Council resolution calls for return of $32 million the convention center has collected from the transit agency.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Events
Join us May 7 to learn how to find public records related to criminal justice
Have you ever wondered how Louisiana’s public records laws work? On Tuesday, May 7, Lens editor Charles Maldonado will be joined by criminal justice reporter Samantha Sunne and attorney Scott Sternberg to explain how you can use public records to hold government agencies accountable and how to access those records. We will focus on criminal […]
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Q: When is a bridge not a bridge? A: When Jesuit High says so
Opponents’ objections to the pedestrian walkway include the threat it poses to 130-year-old oaks lining Banks Street. Question: When is a bridge not a bridge? Answer: When it proves more expedient to call it by some other name. Jesuit High School wants to build a thing over Banks Street. It’s a bridge, and they called […]
Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: Cantrell unrepentant over unannounced traffic camera changes
Cantrell unrepentant over unannounced traffic camera changes New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell and her top deputy, Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montaño, went before the City Council’s budget committee on Monday morning to defend the administration’s decision not to inform the public that it was lowering speed thresholds for traffic camera tickets. Cantrell said she made […]
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 29: ‘I will not in any way apologize for that’
Michael Isaac Stein talks traffic cameras. Marta Jewson looks at some new research from the Education Research Alliance. And an exit interview with former Behind The Lens host Tom Wright.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
No plan yet for $5 million Entergy fine
In a vote on Thursday, the council moved the money into its utilities regulation office. It’s not yet clear where it will go from there. But council members promise a public process.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Here’s help sorting out May 4 millage for parks — and be sure to vote!
Lingering questions about governance and how the money should be divided
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Dispute between mayor, council delays homeless encampment sweep ordinance
“This ordinance would force the City to separate people from their belongings when there is no public health purpose to do so,” a Cantrell administration official said.
Posted inSchools
OneApp enrollment lottery results bring mixed emotions
The main-round results were released Wednesday, parents must register with the school or enter the second round
Posted inSchools
ReNEW charter network relocating McNair students, closing campus this summer
The charter network operates an early childhood center and a therapeutic day program at the Carrollton Avenue school.