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The pink Katrina Cottage at 1805 Lamanche St. competes with encroaching vegetation and a blight-tricken property next door. Photo by Tom Gogola.
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Katrina Cottages: Years late and $1 million over budget in the 9th Ward
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Despite $200,000 in recovery grants, Treme mansion faces demolition
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Lens honored with top award for reporting on story about struggling 9th Ward homeowner
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Education nonprofit ‘struggling for survival’ and under investigation
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Education nonprofit Operation Reach ‘struggling for survival’ and under investigation by federal agency
Brother of Operation Reach leader is accused of sexual assault
The chief judge of the Municipal Court chose the sheriff's wife for work based on their previous friendship, he said. Photo by Matt Davis
Sheriff’s wife earns thousands through no-bid deal handed out by judge
Kisa Holmes is overcome with emotion as she talks about the decision to demolish the house she only lived in briefly before Katrina. Photo by Jessica Williams
Frustrated homeowner resorts to demolition
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One homeowner’s travails: Even after more than six years, family can’t move back into “new” house
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One homeowner's travails: Even after more than six years, family can't move back into "new" house
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Deputies working private, off-duty details pay into fund used by sheriff for questionable discretionary spending
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