Let’s put a truly great New Orleanian on the pedestal at Lee Circle
Domino is New Orleans' most important musician since Louis Armstrong.
School drinking water will be tested for lead — after filters are installed to remove it
If the filters are installed properly, the tests should not detect any lead. School leaders decided not to test the water before installing filters.
Orleans Parish School Board plans to spend $800,000 on filters to remove lead from water
School officials planned to test water, but they changed course after the water board raised questions.
KIPP Leadership employee falsified records to admit children too young for kindergarten
The children can stay, but the state won’t pay for their education this year.
HuffPost’s Listen to America tour rolls into New Orleans this weekend
The Lens is pleased to be one of HuffPost’s partners. Join us at three events around town.
Judge orders Orleans Parish DA’s office to turn over some fake subpoenas to The Lens
He said The Lens’ request for documents issued over 16 months wasn’t unreasonable.
Pumping problems, hurricane scares play into debate over new Entergy power plant
Without a new power plant, Entergy New Orleans says "New Orleans is at risk of cascading electrical outages or blackouts." Critics say the vast majority of outages in the city are related to power lines, and a new power plant won't solve the problem. They say it would cost less to fix the power lines.
Collegiate Academies didn’t track employee background checks for three years
In two cases, auditors couldn’t find evidence that background checks had been conducted.
Louisiana faces unexpected shortfall in major source of funding for coastal protection
The state coastal agency expected $140 million next spring. Now it looks like it will get $60 million to $70 million.
Watchdog group criticizes magistrate judge for setting bail for defendants who don’t have an attorney
Court Watch NOLA also wants rules on how judges appoint magistrate commissioners.
