Among other things, look for a skilled manager, an innovator, who can, despite low manpower, devise strategies to fight crime and move the department away from its long-standing culture of favoritism.
Posted inEnvironment
‘Dead Zone’ smaller than average, but still almost as big as Yellowstone Park
Low-oxygen section of the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than predicted this year
Posted inOpinion
Why a long list of Louisiana lawyers are urging the Pardon Board and governor to grant clemency to those on Death Row
Attorney James E. Boren contends that Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office has too many conflicts to be advising the Board on this matter.
Posted inEnvironment
LNG export terminals belching more pollution than estimated
High-tech camera detects plentiful methane leaks outside the first Gulf Coast liquified natural gas export terminals. That creates concern about the additional 20 terminals planned nationwide.
Posted inSchools
‘A Mess’: 55% spike in public-school property insurance
That’s tens of thousands of dollars per school that could have gone toward educational programs and supplies.
Posted inEnvironment
Louisiana’s new fossil-fuel plants have no trouble getting property insurance — despite disappearing policies for state residents.
Oil and gas facilities along the Gulf Coast have long been a ‘major market’ for specialty insurance
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 210: ‘never-ending story’
The week: More delays on Phase III, a charter school principal rises in the ranks and The Lens welcomes La’Shance Perry.
Posted inOpinion
Can Neighborhood Associations Play a Lead Role in a Sustainable New Orleans?
The Central Carrollton Association (CCA), a neighborhood group, has partnered with Faith New Orleans for the last four years to lead one of the largest volunteer recycling efforts in the city.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Pushback against Phase III amps up, as construction looms
Councilman calls proposed Phase III mental-health facility, “goofiest thing,” but the new push against the facility comes as contractors gear up to start building.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 209: ‘Can his memory inspire change in New Orleans?’
This week on Behind The Lens, Managing Editor Katy Reckdahl remembers Revell Andrews.
