Lawsuit filings reveal new details about use of Angola facility to house coronavirus patients
DOC says the plan has “worked very well thus far.” The plaintiffs say inmates don’t receive adequate medical care and conditions are unsanitary.
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City Council will consider formal opposition to Convention Center hotel at Thursday meeting
The resolution also urges the Convention Center to release some of its reserves to support struggling hospitality industry workers.
‘It’s a last resort’: Cantrell administration makes case for opening $100 million line of credit
Administration officials give the City Council more details of potential losses and how it may deal with them.
Annual high school graduation rate data delayed by COVID-19
Certifying graduation data can require school officials to enter buildings and find records, a challenge during the COVID-19 school closure.
City predicts at least $137M revenue shortfall from coronavirus closures
No decisions yet on worker furloughs, layoffs.
Studies show link between pollution and COVID-19 mortality
Following a Harvard study showing a correlation between COVID-19 mortality and pollution, the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic shows the link in Louisiana's most polluted parishes.
Some New Orleans charter schools receive Payroll Protection loans, others wait to hear
The city’s two largest charter groups were too big to qualify for the program.
Official in charge of jail says he thinks it’s in shape for Sheriff Gusman to retake control
Compliance director says jail is in ‘100 percent substantial compliance' with consent decree.
Researchers say COVID-19 school closures could further summer learning loss
Several states, included Louisiana, have shuttered schools until the end of the academic year, leaving some students out of classrooms for five months or more.
New Orleans eviction moratorium extended to end of Governor’s stay at home order
The moratorium was extended from May 4 to at least May 18.
