The New Orleans City Council passed a law last year requiring automatic pardons for possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Harrah’s Fund dollars previously went to the Orleans Parish School Board. But the city has other educational priorities.
The ordinance codifies a 45-license cap, which has been in effect for 10 years under an extended ‘pilot period.’ An amendment could allow more licenses, but not for at least two years.
Prisoners claim they are not treated for mental illness, kept in solitary confinement for months.
The NOLA Public Schools district is tracking 136 COVID-19 winter break cases and 451 people are quarantining. Those numbers don’t include tests taken this week.
The move would block potential pedicab competitors, and cement market control among three companies that have held the permits since they were first awarded in 2011.
IDEA Oscar Dunn is the second school this week that officials have said will close due to enrollment problems. The school opened in 2019 and has operated through three pandemic school years.
FirstLine’s Live Oak elementary school will close at the end of the school year. FirstLine took over the school in 2018 but officials say it has struggled with under enrollment.
Hutson will have a lengthy transition period, not taking office until May. It’s not yet clear whether, or to what degree, she will be included in decision-making during the transition.
Population growth in New Orleans has not kept up with the expansion of charter schools over the past decade. District officials are considering consolidations and possible closures to address the problem.
