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Week in Review: Affordable housing to $500 per night Airbnb; fake subpoenas in Jefferson Parish

by Charles Maldonado June 9, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Charles Maldonado June 7, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Stacy Head June 7, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Charles Maldonado June 6, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

District could have acted earlier as Cypress Academy neared collapse

by Marta Jewson June 6, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Karen Gadbois June 4, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Marta Jewson June 2, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Anxiety and authenticity: Are ‘super-natives’ loving New Orleans to death?

One irony: STRs are gutting the neighborhoods tourists want to stay in.
by C.W. Cannon June 1, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

School board, city in talks about diverted property taxes

City may have improperly used millions in special taxes to satisfy state pension obligations.
by Charles Maldonado May 31, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Responding to parents, Orleans Parish school district agrees to run Cypress Academy for two years

If the school closes after the 2019-20 school year, students would get priority in the citywide enrollment lottery.
by Marta Jewson May 30, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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