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.
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.
Week in Review: Habitual offender prosecutions down in New Orleans
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.
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.
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.
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.
State records detail diesel spill from Bywater Navy base
Diesel spilled from an unsecured tank on the property, getting into the drainage system and making it to Florida Avenue Canal. Neighbors say the city-owned property has been neglected.
One-quarter of city schools now have filters to remove lead from water
The installations won’t be done until the spring of 2019, nearly three years after the school districts first promised to test for lead.
Six bright orange lies the petro-energy crowd wants you to believe
And state officials offer little resistance to their plans.
