Archive forSeptember, 2007

A Tamer of Schools Has Plan in New Orleans

September 24, 2007 @ 9:50 am · Filed under Education and Schools, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans (La), Vallas, Paul G

A new superintendent, Paul G. Vallas, is vowing to transform the city’s battered public school system.

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National Briefing | South: Mississippi: Debris Removal Payment Denied

September 12, 2007 @ 11:34 pm · Filed under Hurricane Katrina

The federal government has rejected a request for nearly $12 million to reimburse Mississippi’s most populous coastal county for removing debris from Hurricane Katrina.

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National Briefing | South: Louisiana: No Charges in Nursing Home Deaths

September 12, 2007 @ 12:48 am · Filed under Hurricane Katrina, Nursing Homes

Days after a jury acquitted two nursing-home owners in patient deaths linked to Hurricane Katrina, a prosecutor said no charges would be filed in a similar case involving a nursing home run by an order of Roman Catholic nuns.

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Nursing Home Owners Acquitted in Deaths

September 8, 2007 @ 1:45 pm · Filed under Aged, Decisions and Verdicts, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans (La), Nursing Homes

The trial over the drowning of 35 residents was the only prosecution to result from deaths in Hurricane Katrina.

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Patchwork City: Insurers Bear Brunt of Anger in New Orleans

September 3, 2007 @ 11:24 am · Filed under Hurricane Katrina, Insurance, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Orleans (La)

Insurance companies have become a new villain in the tales people tell about the slow recovery in Louisiana.

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