Promise of Justice Initiative criticizes state and federal response at jails and prisons statewide.
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Posted inCoronavirus
‘There was this sense of relief’: Vaccinations begin in Louisiana
Nearly 40,000 doses are expected to arrive this week. Ochsner, VA Medical Center and LCMC have confirmed receiving shipments.
Posted inCriminal Justice
City releases dozens of pages of emails on police use of facial recognition
The emails show that the NOPD and Louisiana State Police have had a formal relationship since at least 2018 that provides the NOPD access facial recognition software.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 108: We voted
A wrap on last week’s election from our panel of reporters.
Posted inCoronavirus
Ochsner to receive more than 9,000 vaccine doses
The largest shipment is coming to New Orleans area.
Posted inCriminal Justice
‘Every single person in that office has to understand the culture shift’: How Jason Williams plans to remake prosecution in New Orleans
The DA-elect lays out his plan for hiring staff and a new Civil Rights Division to be headed by former director of the Innocence Project New Orleans
Posted inCoronavirus
NOLA Public Schools COVID-19 cases hold steady at 80, 712 quarantining
The cases are spread across 44 campuses, more than half the city’s public schools.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City Council saves $1.2 million by expanding in-house Entergy regulation, cutting consultants
The council has long relied on pricey — often politically connected — private firms to do its regulatory work.
Posted inCoronavirus
As the testing landscape changes, ‘percent positivity’ might not mean what you think
Statewide reporting on rapid tests is spotty.
Posted inSchools
NOLA Public Schools declines to renew Crocker College Prep; 17 charters win new contracts
Crocker was one of five schools with academic results that triggered ‘comprehensive review,’ a process that was expanded during the pandemic.