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As advocates and lawmakers in Mississippi look for ways to push automatic restoration in the state, Louisiana offers a model for compromise. But, advocates there say their system comes with trade-offs as well.
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Tulane’s Jeanette Weiland is UNO’s new interim chief administrative officer, and the university will lease a building to neighboring Benjamin Franklin High School. -
New Orleans school district wants a developer to take over the Valena C. Jones Elementary building. A legal analysis by the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority found that an act of donation for the property in 1928 requires part of it to be used for education. -
An analysis from New Schools for New Orleans says officials should close at least 7 schools in the next few years to address declining enrollment. -
On this week’s episode, we take a look at the state of opioid settlement funds in Mississippi, as state lawmakers debate how to spend them. -
Mississippi will receive more than $400M to fight the opioid epidemic. So far, officials haven't directed it toward programs that support addiction recovery.
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