An extended interview with Lt. Gen. Russel Honore about the GreenARMY’s 2019 legislative agenda. And Michael Isaac Stein talks about a local immigration advocacy group’s recent FOIA victory in federal court.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Transportation planner sees merit in speeding up Canal streetcar service
Focus should be on transit riders, not cars.
Posted inEnvironment
EPA, LDEQ want Mosaic to resume water removal from shifting gypsum stack
Mosaic told The Lens that the company has not decided to do so — even as the EPA cast doubt on the company’s model used to determine the stability of the reservoir itself.
Posted inSchools
Orleans school district wants to shift $10 million from facilities to academics, requiring change to state law
State law requires that money taken from a property tax and a portion of school sales taxes only be used for facility renovation and repair. Also, the district contemplates swapping properties with city housing authority.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Going off the grid: Canal streetcars rumble toward a big mistake
Plan would drop stops, block intersections.
Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: The final year in a closing school
Class Dismissed: The final year in a closing school On a Friday afternoon in January, a few parents and two ministers gathered at Medard Nelson Charter School at the corner of St. Bernard Avenue and Gentilly Boulevard hoping there was something they could do to keep the school open past May. They were meeting with […]
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 23: ‘When they told the parents about this, it was already done’
Education reporter Marta Jewson talks about her series on school closures in New Orleans. Michael Isaac Stein on the latest news on short-term rentals. And host and producer Tom Wright talks to Jed Horne about The Lens’ opinion section.
Posted inEnvironment
State reviewing controversial wastewater treatment technique
Proponents say wastewater assimilation helps rebuild wetlands. Their opponents warn it’s making them much worse. Now DEQ says it’s reviewing the practice’s impacts across south Louisiana.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Jailing victims or healing them: a tale of two very different responses to abuse
Court Watch NOLA seeks wholesale reform of the justice system.
Posted inSchools
Class Dismissed: The final year in a closing school
As teachers and students search for new jobs and schools, resources dwindle and test scores could too. Part two in a series on school closures in New Orleans.