Transportation planner sees merit in speeding up Canal streetcar service
Focus should be on transit riders, not cars.
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.
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.
Going off the grid: Canal streetcars rumble toward a big mistake
Plan would drop stops, block intersections.
Week in Review: The final year in a closing school
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.
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.
Jailing victims or healing them: a tale of two very different responses to abuse
Court Watch NOLA seeks wholesale reform of the justice system.
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.
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.
