COVID-19 cases more than triple in New Orleans schools, 716 quarantining
The district is tracking 54 active cases across 27 schools.
Category: Top Story
This category showcases the lead coverage readers need to know, offering context, clarity, and insight into issues shaping New Orleans and beyond.
As reality shows face criticism over privacy, ‘Nightwatch,’ which follows on-duty EMTs, resumes filming in New Orleans
The return comes as similar reality shows face national scrutiny over exploitation. And COVID-19 could pose further challenges.
New Orleans Police Department using facial recognition despite years of denial
Explaining its previous denials, the department said that it doesn’t employ its own facial recognition software. Instead, it accesses the technology through state and federal partners. An ACLU lawyer said that was a ‘distinction without a difference.’
‘I hope the voters kill it:’ Library board member comes out against Cantrell-backed tax proposal on December ballot
Board member Andrea Neighbours also criticized a proposed policy from the Cantrell administration to change employee discipline and grievance policies.
‘An entirely different ball game’: City Council begins 2021 budget hearings under fog of uncertainty
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a new president and Mayor Cantrell’s property tax proposal make it tough to predict how much money the city will have to work with next year.
DA candidates Landrum, Williams advance to December runoff election
Landrum led most of the night. The contest came down to whether Williams or former Judge Arthur Hunter would face her in December.
Mayor may have committed misdemeanor by publicizing confidential information on Civil Service Commissioner
Days after a story about the Civil Service Commission, Cantrell sent a confidential Ethics Board letter to The Lens.
Cantrell gives update ahead of vital weekend for Hurricane Zeta recovery
Edwards, speaking in New Orleans, briefs public on Zeta damage
The biggest problem locally is mass power outages. Edwards said that while bringing everyone back online could take days, major transmission lines took little damage.
‘We will get impacts from this’: City officials prep for Hurricane Zeta
Wind, not rain, is expected to be the major threat during this fast-moving storm.
