When was Carnival’s golden age? Take a look around — we’re living in it
Carnival is more broadly participatory than ever, and its downtown culmination on Fat Tuesday is a public art form unique to New Orleans.
Month: February 2014
State unemployment rate has continued to drop since mid-summer upsurge
Oil and gas plus petrochemical investments have powered job growth in Louisiana.
Third-grader struck by passing car after getting off school bus
It happened the day after Shaud Wilson was killed by a car as he ran across the street to his bus stop.
Orleans Parish assessor questions private status of three Uptown streets
Rosa Park, Dunleith Court and Richmond Place are posted with “private street” signs. But the properties aren’t taxed. Assessor Erroll Williams says something has to change: They may be public if the city has maintained them, or someone will have to start paying taxes.
Seven buildings would be demolished as CVS plan migrates to Elysian Fields at Claiborne
The previous plan, to put the pharmacy on St. Claude Avenue in Marigny, drew fierce neighborhood opposition.
Children wait for school buses along some of New Orleans’ busiest thoroughfares
Six-year-old Shaud Wilson was killed last week trying to cross Paris Avenue to get to his bus stop. Around New Orleans, it's not uncommon for children to wait for their buses along multi-lane roads, including some of the city's busiest streets.
Join The Lens in person for a conversation with RSD Superintendent Patrick Dobard
If you can't make it Thursday, watch the video steam here, or read the live blog starting at 8 a.m. Thursday.
Early Common Core testing will be a jarring wake-up call — what then?
A leading New Orleans educator ponders the right response to the terrible scores expected as Common Core kicks in.
Federal trustee: Operation REACH has filed misleading documents in bankruptcy court
The nonprofit could be forced to sell its buildings to pay off its debts.
City hearings this week include complaints on a tree house, and a pair of unbuilt sidewalks
The city's administrative hearings, in which owners appear to answer charges of improper zoning or permitting, will take a look at a Mid-City tree house (at left), and a nagging piece of blighted property near the St. Roch Market.
