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New Orleans school district comes out against state policy shift on school quarantines

If districts opt in, the policy would allow close contacts to remain in class without a quarantine. NOLA Public Schools district indicated they will not adopt the policy.
by Marta Jewson September 29, 2021 Updated September 29, 2021

NOLA Public Schools tracking 99 COVID-19 cases, 62 quarantining

Most cases are connected to K-8 schools.
by Marta Jewson September 27, 2021 Updated September 27, 2021

Ineligible for federal aid, ‘unqualified’ immigrants in disaster zone face enormous barriers to recovery

FEMA provides cash aid only to citizens and ‘qualified immigrants,’ a category that doesn’t include undocumented people, many on temporary visas or DACA recipients.
by Philip Kiefer September 22, 2021 Updated September 23, 2021

Hurricane Ida revealed Entergy’s misplaced investments, critics say

A lack of investment in hardening the grid and the unfulfilled promises of a new gas plant leave regulators asking whether the utility should have done more.
by Michael Isaac Stein September 21, 2021 Updated September 21, 2021

In first post-Ida data release, NOLA Public Schools reports 33 COVID-19 cases

Many schools required a negative COVID-19 test to return to the classroom.
by Marta Jewson September 20, 2021 Updated September 21, 2021

Federal vaccine mandate won’t extend to Louisiana’s local and state employees, including school district employees

Some public employees are covered under various state and local mandates and some large charter groups could fall under the federal mandate as private employers.
by Marta Jewson September 14, 2021 Updated September 14, 2021

City collected more than $460,000 through expired FQ sales tax, but won’t be able to spend it

City officials are not yet sure what will happen to the erroneously collected money.
by Michael Isaac Stein September 13, 2021 Updated September 14, 2021

As initial FEMA deadline approaches, some applicants describe trouble getting evacuation aid

For urgent needs following Hurricane Ida and the subsequent power outage in Louisiana, applicants must register for FEMA assistance by this Sunday, Sept 12. FEMA officials have said that extended power outages should qualify people for evacuation assistance.
by Carly Berlin September 10, 2021 Updated September 14, 2021

Entergy says 98 percent of New Orleans power restored

New Orleans customers still lacking power may have electric damage to their properties they need to fix themselves, Entergy executives said.
by Michael Isaac Stein September 9, 2021 Updated September 9, 2021

As electricity returns to New Orleans, focus shifts to long-term outages in harder hit areas

Due to cost and timing, the company is rebuilding the grid the way it was before, with overhead wires rather than underground wires, which are more resilient to hurricane damage.
by Michael Isaac Stein September 8, 2021 Updated September 8, 2021

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