Schools must require quarantines to drop their mask mandates. But the state doesn’t know which districts are following quarantine guidelines.
State officials say monitoring compliance is up to local school district authorities.
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Neighborhoods Watched: The Rise of Urban Mass Surveillance
New Orleans has spent millions to expand its police surveillance powers. But without formal oversight or regulation, citizens have largely been left in the dark about what tools and techniques the city is using to spy on them.
NOLA Public Schools: COVID-19 quarantines underreported due to data error
COVID-19 cases in district schools remain low.
NOPD would deputize civilian municipal employees under new plan from Cantrell administration
The plan received preliminary approval this week from a City Council committee, but still needs final approval from the full council.
A ‘Jim Crow jury’ prisoner fights for freedom
Brandon Jackson is one of more than 1,500 people still incarcerated in Louisiana on non-unanimous verdicts, though the United States Supreme Court ruled split verdicts unconstitutional last year. Will he get a chance at freedom?
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.
NOLA Public Schools tracking 99 COVID-19 cases, 62 quarantining
Most cases are connected to K-8 schools.
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.
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.
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.
