Ochsner to receive more than 9,000 vaccine doses
The largest shipment is coming to New Orleans area.
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‘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
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.
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.
As the testing landscape changes, ‘percent positivity’ might not mean what you think
Statewide reporting on rapid tests is spotty.
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.
Study: OneApp’s half-mile ‘priority’ is more likely to benefit white, higher-income students
About 15 percent of high-income kindergarten applicants had the priority for a high-demand school, compared to 8.7 percent of low-income applicants.
City’s request to stop construction of Phase III jail facility should be denied, federal judge recommends
In scathing report, judge says he has “lost trust” in the city.
J.C. Romero tops OPSB incumbent Leslie Ellison in school board races
Ellison lost by 10 points after nearly winning outright in November.
Voters shoot down all three Cantrell-backed tax proposals
The French Quarter sales tax renewal, which was used to pay for Louisiana State Police patrols, was also rejected.
