The Lens takes home three first-place awards from Press Club of New Orleans
Each of those stories has made a difference in New Orleans.
Week in Review: Public records and meeting access; charter school nepotism
Lens attorney Scott Sternberg explains a case in which a woman was sued for asking government officials for public records.
Ethics board rules Friends of King CEO Doris Hicks must lose her job for employing relatives
Doris Roché-Hicks employed her sister and son-in-law, and she signed checks to her daughter under a consulting contract.
Will Episcopalians betray their values and sell Canal Street church to homophobes?
The Baton Rouge church is allied with what the SPLC identifies as a 'hate group.'
Power plant opponents spar with city council over being kept out of public meetings on power plant
A judge will rule on whether the council violated the Open Meetings Law.
Update on ‘Brady’s room’: Orleans Parish school district and charter school working on arrangements for high-needs student
Brady LaFleur may go to school on McDonogh 35’s campus as a Morris Jeff Community School student.
Join us July 25 to learn how to find public records related to criminal justice
We will focus on criminal justice, from 911 call to court files.
Orleans Parish school district confirms Harney charter school held on to employees’ retirement contributions
The school board plans to hire an auditing firm to investigate finances at Harney and other schools.
If you exercise your right to view government records, should you get sued? This woman was.
A volunteer reporter was sued for asking the city of Tallulah for records of its spending.
State audit says DeSoto DA pulled money from other agencies through ‘traffic diversion’ programs
The audit confirms The Lens' findings about the effect of the programs, which allow DAs to keep fines in exchange for dropping traffic tickets.
