A French Quarter sales tax has funded State Police patrols for several years. But the city wants to end that agreement, instead using the tax for supplemental NOPD and civilian patrols.
Posted inSchools
OPSB election profile: Districts 1 and 2
Read interviews with the candidates and search through their campaign contributions.
Posted inSchools
Orleans Parish School Board election: Who’s giving to the candidates?
More than 20 candidates are competing for seven Orleans Parish School Board seats. Find out who is financing their campaigns.
Posted inSchools
OPSB committee advances recruitment contract, new transparency measures
The full board is set to meet on Thursday.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
With city personnel cuts looming, Cantrell quietly moved to replace Civil Service Commission chair
In a departure from prior appointments, the council only considered one of three nominees in a public meeting, apparently reaching a ‘consensus’ in private. That could violate state sunshine laws.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Closing arguments made in hearing over new jail facility
City says it can’t afford new building meant to house incarcerated people with mental illness.
Posted inOpinion
‘I’m not racist’ because…
I was so busy telling myself how not racist I was that I wasn’t paying attention to my own behavior and recognizing myself in the discussions of racial bias in America.
Posted inCriminal Justice
DA candidate Keva Landrum issued at least two material witness warrants for crime victims
Neither were in cases of domestic violence or sexual assault, and records reviewed by The Lens do not indicate either was jailed on the warrant.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 102: God save the state and this honorable court
Material witness warrants and DA candidates. Sidney Torres and Civil District Court. And the possible end of a five-year-old consent decree over the city’s schools.
Posted inCoronavirus
Four new COVID-19 cases connected to NOLA Public Schools, 146 quarantining
Transmissions connected to schools in the city appear to remain low. The total number of “active cases” in the district is the same as last week.