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After Kennedy fallout, school district seeks assistant director of HS accountability

It’s unclear how closely the district monitored charter high school graduation requirements in the past.
by Marta Jewson July 18, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

City Council talks solar energy and short-term rentals at Wednesday committee meetings

by Michael Isaac Stein July 17, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

The Army Corps of Engineers has failed New Orleans

We have a history of wanting to believe the Corps’ reassurances, both pre- and post-flood, but the agency that almost destroyed this city has now betrayed it.
by Harry Shearer July 17, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Council, environmental coalition announce plans to increase city’s renewable energy portfolio

Council plan calls for a new solar plant in eastern New Orleans, solar purchases from outside the city. The coalition’s plan aims to get the city to 100 percent renewable energy by 2040.
by Michael Isaac Stein July 16, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Kennedy HS has not provided school district required information on grade-fixing, transcript errors, according to warning letter

The district is considering revoking Kennedy’s charter contract.
by Marta Jewson July 15, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Behind The Lens episode 40: ‘You don’t know exactly what you’re gonna get until it gets here’

A conversation on emergency preparedness as New Orleans waits for Tropical Storm Barry, Entergy's efforts to lower carbon emissions, and a new approach to give expelled students the tools to return to their regular classroom
by Jessica Rosgaard July 12, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019

The city’s plan for the homeless during Barry: more shelter beds, outreach, and encampment sweeps

by Michael Isaac Stein July 12, 2019 Updated December 18, 2020

ICE suspends immigration enforcement in Southern Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast, spokesman says

Advocates fear that the limited area of the suspension will discourage some immigrants from evacuating.
by Michael Isaac Stein July 11, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Entergy’s emissions reduction goals would yield higher emissions than it produced in 2017

Entergy is among the many US utilities who have started switching from coal to gas power, but have been slower to adopt renewables.
by Michael Isaac Stein July 11, 2019 Updated November 2, 2021

New program for expelled middle school students opens in New Orleans next month

The charter group that runs The NET alternative high schools will open a therapeutic program for seventh and eighth grade students who’ve been expelled.
by Marta Jewson July 11, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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