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Shared housing is an affordable housing option

We need to recognize that if we truly want to combat climate change, if we truly want to create more housing equity, it will have an impact on our block and our neighborhood.
by Neal Morris March 1, 2021 Updated March 1, 2021

DA’s office agrees to vacate 22 non-unanimous jury convictions

The action was part of a larger review of hundreds of non-unanimous verdicts.
by Nick Chrastil February 26, 2021 Updated May 26, 2022

Behind The Lens episode 117: Power hungry

Rolling blackouts in New Orleans. A hunger strike at Angola. And teachers begin receiving vaccinations.
by Carolyne Heldman February 26, 2021 Updated March 11, 2021

City Council opens investigation into Entergy New Orleans over cold weather blackouts

The company revealed this week that it shut off three times more power than it had to during the cold weather streak on Mardi Gras evening.
by Michael Isaac Stein February 25, 2021 Updated February 25, 2021

Police investigating alleged embezzlement at Warren Easton Charter High School

Financial audit accuses a former employee of stealing $70,000 from student activity funds.
by Marta Jewson February 24, 2021 Updated February 24, 2021

Former juvenile public defender Teneé Felix to lead DA’s Juvenile Division

by Nick Chrastil February 24, 2021 Updated February 24, 2021

NOLA Public Schools warns Rooted School over grading scale

Over its first four years, Rooted used a grading scale that did not include ‘D’s. That changed Monday.
by Marta Jewson February 24, 2021 Updated February 24, 2021

1,000 teachers to be vaccinated this week, district officials say

The district has conducted 850 truancy checks amid the pandemic, as enrollment and attendance are down.
by Marta Jewson February 23, 2021 Updated February 23, 2021

‘Seething and bewildered’: Entergy New Orleans shut off three times more power than it had to during rolling blackouts

The City Council plans a vote on whether to open a formal investigation.
by Michael Isaac Stein February 23, 2021 Updated February 26, 2021

Disciplinary practices at Angola lead to hunger strike among a handful of prisoners

Officials confirm that some prisoners have been kept in disciplinary segregation longer than what rules call for.
by Nick Chrastil February 23, 2021 Updated February 23, 2021

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