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This category showcases the lead coverage readers need to know, offering context, clarity, and insight into issues shaping New Orleans and beyond.

City Council’s first in-person meeting features smiles, demonstrators and a renewable energy mandate

Council members allow Entergy to include nuclear power in the renewable plan, over objections from some environmental advocates. And a group of distressed renters demands action on moving rental assistance funds more quickly.
by Michael Isaac Stein May 20, 2021 Updated May 20, 2021

New Orleans COVID-19 meal assistance program to end soon

The city sent out an email on Friday saying that the federally funded program, which has fed more than 10,000 people, would come to an end this month. But an official said that email was 'premature.' Still, the city now plans to end the program after June.
by Philip Kiefer May 19, 2021 Updated May 20, 2021

Angola prisoner files federal suit over ‘bizarre and lawless’ parole revocation

Pulling Bobby Sneed’s parole after he was cleared of disciplinary infractions violated his constitutional rights and state law, according to the suit.
by Charles Maldonado May 17, 2021 Updated May 17, 2021

NOLA Public Schools district shelves proposed changes to charter contracts after pushback from schools

The changes included increased protections against retaliation and requirements on reporting suspected abuse to the district. The district will now seek to approve them through OPSB policy, rather than contract revisions.
by Marta Jewson May 13, 2021 Updated May 14, 2021

Bobby Sneed denied parole in rehearing despite being acquitted of disciplinary charges

Months after a unanimous vote to allow Sneed to go free, all parole board members voted on Monday to keep him in prison.
by Nick Chrastil May 10, 2021 Updated May 10, 2021

State board rescinds parole for Angola prisoner Bobby Sneed despite dismissal of disciplinary charges

by Nick Chrastil May 7, 2021 Updated May 7, 2021

Bricolage educators to vote on union

The school’s CEO says a union is ‘not in the best interests’ of the school.
by Marta Jewson May 6, 2021 Updated May 6, 2021

A man incarcerated at Angola for decades was granted parole. Now, after an alleged overdose days before his release, he may have to stay.

Bobby Sneed's lawyer fears the 74-year-old inmate may die in prison.
by Nick Chrastil May 4, 2021 Updated May 7, 2021

In suit over legal fees, attorneys ask to invalidate agreement between Cantrell and Edward Wisner trust

The suit primarily seeks to recover fees from BP oil spill litigation. It is not clear how the dispute is connected to the 2020 agreement extending the Wisner Donation in perpetuity.
by Madeline Aruffo April 28, 2021 Updated April 28, 2021

Public asks NOLA Public Schools to rename schools for two educators

Public comment on the renaming of 20 facilities is open until Friday.
by Marta Jewson April 27, 2021 Updated April 27, 2021

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