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Groups ask for federal investigation into Entergy Charitable Foundation for lobbying City Council

The lawyer for groups opposed to the Entergy New Orleans power plant in eastern New Orleans says urging recipients of foundation donations to publicly support the company violates tax law.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 11, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Behind The Lens episode 10: ‘We’ve been fighting BP for years’

Video of a drug bust leads to renewed questions about the city’s sprawling surveillance network. Producer Tom Wright hears from people who were left ill after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
by Marta Jewson December 7, 2018 Updated December 14, 2019

June drug bust shows potential pitfalls of citywide surveillance system, defense attorneys say

Surveillance of a drug suspect may have violated his civil rights, his lawyer tells The Lens. Police report claims an undercover officer was on the scene, but that’s not clear.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 6, 2018 Updated May 24, 2021

How to fight the polarization that’s poisoning our politics and our city: listen to each other’s stories

Young New Orleanians are turning bitterness into betterness.
by The Rev. William Barnwell December 6, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Harney governing board votes to negotiate surrender of school’s charter

The Orleans Schools Superintendent has called for the school to close. District expected to run the school directly through the end of the year following the end of its charter.
by Marta Jewson December 3, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Week in Review: Habitual offender prosecutions down in New Orleans

by Marta Jewson December 1, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Behind The Lens episode 9: A good corporate neighbor

Jonathan Henderson on the Taylor oil spill. Michael Isaac Stein on Entergy New Orleans. And Eve Abrams on the habitual offender statute.
by Tom Wright November 30, 2018 Updated December 14, 2019

Meanwhile, on the Fake News front, Jane Place rejects lies about its fight to rein in STRs

Foes seek to discredit the nonprofit in its struggle for affordable housing.
by Breonne DeDecker November 30, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Entergy leverages charitable giving to avoid City Council fine

As City Council considers $5 million fine over paid actor scandal, council members receive letters from charitable groups supported by Entergy.
by Michael Isaac Stein November 30, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Habitual offender prosecutions down in New Orleans

Once the state leader in the use habitual offender sentencing enhancements, Cannizzaro’s office now lags nearby jurisdictions. The change appears related to 2017 criminal justice reform legislation.
by Eve Abrams November 29, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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