RENTAL ASSISTANCE: The Treasury Department has announced it will claw back some of the money it funneled into the program to help make whole the many renters and landlords who fell behind during the coronavirus pandemic. The idea is any money that hasn't been distributed by now could be put to use in areas of greater need. Our reporters have checked in with Orleans, Jefferson and St. Tammany parishes about where they are with their programs.
DEADLINES LOOM: Homeowners in Orleans and Jefferson parishes who want their property assessments reduced because of damage suffered during Hurricane Ida have deadlines to do so coming up soon.
READY TO DELIVER: The state has new standards it hopes will improve its abysmal record of pregnancy-related deaths and 16 Louisiana’s hospitals that regularly deliver babies have been certified as meeting them. You can read more about hospitals' efforts to become "birth ready" right here.
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE? Lawyers for St. Tammany Parish Hospital has filed a legal response to a judge's recent ruling that it must dispense a deworming medicine with no proven effectiveness against COVID-19 to a patient whose family demanded it. The woman died of the respiratory disease before the ruling could be enforced, but the legal question of who should be making treatment decisions is still being closely watched as it plays out.
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Residents of Jefferson and Orleans parishes face looming deadlines to apply for Hurricane Ida-related property tax breaks, while outside the federal levee system massive assessment cuts are likely coming as officials grapple with the storm's still-growing damage toll across southeast Louisiana. Read more
Sixteen of Louisiana’s 49 hospitals that regularly deliver babies have met new standards aimed at improving the state's dismal performance when it comes to deaths resulting from pregnancy. Read more
