Grassroots fighting a City Hall gone gaga over surveillance.
Posted inEvents, Government & Politics
The Lens wants to teach you how to find public records related to government spending
Learn how to find records related to public contracts, including bids, invoices and checks
Posted inEnvironment
City council decision paves way for rezoning of port-owned wetlands for industrial use
Opponents say the land should be preserved to guard against flooding in eastern New Orleans.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics, Opinion
The NRA swaps guns for a sledgehammer and swings it at America
With both Trump and the NRA in his pocket, Putin must be laughing up his sleeve
Posted inCriminal Justice
Deal ends scrutiny of fake subpoenas in attempted murder case
The victim in the case got a fake subpoena before he met with police and identified the shooter. The defense didn’t know that.
Posted inSchools
State ethics lawyer says charter school leader or her relatives should be fired for breaking nepotism laws
Doris Roché-Hicks runs Friends of King Schools, where several of her relatives have worked. The state says three of those arrangements are against the law.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Henry Montgomery case raises a question: Are parole boards following Supreme Court guidelines?
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled two years ago that Henry Montgomery, serving a life sentence for killing a sheriff’s deputy, should get a parole hearing. Monday, a board denied his release. Advocates for juvenile convicts say parole boards around the country aren’t giving enough weight to the Supreme Court’s directive that children who commit heinous crimes are capable of change.
Posted inSchools
ReNEW Schools will get its fourth CEO in just over two years
Kevin Guitterrez said he hasn’t been able to execute the changes needed at the charter network.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Fewer kids are being jailed — but the need for post-release programming is only more urgent
FFLIC fights for youth and communities ravaged by recidivism
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Power plant in New Orleans gets the green light over concerns about transmission reliability
Entergy New Orleans says the plant in eastern New Orleans will guard against an unlikely but catastrophic transmission failure.