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Political connections, contributions helped utility consultants keep lucrative contracts for decades, former council members say

New Orleans City Council members have come and gone over the past three decades. But a group of consultants who help them regulate Entergy, and charge millions per year, have remained remarkably consistent.
by Michael Isaac Stein March 28, 2019 Updated September 5, 2022

Orleans school district continuing to look into Kennedy grade changes

The district previously found no evidence of wrongdoing. But officials have received new information prompting them to take another look.
by Marta Jewson March 28, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Student testing for the 21st century: finding alternatives to forced choice

Better options are out there, or on the way.
by Folwell Dunbar March 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

New report says New Orleans eviction rate is nearly double national average

In some majority black neighborhoods, one in four renter households had an eviction order, the report found.
by Michael Isaac Stein March 26, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Week in Review: Former charter network employee says Kennedy HS administrators improperly changed students’ grades

Plus, Russel Honore does an extended interview on Behind The Lens. And two opposing perspectives on the RTA's plan for the Canal streetcar line.
by Charles Maldonado March 23, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

F to D grade changes at Kennedy High School are suspicious, former administrator says

Runell King says he discovered evidence that Kennedy employees improperly inflated students' grades. He sent it to top administrators and was fired soon after. The CEO of the school's charter network denies the allegations, saying the changes were made to correct a software error.
by Marta Jewson March 22, 2019 Updated January 10, 2020

Behind The Lens episode 24: ‘A solution to pollution’

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.
by Tom Wright March 22, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019

Transportation planner sees merit in speeding up Canal streetcar service

Focus should be on transit riders, not cars.
by Bobby Evans March 22, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Tom Wright March 21, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Marta Jewson March 19, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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