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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.

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

OPSB approves 20 school buildings to be renamed, including McDonogh 35

The change won’t affect charter school names, which both advocates and opponents have criticized.
by Marta Jewson April 23, 2021 Updated April 23, 2021

Group has filed more than 1,000 post-conviction relief applications challenging non-unanimous jury verdicts since Supreme Court ruling

This week will mark one year since the Supreme Court ruled that non-unanimous jury verdicts were unconstitutional. For about 1,500 Louisiana prisoners, that means a legal deadline is fast approaching.
by Nick Chrastil April 19, 2021 Updated May 26, 2022

State pauses use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The decision, made out of an abundance of caution, officials said, comes at a critical time in state and city vaccinations efforts.
by Philip Kiefer April 13, 2021 Updated April 13, 2021

Vaccine equity improving in city, but still not reflective of racial demographics

Data Center report finds that early eligibility groups meant that the vaccine was more likely to go to at-risk white residents.
by Philip Kiefer April 12, 2021 Updated April 12, 2021

A quarter of people incarcerated in the Orleans Parish jail have received a COVID-19 vaccine, according to sheriff

by Nick Chrastil April 6, 2021 Updated April 7, 2021

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