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Route eyed for ‘NOLA Loop’ tunnel
2026 LEGISLATURE
City proposal links Convention Center, Hyatt
BY BLAKE PATERSON and JONAH MEADOWS Staff writers
STAFF PHOTOS By JAVIER GALLEGOS
Gov. Jeff Landry discusses the Louisiana Constitution and how it affects policymaking during a news conference about teacher pay raises at the State Capitol on Tuesday.
Landry: Teachers to get temporary raise
But it’s not clear where funding will come from BY PATRICK WALL Staff writer
House Speaker Phillip DeVillier, right, and Senate President Cameron Henry said Tuesday they believe the Legislature ‘can forge a path’ to provide funds for teacher stipends this year.
Louisiana will give public school teachers a one-time pay bump this year, Gov. Jeff Landry said Tuesday, though he ä Senate passes declined to explain how the state will pay for stipends budget with pay that top lawmakers previraises for judges, ously said the state could firefighters, prison not afford. guards. PAGE 4A Educators had been bracing to lose the $2,000 stipends for teachers and $1,000 for school support staff, which the state has given them the past three years in lieu of permanent raises, after the state Legislature advanced a budget plan last week that did not include the pay bumps.
ä See TEACHER, page 4A
Documents obtained by The Times-Picayune help shed new light on how New Orleans came to be selected earlier this year as the potential site for a mile-long tunnel to be built by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company. The documents show that in February, Mayor Helena Moreno applied to the company’s Tunnel Vision challenge with a pitch that the city could benefit from a subterranean transit corridor linking the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to the Hyatt Regency New Orleans near the Caesars Superdome. In her four-page proposal, Moreno noted that although the two downtown landmarks are just a mile apart, traveling between them is often “unreliable during peak periods,” like Mardi Gras parades, major events at the Superdome and large conventions. “This project would strengthen connectivity within one of the city’s most vital economic corridors, reduce event-related congestion, and enhance New Orleans’ hospitality industry,” the proposal said. The Boring Company, a Texas-based spinoff of Musk’s SpaceX, liked the idea. In a March social media post, the company named New Orleans as one of three winners of the challenge, taking many state and city officials by surprise.
ä See TUNNEL, page 5A
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A Tesla navigates the Las Vegas Loop, the only working example of The Boring Company’s privately financed underground tunnel systems.
Environmental groups can share pollution info, judge rules Lawsuit sought to clarify 2024 state law
BY JOSIE ABUGOV
Staff writer
Louisiana environmental groups can share air pollution monitoring data without risking penalties from the state for now, a federal judge has ruled, providing temporary clarity on a law that they fear “effectively bans” them from publicizing their findings. The advocacy groups sued the state
WEATHER HIGH 85 LOW 75 PAGE 8B
last year over the Louisiana Community Air Monitoring Reliability Act signed by Gov. Jeff Landry in 2024. The industry-backed rule requires community groups to use the latest Environmental Protection Agency equipment in order to allege violations of the Clean Air Act or other laws. The state law says that data from community air monitoring programs — which typically use cheaper and easier-to-operate devices — fail to meet the standard to prove that an industrial facility is breaching its
permits. Supporters of the law say the rule centralizes monitoring standards and helps give the public accurate air quality information. But the environmental groups argue it severely constrains their ability to analyze and disseminate the data they collect. U.S. District Court Judge John deGravelles, of the Middle District of Louisiana in Baton Rouge, issued the little-noticed temporary order April 7.
ä See POLLUTION, page 5A
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Residents attend an August rally on industrial pollution at the Shekinah Glory Christian Fellowship Church in St. James. STAFF FILE PHOTO By HILARy SCHEINUK
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