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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

Going off the grid: Canal streetcars rumble toward a big mistake

Plan would drop stops, block intersections.
by Roberta Brandes Gratz March 17, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Week in Review: The final year in a closing school

by Marta Jewson March 16, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Tom Wright March 15, 2019 Updated December 14, 2019

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.
by Tom Wright March 14, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Jailing victims or healing them: a tale of two very different responses to abuse

Court Watch NOLA seeks wholesale reform of the justice system.
by Orissa Arend March 13, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Marta Jewson March 13, 2019 Updated December 24, 2019

City Planning Commission recommends short-term rental changes

Proposal would limit residential short-term rentals to owners with a homestead exemption and place caps on commercial short-term rentals.
by Michael Isaac Stein March 12, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Singleton charter violated special education law again, school district says

The Orleans Parish school district has issued Singleton three warnings this school year.
by Marta Jewson March 12, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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