unconstitutional last year. Will he get a chance at freedom?
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Behind The Lens episode 144: Real subpoenas
A settlement in a suit over conditions on death row. And OPSB is asking to subpoena financial records in an ongoing legal dispute with Singleton Charter School.
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Lusher Charter board votes to begin process of renaming school
The move follows the Orleans Parish School Board’s recent project to remove names of Confederate figures and white supremacists from school buildings.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Class-action settlement mandates time outside of cells, communal meals and recreation for death row prisoners
The suit was filed in 2017 on behalf of death row prisoners, claiming that Angola’s highly restrictive conditions violated their constitutional rights.
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OPSB seeks to subpoena records from charter school financial contractors
The request comes as part of a lawsuit the Dryades YMCA, which runs Singleton Charter School, filed against the school district over the summer.
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New Orleans school district comes out against state policy shift on school quarantines
If districts opt in, the policy would allow close contacts to remain in class without a quarantine. NOLA Public Schools district indicated they will not adopt the policy.
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NOLA Public Schools delays employee COVID-19 vaccine mandate after Hurricane Ida
Officials are giving employees more time to report their vaccine status.