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'The Second Battle of New Orleans' republished for 50th anniversary of end to Riverfront Expressway fight

Sandra Stokes remembers her friend Bill Borah, whose classic book on preservationists' fight to stop the expressway project was recently republished.
by Sandra Stokes December 17, 2019 Updated December 16, 2019

Corporate wealth or the truth

The Advocate's editorial board "welcomes" petrochemical plants, even as its reporters show how dangerous that attitude has been.
by The Rev. William Barnwell December 16, 2019 Updated December 16, 2019

Behind The Lens episode 60: ‘I think a lot of people assumed that this was a fix for special education, and it wasn’t quite that’

An in-depth report on the state of special education in New Orleans, and how downsizing Convention Center Boulevard could impact traffic through the Warehouse District.
by Jessica Rosgaard December 13, 2019 Updated December 15, 2019

Convention Center general manager, Michael Sawaya, sued for violation of public records law

“The public records law means what it says — if the people want to review records of government spending or how decisions are made in positions of public trust those records have to be turned over in a timely fashion,” Scott Sternberg, McKay’s attorney, said.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 13, 2019 Updated December 13, 2019
SCOTUS exterior, 11/2/19 credit Jessica Rosgaard

The most serious threat to abortion rights right now is a Louisiana law – and it’s heading to the Supreme Court

Recently the ACLU of Louisiana filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights challenging a law that would decimate access to abortion in Louisiana. The stakes could not be higher.
by Bruce Hamilton December 12, 2019 Updated December 13, 2019

‘It will be a mess:’ Traffic headaches from Convention Center Blvd. not expected to go away when construction ends

A plan from three years ago to fix the increased traffic from the lane reduction on Convention Center Boulevard has gone nowhere.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 12, 2019 Updated December 13, 2019

Five years after settlement in citywide special education suit, some New Orleans families still struggle for services

In 2010, after struggling to find accommodations for her son, Kelly Fischer joined other New Orleans parents in a class-action suit. Some parents are still fighting similar battles.
by Marta Jewson December 10, 2019 Updated December 10, 2019

Entergy sues the City Council over lower profit rate and $1 million fine

Company wants to overturn recently passed resolution setting electric and gas rates for the city.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 10, 2019 Updated January 13, 2020

The taking of our New Orleans riverfront

Our riverfront is for all, not just for tourists queued up to ride a riverboat and for one company’s profits.
by Sandra Stokes December 10, 2019 Updated December 13, 2019

Six charter groups apply to run Craig and Coghill schools; four of them no longer in the running

The nonprofits that run Joseph A. Craig Charter School and Mary D. Coghill Charter School are likely to lose their charters at the end of the year.
by Marta Jewson December 9, 2019 Updated December 9, 2019

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