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Catastrophic damage from Ida leaves hundreds of thousands without power

Storm downgraded Monday morning, but remains a danger, forecasters said. Schools across metro area closed. Reports of severe flooding in LaPlace, Jean Lafitte.
by Marta Jewson August 30, 2021 Updated September 5, 2021

Prosecutors in 2010 murder case hid payments to witness and evidence implicating another suspect, Innocence Project New Orleans alleges in bar complaints

Kaliegh Smith was convicted of murder in 2010 and released this year after DA Jason Williams’ office said it agreed that there were problems with the case.
by Nick Chrastil August 25, 2021 Updated August 29, 2021

‘People are just reaching a breaking point’: New Orleans EMS employees say pay, COVID burnout contributing to turnover and delays in care

City EMS operations lost almost 20 percent of budgeted staff this year.
by Philip Kiefer August 24, 2021 Updated August 25, 2021

New Orleans schools report 453 cases and 4,657 quarantines among students, staff

Following full approval of the Pfizer vaccine, LDH has no timeline yet for adding COVID shots to the required vaccine list for K-12 schools.
by Charles Maldonado August 23, 2021 Updated August 24, 2021

City Council members maintain legally dubious hotel exemption while reinstating French Quarter sales tax

Even after the vote, how the money is administered will still have to be worked out in an agreement between the Cantrell administration, the City Council and the French Quarter Management District.
by Michael Isaac Stein August 19, 2021 Updated August 19, 2021

More than 3,000 students, school staff in quarantine as active cases jump

The district has reported 370 cases in the early weeks of the school year, nearly half the total for all of last school year.
by Charles Maldonado August 16, 2021 Updated August 16, 2021

OPSB to vote on employee vaccine mandate this week

The policy would require central office staff to get vaccinated by the end of September.
by Marta Jewson August 16, 2021 Updated August 16, 2021

New Orleans to mandate vaccination or negative COVID test to enter many businesses

The rules go into effect on Monday, Aug. 16.
by Michael Isaac Stein August 12, 2021 Updated August 12, 2021

COVID cases among state prisoners more than double since last week, with eight hospitalizations

Eight state prisoners are hospitalized. And the number of cases at the New Orleans jail remains the same, according to a lawyer for the Sheriff’s Office.
by Nick Chrastil August 11, 2021 Updated August 11, 2021

As schools open, New Orleans district reports 116 COVID-19 cases and 638 people quarantining

One New Orleans campus had to close its middle school due to a COVID-related staffing shortage. St. Tammany Parish schools reports 54 student cases, 26 staff cases.
by Marta Jewson August 9, 2021 Updated August 10, 2021

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