The lawyer for groups opposed to the Entergy New Orleans power plant in eastern New Orleans says urging recipients of foundation donations to publicly support the company violates tax law.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 10: ‘We’ve been fighting BP for years’
Video of a drug bust leads to renewed questions about the city’s sprawling surveillance network. Producer Tom Wright hears from people who were left ill after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
June drug bust shows potential pitfalls of citywide surveillance system, defense attorneys say
Surveillance of a drug suspect may have violated his civil rights, his lawyer tells The Lens. Police report claims an undercover officer was on the scene, but that’s not clear.
Posted inOpinion
How to fight the polarization that’s poisoning our politics and our city: listen to each other’s stories
Young New Orleanians are turning bitterness into betterness.
Posted inSchools
Harney governing board votes to negotiate surrender of school’s charter
The Orleans Schools Superintendent has called for the school to close. District expected to run the school directly through the end of the year following the end of its charter.
Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: Habitual offender prosecutions down in New Orleans
Habitual offender prosecutions down in New Orleans Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro’s office has scaled back its use of the state habitual offender statute, a law used to raise potential prison time on repeat offenders, often by decades. The New Orleans DA’s office once led the state in so-called “multiple bills.” A 2016 report […]
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Behind The Lens episode 9: A good corporate neighbor
Jonathan Henderson on the Taylor oil spill. Michael Isaac Stein on Entergy New Orleans. And Eve Abrams on the habitual offender statute.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Meanwhile, on the Fake News front, Jane Place rejects lies about its fight to rein in STRs
Foes seek to discredit the nonprofit in its struggle for affordable housing.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Entergy leverages charitable giving to avoid City Council fine
As City Council considers $5 million fine over paid actor scandal, council members receive letters from charitable groups supported by Entergy.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Habitual offender prosecutions down in New Orleans
Once the state leader in the use habitual offender sentencing enhancements, Cannizzaro’s office now lags nearby jurisdictions. The change appears related to 2017 criminal justice reform legislation.