Wu's plan would shift the property tax burden onto commercial real estate, away from homeowners. It now heads to the State House, where two previous versions died last year.

Wu revived her effort to soften tax increases for residential property owners in January, refiling a property tax proposal she spent the majority of last year battling to get to the finish line.

The New Orleans City Council is intervening in the Orleans Parish School Board's long-running lawsuit against Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration, the latest development in the controversy over Cantrell’s decision to back out of a settlement agreement announced three months ago.

The New Orleans City Council has voted to join the lawsuit brought by NOLA Public Schools against the Cantrell administration for backing out of an agreement to give the schools $20 million to fill a hole in the budget.

Members of the Educational Institute of (EIS) teaching union were to walk out on 20 February unless ongoing education cuts were halted and reversed. The EIS said strike action has been suspended following an offer from the Glasgow City Council SNP group to withdraw future planned education cuts and a promise to use Scottish government funding to increase teacher numbers to 2023 levels.

A strike by teachers in Glasgow has been suspended following talks between unions and the city council. Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland teaching union were to go out on strike on 20 February unless ongoing education cuts were halted and reversed.

Members of the EIS teaching union had been due to walk out on Thursday February 20 in protest over Glasgow City Council cuts to teaching staff.