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Installation of water filters to screen lead will begin this week, Orleans school district says

The long-awaited filters come more than two years after the district promised to test school water for lead.
by Marta Jewson August 23, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

As city eyes restrictions, local group partners with HomeAway to tout benefits of short-term rentals

HomeAway and the Alliance for Neighborhood Prosperity are advocating policy changes that they call a compromise. But critics say they would lead to further expansion of short-term rentals.
by Michael Isaac Stein August 22, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Orleans school district considers legal action to recover withheld taxes from city

Records filed in another suit show that the city diverted more than $1 million annually in taxes collected on school district's behalf.
by Charles Maldonado August 21, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Lens reporter’s year in S&WB hell: collapsed pipes, collapsed billing system

And despite the fiasco, top brass ordered itself big raises.
by Karen Gadbois August 20, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Cantrell ousts top officials at Sewerage and Water Board

All three ousted deputy directors recently received large pay raises. Meanwhile, the utility, citing a financial crisis, has been shutting off water service to delinquent customers.
by Charles Maldonado August 20, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Customers on S&WB disconnection list complain of ongoing billing problems

The Lens obtained the names of the first 44 customers who faced disconnection from the Sewerage and Water Board. Some complained of unfair treatment, mysterious bills and longstanding disputes with the utility.
by Charles Maldonado August 17, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Should we condemn Trump’s assault on the media — or learn to ignore his blathering?

Trump's lies are a calculated distraction from what he's actually doing.
by Jed Horne August 16, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Children return to schools without promised water filters to screen lead

After school officials announced they would test school water for lead in 2016, they decided to install filters instead. But the school district has yet to sign a contract with a filter company.
by Marta Jewson August 14, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Lafayette Academy students at little risk of asbestos-related health problems, doctor tells parents

Asbestos removal work happened when kids were in school. But a Children’s Hospital lung doctor says their exposure was “negligible.”
by Jess Clark August 13, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

How about creating schools with more purpose than test scores and letter grades?

Students benefit, but so do their communities.
by Folwell Dunbar August 13, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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