Documents detail price, logistics behind the campaign to pay actors to support New Orleans power plant
A public-relations firm billed Entergy New Orleans about $55,000 to bring supporters of a new power plant to two public meetings. Some of those people were actors. Documents turned over to the city council raise questions about Entergy's claim that it didn't know supporters would be paid.
Airbnb stops helping its users obtain licenses after New Orleans City Council puts the brakes on short-term rentals
The company says the council’s decision is “incompatible” with its system to help register users.
Week in Review: Affordable housing to $500 per night Airbnb; fake subpoenas in Jefferson Parish
Nearly a month late, Cannizzaro still hasn’t provided fake subpoena info to council
In a November letter, DA said file review could take “as long as six months.” Spokesman says that was an estimate, not a deadline.
New City Council already caving in to tacky fast-food plan for Magazine Street
Allowing the fast-food outlet would open the door to more of same.
Jefferson Parish DA’s repeated use of fake subpoenas included one issued to an 11-year-old
The Jefferson Parish DA's turned over 92 "DA subpoenas" in response to a public records request from The Lens. The documents date from 2016 and 2017, before DA Paul Connick ended the practice.
District could have acted earlier as Cypress Academy neared collapse
How a house built with public funds for affordable housing became a $500-a-night Airbnb
The house was moved from the site of the VA hospital, torn down at its new location and then replaced.
Week in Review: Super Bowl 2024; Are “super-natives” loving the city to death?
Reporter Charles Maldonado received an award for his investigation into fake subpoenas.
