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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.

New Orleans City Council questions schools reopening

City Councilmembers heard from officials and members of the public at a hearing Monday. While NOLA Public Schools will start the school year online, some private and independent schools are opening soon.
by Marta Jewson August 3, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020

Library employees worried that city’s response to infected worker could increase risk of spread

After the city shut down three locations for deep cleans, their employees were reassigned to unaffected branches.
by Michael Isaac Stein August 3, 2020 Updated August 4, 2020

Protesters block access to courts, force City Hall to lock its doors in anti-eviction demonstration

Protesters said that the city and state either need to provide adequate rental assistance or shut down eviction court.
by Michael Isaac Stein July 30, 2020 Updated July 30, 2020

‘A major paradigm shift’: New Orleans hires former short-term rental executive to lead land use regulation

Peter Bowen will run a brand new office, called the Office of Business and External Services, that will try to blend land use regulation with business development
by Michael Isaac Stein July 28, 2020 Updated July 28, 2020

Cannizzaro will not seek third term as DA

The DA plans to retire at the end of his second term, marking an end to a long career in local criminal justice.
by Nick Chrastil July 24, 2020 Updated October 27, 2020

NOLA Public Schools will delay in-person classes until early September

Announcement comes amid continued growth in COVID-19 cases in the city and across the state.
by Marta Jewson July 21, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020

Despite city law, New Orleans’ hasn’t had public contract database since 2019 cyber attack

Database is not expected to be fully functional until September.
by Michael Isaac Stein July 20, 2020 Updated July 20, 2020

Parent group calls for delay to school year amid rising COVID-19 cases

by Marta Jewson July 20, 2020 Updated July 20, 2020

BESE approves minimum standards for school reopening

Some parents and educators don’t think the measures go far enough while others urged the state to allow local districts to set their own policies.
by Marta Jewson July 14, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020

State board of education to set COVID-19 minimum safety standards for schools Tuesday

Local school systems will have to adopt the minimum standards BESE approves Tuesday. It's unclear exactly how that will work in New Orleans schools.
by Marta Jewson July 13, 2020 Updated July 13, 2020

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