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Timely coverage of the people, policies, and events shaping New Orleans and Louisiana. This category delivers clear, factual reporting that keeps readers informed about local government, community issues, and stories that matter most to everyday residents.

Evictions resume in New Orleans

In first day of eviction hearings at First City Court after three-month suspension, judge urges landlords to give their tenants some extra time.
by Michael Isaac Stein June 29, 2020 Updated June 29, 2020

School board will examine its ban on renaming schools

Slave owner John McDonogh endowed New Orleans’ schools and many buildings are still named after him.
by Marta Jewson June 29, 2020 Updated June 29, 2020

WWNO: Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana law in major abortion rights case

In a double-win for reproductive rights advocates, the court found that abortion providers do have the legal standing to sue over state laws, on behalf of their patients' constitutional right to an abortion.
by Rosemary Westwood, WWNO June 29, 2020 Updated June 29, 2020

Language immersion schools anticipated shortages before Trump visa ban

“Widespread negative effects are imminent to both individual schools and entire school systems,” the June 11 memo said.
by Marta Jewson June 26, 2020 Updated June 26, 2020

City employees cannot ‘engage or respond to negative or disparaging posts’ about city government under new policy

Attorney says the policy appears to be overly broad.
by Michael Isaac Stein June 26, 2020 Updated June 26, 2020

Inside the ACLU of Louisiana’s plan to bring ‘up to 1,000’ cases challenging racist policing throughout the state

The organization seeks to enlist private law firms to help with the effort.
by Nick Chrastil June 26, 2020 Updated June 26, 2020

State Department of Education releases guidelines on reopening schools

What school actually looks like will depend on how far along the state is in its reopening process.
by Marta Jewson June 25, 2020 Updated June 25, 2020

President Trump’s visa ban could keep 72 teachers from Louisiana schools

Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans is one of several schools that use foreign teachers in their French curriculum school.
by Marta Jewson June 24, 2020 Updated June 24, 2020

New state law seeks to fix New Orleans judges’ decades-old conflict of interest on court fines, fees and bail

Criminal justice reform advocates say the law will not solve the underlying problem of the state's user-funded justice system.
by Nick Chrastil June 24, 2020 Updated June 24, 2020

Racial reckoning at the Ace Hotel, Krewe and other local businesses sparked by Black Lives Matter movement, coronavirus and social media

Former and current workers from the Ace accused the company of using the identities of its Black and LGBTQ employees to sell their brand, while standing idle as employees were harassed and held back over those very same identities.
by Michael Isaac Stein June 23, 2020 Updated June 24, 2020

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