Settlement agreements between charter school network and employees reveal allegations of retaliation, discrimination and sexual misconduct
Collegiate Academies, one of the largest charter school networks in New Orleans, has spent more than $300K settling employee complaints in recent years.
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ICE facility in Louisiana reports its second detainee death in less than 2 months
A second detainee has died in two months at a an ICE facility in Louisiana where a recent investigation found insanitary conditions and problems with medical care.
ENVIRONMENT
Louisiana lawmakers approve incentives for controversial wood pellet industry
A bill aimed at making Louisiana more enticing to the wood pellet industry has sailed through the state Legislature. House Bill 670 won unanimous approval in the Louisiana House and Senate and was granted final passage on Wednesday (May 27). It would ease regulations for pellet manufacturers while directing state support toward workforce development, financial…
government
Lawmakers give raises to some of Landry’s cabinet, with teacher pay unresolved
Nine of 14 department heads have received pay raises of $20,000 or more in the past two years
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Housing
City could begin disbursing affordable housing funds later this year
Under a plan discussed this week, the city will use bond proceeds, rather than general fund revenue, for the trust fund and dedicate nearly $20 million to help fund more than 370 affordable housing units.
Education
As Sarah T. Reed High School shutters, teachers worry that school closures will become the new normal
The historic ‘neighborhood school’ served one of the largest Hispanic populations in the city.
Health
Louisiana tracking law chills immigrant Medicaid applications
Immigrant rights advocates say the law has led to immigrant families losing healthcare and resources they qualify for.
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Charles Edmund Nash, a bricklayer by trade, became Louisiana’s first Black man to actually serve in Congress. But, historians say, the Republican politician had little impact.
State’s first Black Josephite priest, John Plantevigne, was barred from saying Mass
In New Orleans, the Catholic Church would not let a man of color celebrate Mass in the early 1900s. As a result, the Rev. John Joseph Plantevigne died “a broken man with a broken heart.”
Trump administration has separated dozens of children from their parents for a second time
An Associated Press investigation reveals that dozens of children who were separated under the first Trump administration have been re-separated, despite a judge’s order to reunite them.
Prosecutors will get more power when defendants waive jury trials
Criminal defendants’ right to waive jury trials will be more complicated in Louisiana after lawmakers passed new legislation at the request of Attorney General Liz Murrill.
As Omni project advances, hospitality workers express doubts
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans is working on securing hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives for a new Omni hotel, but is meeting resistance from hospitality workers.
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