The city’s $2 billion program to repair streets and infrastructure doesn’t include innovative water management
Officials are eager to start spending $2 billion dollars on infrastructure repairs, but say they’ll look for ways to build more resiliently in the coming years
City Council’s investigation into power plant astroturfing campaign hasn’t started yet
Harney charter school has fired its chief financial officer, board president says
Brent Washington Sr. is under a formal investigation for doing accounting work for Harney on the side.
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.
