Week in Review: Low water pressure adding to delays in school lead filter project
Plus, short-term rentals and Mayor Cantrell's infrastructure deal. A GiveNOLA Day reminder. And a new episode of Behind The Lens.
Month: May 2019
Behind The Lens episode 30: One-newspaper town
Marta Jewson on lead filters in New Orleans public schools. Michael Isaac Stein on how short-term rentals figure into Mayor Cantrell's infrastructure deal. And Jed Horne talks about The Advocate's purchase of The Times-Picayune.
Cantrell administration predicting increase in short-term rental sales as part of infrastructure deal
STR sales continue to increase in spite of yearlong freeze on whole-home rentals.
Merger ends a newspaper war, but the bloodletting may not be over
Absentee owners proved inadequate to the challenge.
Lead-removal filter project drags on as school district deals with water pressure
More than half of schools with water filters have at least some that are not working. The district has known about low water pressure problems since September.
