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.
Public comment on the renaming of 20 facilities is open until Friday.
The change won’t affect charter school names, which both advocates and opponents have criticized.
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.
The decision, made out of an abundance of caution, officials said, comes at a critical time in state and city vaccinations efforts.
Data Center report finds that early eligibility groups meant that the vaccine was more likely to go to at-risk white residents.
More than a dozen people appeared in court on Wednesday after making deals with the Orleans Parish DA’s office. Many are now set to go free immediately.
The state denies that the language creates quotas, saying that funding is not dependent on meeting the targets.
