Focused On

Behind The Lens episode 144: Real subpoenas

A settlement in a suit over conditions on death row. And OPSB is asking to subpoena financial records in an ongoing legal dispute with Singleton Charter School.
by Carolyne Heldman

This week on Behind the Lens, parties in a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of death row prisoners in Louisiana have reached a settlement.

The NOLA Public Schools district is seeking accounting records for James Singleton Charter School in an ongoing legal battle. Also in local education news, New Orleans public schools will not follow new state guidelines that loosen quarantine guidelines for in-school COVID exposures.

And our health reporter Philip Kiefer has a follow-up on his story from last week on immigrant communities recovering after Hurricane Ida.

Our guests this week are Nick Chrastil, Marta Jewson, Philip Kiefer, and Charles Maldonado.

Behind The Lens is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher. And we broadcast the show on community radio stations 102.3 FM WHIV LP in Mid-City and 90.3 FM WAMF-LP in the Marigny.

Carolyne Heldman

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 planning, research, branding, and non-traditional revenue generation. During her tenure she also created and launched four weekly news, public affairs and cultural affairs programs and monthly live Town Hall broadcasts. Heldman moved to New Orleans last summer with her husband and canine companion and they live happily in The Marigny.

View all posts by Carolyne Heldman