Convention Center has spent nearly $50 million from reserves to keep operations going
Tax revenues for 2020 now expected to be less than half what officials estimated in 2019 due to collapsed tourism industry.
Category: Coronavirus
Backpacks, masks and temperature checks: NOLA Public Schools’ youngest students return to the classroom
Twelve New Orleans public schools are reopening for in-person classes this week. Students have been at home since March.
Some Tulane students are isolating at Airbnbs after testing positive for COVID-19
Students who spoke to The Lens reported little oversight from the university after opting to stay in an off-campus vacation rental.
Virtual learning resumes Wednesday, NOLA Public Schools announces
Hurricane Sally delayed the district's plan to return to in-person learning. Schools can open to students Thursday.
New Orleans doctors, medical researchers adapt to FDA plasma therapy authorization, but questions linger
Emergency use authorization can create an ethical dilemma for doctors interested in advancing science, but wanting to treat severely ill patients.
NOLA Public Schools cancels virtual class Tuesday due to Hurricane Sally
The first three days of in-person class had already been cancelled. The storm is expected to linger over the Gulf Coast on Tuesday.
City, NOLA public schools to remain in phase two, as rest of state moves into phase three
Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the state will move to phase 3 Friday, but details were limited.
How would libraries deal with a Cantrell-backed cut? Top official says shedding staff is one possibility
Montaño continues to insist that a nearly 40 percent cut in tax revenue will not hurt services.
Schools forge ahead with reopening, but watching data closely after Labor Day crowds
Pre-kindergarten through fourth grade students will return to public schools Sept. 14 through Sept. 25.
As CDC eviction moratorium takes effect, questions remain about how it will apply, especially outside New Orleans
In Orleans Parish, judges have eliminated confusion with a blanket halt on evictions. But other parishes have not taken the same step.
