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Moreno ‘It’s going to be a changing FANTASTIC YEAR’ S&WB board Four members to be replaced as city begins to exert more control over utility
BY BEN MYERS Staff writer
STAFF PHOTOS By CHRIS GRANGER
Alumni of Abramson Sci Academy cheer on students arriving for the first day of school on Monday.
New Orleans students begin returning to school
Days after a state law granted her expanded power, Mayor Helena Moreno took steps to replace four members on the Sewerage & Water Board as part of City Hall’s effort to assert more control of the embattled utility. Under a proposal the City Council will consider at a future meeting, four board members — Tyler Antrup, H. Davis Cole, Courtney Scrubbs and Joseph Peychaud — will be dismissed, according to the Moreno administration. Those members and others were appointed by former Mayor LaToya Cantrell. The nominees to replace them are Corrine Villavaso, Leslie Bouie, David Gallo and Kathryn Walmsley. Two other board members, Jonathan Stewart and Kimberly Thomas, are being renominated for new four-year terms within a partially restructured board that will operate under new rules. In her weekly social media video on Sunday, Moreno said the utility has suffered from
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BY MARIE FAZIO
Staff writer
Freshmen at Abramson Sci Academy in New Orleans East helped kick off the new school year Monday as they stepped off school buses and onto campus, ready to begin their high school careers. They were greeted by a throng of Abramson alumni decked out in blue and red, who cheered the newest Commodores and waved a “Welcome class of 2030” sign. Inside, Principal Sasha Myers told the ninth graders they had no time to waste. “We have four short years to have some fun,” she said, “and get you through those doors with a scholarship in one hand and a college acceptance in the other.” New Orleans students begin returning to school this week, though the first day varies across the city’s nearly 70 charter schools. The Leah Chase School, the city’s only districtrun public school, starts classes Fri-
City scrambles to replenish finances Abramson Sci Academy ninth graders wasted no time diving into classwork on the first day of school on Monday. day. Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to pay for It’s already stacking up to be a teacher stipends, and ongoing efbusy year. Schools must contend forts to shrink the district to match with the state’s new school-grading ä See FANTASTIC, page 4A system, a funding cut that is part of
GOP holdouts say they back Blanche for AG BY MARY CLARE JALONICK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Justice Department said Monday that they will support his nomiAssociated Press nation, ending an impasse over plans to create a fund to compenWASHINGTON — Two Republican sate allies of President Donald senators who threatened to block Trump. acting Attorney General Todd The endorsement from GOP Blanche’s confirmation to lead the Sens. John Cornyn and Thom
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Tillis paves the way for the Senate Judiciary Committee to advance Blanche’s nomination on Tuesday after the Justice Department and lawmakers reached a deal to formally rescind the $1.8
N.O. officials seek to delay infrastructure projects
BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer
Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration is scrambling to replenish New Orleans’ bank account just weeks before it would otherwise run dry. City officials want to delay $35 million in infrastructure projects and use reimbursements and rainy day funds to plug a $110 million cash hole created in July when Moreno backed away from a plan to sell city bonds amid pushback from state officials. Giarrusso Without those measures, the city could blow through the remaining $39 million it has on hand as early as Aug. 25, according to Chief Administrative Officer Joe Giarrusso. The council is expected to vote on the first step of the plan — shifting capital bond funds to the
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