Marta Jewson on lead filters in New Orleans public schools. Michael Isaac Stein on how short-term rentals figure into Mayor Cantrell's infrastructure deal. And Jed Horne talks about The Advocate's purchase of The Times-Picayune.
STR sales continue to increase in spite of yearlong freeze on whole-home rentals.
Absentee owners proved inadequate to the challenge.
More than half of schools with water filters have at least some that are not working. The district has known about low water pressure problems since September.
Council resolution calls for return of $32 million the convention center has collected from the transit agency.
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.
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.
