Though Councilmembers were swayed by job creation, critics said that the jobs pale in comparison to the rate increases and environmental effects that Orleans residents will now shoulder.
Category: Government & Politics
Posted inCriminal Justice
Towns across Louisiana clamor to build new juvenile detention centers
Local governments request more than $500 million to build regional and local juvenile-detention facilities — and to repair and construct some adult jails.
Posted inOpinion
The increased urgency of Planned Parenthood’s work
Like most Americans, most Louisianans support abortion access. And when we show up, especially when it’s difficult and the odds feel stacked against us, we remind our legislative leaders that this government is supposed to work for us and reflect our values.
Posted inCriminal Justice
To prevent suicide, New Orleans daughter urges states to let people ban themselves from buying guns
Donna’s Law, which allows people to ban themselves from gun ownership, has proven one of the few areas of gun policy where Republicans and Democrats can agree. But it has made little headway in Louisiana, home of the bill’s namesake.
Posted inSchools
School Board seizes $20 million cash settlement, future funding, amid financial crisis
The Orleans Parish School Board settles a years-long lawsuit against the city, to provide financially strained schools with help that includes a swift, $20 million cash infusion and $70 million for education over 10 years.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Louisiana may be forced to change how it allots welfare money
A proposed Biden-administration regulation change could bar the state from using federal dollars for child-protective investigations, controversial crisis pregnancy centers, and reduce the amount to pre-K.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Licensing a troubled juvenile jail
A year ago, when Jackson Parish opened its new, unlicensed juvenile jail, kids complained of extended stints of solitary confinement, along with extensive abuse and violations. A DCFS inspection supported those claims, but the agency gave the jail a license anyway.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Louisiana sanctions use of pepper spray and mace on detained juveniles
In July, a new state law put all Louisiana pretrial juvenile detention centers under the umbrella of the state Office of Juvenile Justice. Soon after, the agency filed an ‘emergency order’ approving the use of ‘chemical agents’ in those facilities.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
To bring insurance companies back to Louisiana, some suggest tackling it as a federal issue
At the height of hurricane season, Congressional candidate Devin Davis announces a plan to combat Louisiana’s home-insurance crisis. U.S. Rep. Troy Carter says he’s focused on a more apt federal concern: FEMA’s flood-hazard ratings.
Posted inHealth
President Biden announces $150 million in research grants for cancer “moonshot” initiative
Near Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, the president and first lady prioritize goal to halve the nation’s cancer death rates within roughly the next two decades.