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THURSDAY @ JAZZ FEST
FOGERTY ON FIRE
Music legend’s performance among highlights of first day
Council aims to restrict Cantrell’s negotiations New measures come in wake of controversial French Quarter sanitation contract BY BEN MYERS Staff writer
STAFF PHOTOS By SOPHIA GERMER
John Fogerty waves to the crowd during the first day of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Thursday.
INSIDE @ JAZZ FEST
BY KEITH SPERA
Staff writer
Mexico may have lost its Gulf on certain maps, but it gained favored nation status at the 2025 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. Jazz Fest’s celebration of Mexican music and culture was in full bloom early on Thursday’s opening day at the Fair Grounds. The five musicians/singers of Son del Coamil, in matching creamcolored garments and straw hats, wove together delicate violin and acoustic guitar lines at the Jazz & Heritage Stage. In the Cultural Exchange Pavilion at the center of Fair
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ä Tank and the Bangas are on a roll this year. Page 1D ä For Saturday performer Lil Wayne, time isn’t a factor. Page 1D ä Friday’s cubes. Page 3D
Legislation would shield management companies
at a hearing Wednesday night in curtailing lawsuits against management companies for nursing homes — and other health care companies — who dictate their levels of staffing and spending. Senate Bill 134 from Sen. Thomas BY ANDREA GALLO Pressly, R-Shreveport, would change Staff writer the definition of health care provider in Louisiana’s nursing homes rank among Louisiana, lumping in administrative, the nation’s worst, clocking high rates of staffing and custodial services under the pressure sores, concerns about overpre- term. It would also expand the definition scription of antipsychotic medications of malpractice to include administrative duties, staffing and care performed in a and dire shortages of staff. But state lawmakers took the first step “supporting capacity.”
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A Mexican Parade featuring Mixanteña de Santa Cecilia dances on the paths of Jazz Fest on Thursday. This year’s Jazz Fest is celebrating Mexican music and culture.
Bill revived to curb nursing home suits
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Amid fresh criticism of a controversial French Quarter sanitation contract, the New Orleans City Council on Thursday passed new regulations to ensure vendors can’t negotiate higher prices after winning professional services contracts. The new measures, which also limit switching out subcontractors, reflect council members’ concerns with a $73 million contract Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration awarded to Henry Consulting for garbage collection, street cleaning, graffiti abatement and other services in the French Quarter and Downtown Development District. Council members must approve the contract before Henry Consulting starts work under an ordinance that is now being challenged in court, but they have refused to vote on it. Members have objected to the contract increasing in value after Henry won the rights to it, and because Henry swapped out a subcontractor, Richard’s Disposal, Inc., that featured prominently in its proposal. Richard’s has since rejoined Henry’s team. Council President JP Morrell also said this week the Cantrell administration loosened bid requirements to Henry’s benefit, pointing to a reduced surety bond amount and removal of a clause that would allow the city to terminate Henry’s contract without cause. The ordinance on Thursday prohibits the
The changes to the definitions are meant to prevent lawsuits citing administrative negligence against nursing home management companies, who have been on the hook in recent years for multimillion-dollar verdicts in favor of patients and their families. The proposed change to the law would force patients to file suit instead under Louisiana’s Medical Malpractice Act, which caps damages to $500,000 in total and limits them to $100,000 for the provider — in this case,
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Everybody’s a critic when it comes to government. Especially taxes and spending. Now you can try to crack the riddle of Louisiana’s budget for yourself, playing both governor and Legislature.As the real officials gather at the State Capitol to debate raising or cutting taxes — and spending — you can do the same. Just go to solvethebudget.com and answer yesor-no questions. The Solve the Budget feature is a collaboration among the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana,The Advocate|The Times-Picayune and the LSU Reilly Center for Media and Public Affairs.
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