New Orleans’ tourism economy is on hold and the Convention Center is being used as a makeshift hospital. But that’s not stopping center management from pursuing a new hotel development. And we’ll get a sense of the economic damage from COVID-19.
This week on the podcast:
- New Orleans’ tourism economy is on hold and the Convention Center is being used as a makeshift hospital. But that’s not stopping center management from pursuing a controversial new hotel development.
- We’ll get a sense of the economic damage from COVID-19 with Jan Moller of the Louisiana Budget Project.
- The pandemic also has put graduation on hold for high school seniors. What options do they have?
- Later, we’ll hear from hard-hit Oakdale Correctional Center, a federal facility in Louisiana.
- And we’ll hear about concerns in Cancer Alley about the pandemic in an interview with journalist Julie Dermansky.
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