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Not a good week for cop
Taxpayers donate property for homeless only to see it stagnate under non-profit
The mayor doesn’t oversee education but should get involved anyway
Contractor for recovery oversight is overcharging, says ousted city official
Jordan not exonerated just because Anderson might be; Cannizzaro won’t yield
See for yourself: Zulu, others vie for city grant money
Strip mall that won taxpayer money faces code problems
$800,000 award from city could end up hurting Zulu
Police station not ‘evicted,’ developer says
‘Misplaced’ videotape matches defense team narrative
Rose report is awfully cute, also plain awful
“Credibility” is not just a BS political hurdle
New evidence should mean new trial, says man convicted in 2006 Central City masscre
Will any NOPD veteran have the credibility to lead?
Donation boosts Web site and city staff, not citizen-participation efforts
Louisiana hit hard, but not among the “hardest hit”
HUD: HANO would “halt” if consultants were phased out
$800,000 to Zulu raises many questions
The streetcar is nice, but we’ve missed the train
Streetcar expansion earned through public cooperation
Judge approves pact requiring city, School Board improve juvenile hall
City running months behind in paying architects
Catching up: Reports and ruminations from The Lens
Distracted or disillusioned?
The toxic numbers game
What IS going on at City Hall?
Mitch’s Mandate
Rebate for new appliances comes with a financial catch
Why is the MSM ignoring the New Orleans Saints?
Rollover on the road
Less than 5% of certain recovery money spent, administration says
Persuasion gives way to mobilization
Enjoy the new smooth roads while they last
Suddenly, everyone is a liberal democrat
Unused city money dating to the 1980s raises questions, ire.
Nagin withdraws request on Chevron Building
Q&A: Getting down and dirty with soil contamination
Tough times for Tom Arnold
Council looks to hamstring Nagin on Chevron Building
Toxic-soil cleanup slowed by dense bureaucracy
Let’s hope the second time is a charm
I have evidence, I’m told
John Georges: “I am you”
Shadow Government capitulates in the face of me?
A delay in finding out about the recovery delays
Will Gressett upset it?
Most consequential race flying under radar
That’s what he said
Rep. Maxine Waters threatens to pull federal funding
Nagin on Nagin
No worse fate
What is the ’shadow government?’
Faking out the feds
O’Keefe: Neither pimp nor journalist
Louisiana Liddys dial-a-felony
What did I know, and when did I know it?
What’s so great about a national search?
Martin Wine Cellar wants to demolish Uptown buildings
Affidavit for undercover film maker
One voice: A man-in-the-office-building survey on the mayoral election
Who’s more distracted?
City hasn’t said what recovery projects are delayed by council’s questions
New Orleans politicians look to bask in glow of popular, and not so popular, athletes
2 Louisiana companies buck intent of Supreme Court ruling
Council delays $600 million spending plan
Forgiveness as policy
Supreme Court ruling permits more direct corporate influence on elections
Race to the punch line: The home stretch
City denies public-records request for pending contracts
Will Nagin steamroll City Council on disaster recovery spending?
Troy Henry’s “cheesy” tribute to MLK
NORA’s $30 million award not quite for blight
Thoughts on the Perry campaign, continued
Troy Henry at Enron
Nagin administration moving millions in recovery money without public input
Judge sympathetic, but dismisses complaint about housing money shifted to port
“Economic development” grants leave empty storefronts
Building trust and keeping track
The politics of affordable housing: are solutions a problem?
Hey, who turned the lights off?
James Perry campaign a success or a failure?
Soros: Economic Rights Versus Human Rights
Nearly $2 million sent to Louisiana for Water Cleanup
Video: Soros Discusses Criminal Justice
Video: Soros Discusses Growing Civic Engagement
Billionaire George Soros Increasing Involvement in New Orleans
What the #$*! does James Perry Know?
The Federal Flood
My Fake Life
What is a Promise Without Justice?
EPA Chief Lisa Jackson Addresses Brownfields
BGR President: “Inaccurate” to Say too Much Affordable Housing
The Public Cost of Eviction
Lens Transcript: GNO Data Center Deputy Director Allison Plyer
Lens Transcript: Lousiana Housing Chief Milton Bailey
The Bottom Line on Affordable Housing
A New Source
Mission
Local Purpose, National Relevance
Death of the Daily