This week on Behind the Lens, NOLA Public Schools takes steps to revoke the charter of the troubled James M. Singleton Charter School. 

A group of New Orleans Department of Public Works employees initiated a strike decrying working conditions and pay. And the New Orleans City Council passed a non-binding resolution pledging that they will not accept campaign contributions from Entergy and the council’s utility consultants.

Finally, many Louisiana residents may face the loss of Medicaid benefits as COVID-19 emergency winds down.

Our guests this week are education reporter Marta Jewson, government and cultural economy reporter Michael Isaac Stein, and health reporter Philip Kiefer.

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Carolyne Heldman has been in media for 35 years, most recently as Executive Director at an NPR member station in Colorado where she was responsible for new multi-platform content initiatives, strategic...