Hospitals for the poor considering walking away from their state contracts
According to Kevin Litten of The Times-Picayune, the CEOs of seven Louisiana hospitals told Senate Finance members Wednesday that the $137.8 million in proposed “best case” budget cuts would cause dramatic drop-offs in their ability to deliver medical care to the poor (NOLA.com). All of […]
According to Ken Daley of The Times-Picayune, the Youth Study Center in New Orleans, which is is designated to juvenile detainees awaiting trial as adults, is asking the city to transfer some of its most violent occupants to New Orleans’ adult jail. The Youth Study Center claims it is overcrowded by at least 20 percent.
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The Guardian: Leaked police files contain guarantees disciplinary records will be kept secret
According to George Joseph of The Guardian, contracts between police and city authorities have been leaked after hackers breached the website of the country’s biggest law enforcement union, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), exposing guarantees that disciplinary records and complaints made against […]