Donald Pate, who was on the the board for Lake Forest charter school, said he wanted to help out the school by selling dirt for a construction project. That would violate state ethics law. Although he said his company got $120,000, the state Ethics Board cleared him.
Posted inEnvironment
To rebuild the coast, Louisiana must show its river diversions won’t kill native dolphins
They can’t survive if the water isn’t salty enough, and they won’t leave their home in Barataria Bay.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Props to NOPD for upgrading its response to domestic violence
No more brushing incidents aside as merely personal.
Posted inEnvironment
Permit for first sediment diversion will take at least 2.5 years (and that’s fast)
Federal regulators must make sure the diversion won’t violate 82 laws and executive orders.
Posted inAudio, Environment, Investigations
Reclaiming native ground: Can Louisiana’s tribes restore their traditional diets as waters rise?
Native Americans are losing their ability to live off the land as it has crumbled into the Gulf of Mexico. Some of them are trying to figure out how to survive on what’s left. A multimedia collaboration between the Food & Environment Reporting Network, Gravy, and The Lens.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Time to toss non-unanimous jury verdicts, a vestige of Jim Crow
Louisiana is one of two states that tolerate this unjust legal shortcut.
Posted inOpinion
Where’s Gottschalk? It’s time to plug a gaping hole in the LPO repertoire
Why does Prieto ignore New Orleans’ most revered classical composer?
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Some opposition to Trump goes unanswered, literally, by Louisiana’s senators
Constituents are frustrated that they can’t say their piece about the president’s appointees and executive orders.
Posted inEvents, Inside the News Room
News ‘n’ Brews, an informal happy hour with Lens reporters, is Feb. 16
News ‘n’ Brews is now a regular Lens event. Join Lens reporters and editors at Midway Pizza Thursday, Feb. 16 at 5 p.m to talk about the current events that matter most to you and our city. Thanks to the generosity of our event sponsor, Midway Pizza, light refreshments will be served. There will be a cash bar. We […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Immigrant rights group says Orleans sheriff has pledged not to jail people accused of violating immigration law
Since 2013, Sheriff Marlin Gusman has refused to honor most requests by federal agents to detain illegal immigrants.