School zone speed enforcement ends Friday
Neighborhood security stopped 3 young Black males; A federal judge is weighing a lawsuit over it
Lycée Français board considers $165K CEO contract amid financial concerns
Superintendent eyes racial disparities in school enrollment
Williams presented data on what she called “eligibility schools,” or the handful of New Orleans public schools with some type of eligibility requirement. She identified 10 schools, four with academic requirements and six with a language requirement.
Orleans jail monitors disclose for first time issues found under Hutson’s leadership
Monitors tasked with overseeing the New Orleans jail and tracking its compliance with the long-running federal consent decree said staff falsified suicide-watch documentation, rubber-stamped investigations to justify uses of force, and that the facility is dangerously understaffed.
A charter group closes final school, makes decision on future of daycare
NOCP CEO J’Vann Martin said the board directed the center’s staff to report directly to them and has implemented “strict financial controls” and will help ensure the center has back-office support from NOCP or a third-party business vendor.
Louisiana leads nation in percentage of people in adult prisons for crimes they committed as kids
After 23 years in prison for killing her abuser, she hopes no one in Louisiana has to do that again
Gifted group asks school district to expand services
Orleans Parish Sheriff Hutson withholding investigative records related several ‘serious’ uses of force on mental health tier
Drug-related deaths at Angola prompted strip searches, but who is bringing in contraband?
In Linda Frickey case, DA Williams using controversial legal doctrine to seek life sentences for 4 teens
The decision by District Attorney Jason William to charge the teens as adults was controversial, if not surprising. During his campaign for DA, Williams promised to keep all cases involving kids in juvenile court, and frequently cited research on youth brain development that indicates kids are more susceptible to peer pressure, more likely to engage in risky behavior, and less likely to consider the consequences of that behavior.
Leaks beneath pump stations responsible for New Orleans’ drinking water went uninvestigated for two years
How will the DA’s decision to revive the habitual offender law impact plea negotiations in New Orleans?
Proposal to give police 25-foot buffer raises constitutional concerns
School zone lights must now work in order to ticket drivers
An ordinance passed by the New Orleans City Council requires school zone flashing yellow lights to be working properly for camera tickets to be valid
Judge dismisses suit over Plaquemines LNG facility, environmental groups review options
Judge Wilson Fields of the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge on Monday sided with the state in dismissing the group’s petition but did not rule on the merits of their case. The environmental groups are now evaluating their legal options.
Bill would end eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines
Fears of explosions prompt CO2 pipeline bill.
The fields have a stadium now
The NAACP should help top Black student athletes forgo SEC money and honor the NAACP voting-rights boycott — without having to take a back seat.
Louisiana could do more to connect mothers, young children with food aid, audit finds
A new state audit says Louisiana returned more than $111 million in unused WIC benefits from 2021 to 2024.
Hyundai’s new Donaldson steel mill sparks both hopes and fears in Louisiana
The manufacturer is building a $6 billion facility that will use cleaner technology — and potentially green hydrogen. But residents question whether they will benefit.
A ban won’t stop abortion pill access, telehealth providers say
There’s been a recent spike in demand for pills, especially from patients in Louisiana, where all the media coverage may be reaching people who didn’t know they could get abortion pills online.
Young Black men are now dying by suicide at a historic rate
New CDC data shows that young Black men are now dying by suicide at higher rates than their white peers, for the first time on record.
Long-awaited 9th Ward Stadium breaks ground behind G.W. Carver High
First envisioned in 2008, the 3,700-seat stadium will open in Fall 2027 as Raising Cane’s 9th Ward Stadium at LCMC Health Field
All cities are mortal
For those of us concerned with New Orleans’s survival and that of vulnerable communities like it, we must finally acknowledge a startling reality: New Orleans can only be saved if it first accepts that it might not be.
Meet the man who created the Juneteenth flag
As Juneteenth celebrations spread across the nation, one symbol continues to unite generations in remembrance and hope: the Juneteenth flag, created by activist Ben Haith.
The Eyes Have It
A piece of Chuck Perkins poetry from The Lens, for Juneteenth
“Stuck in purgatory”: ICE detention times in Louisiana stretch on for years
The number of people in ICE detention at least a year has spiked five-fold, leading to an unprecedented surge in petitions that ask federal judges to intervene.
