The selection of Wellpath for the multimillion-dollar contract came in spite of criticism from incoming Sheriff Susan Hutson, who takes office next month. The committee vote means the Cantrell administration is now free to negotiate a final contract.
The foundation owes nearly $15,000 in back taxes and unpaid fines. But that number may be even larger when taking 2022 taxes into account.
Though the board still needs to finalize a contract, board members said Williams would be the first permanent female superintendent of the district.
The board is set to vote on a finalist at a special meeting Wednesday afternoon.
The lack of a policy may violate a legal settlement, and public defenders and the Innocence Project New Orleans say a lack of policy could lead to wrongful convictions
The inaccurate exemptions, some of which have been active since 2019, apply to upwards of $140 million of Folgers’ property.
NOLA Public Schools officials announce school relocations.
All of Treme going to District C, Broadmoor to B. Lower 9th Ward to remain in District E.
Wellpath has held the contract, worth millions per year, since 2014.
The council’s complaints were related to the Phase III jail expansion, the lack of enforcement of certain laws and the city’s decision to start enforcing a law limiting the size of second lines
