The New Orleans Police Department has reduced response times for emergencies. They’ve done that in part by lowering the importance of some 911 calls. Department leaders say they need to prioritize life-threatening situations in order to manage the workload. But are they overlooking some true emergencies?
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Katrina remembered: Learning to live in the shadow of environmental doom
Do we have what it will take for New Orleans to survive the next Big One?
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Algiers Charter network spent $100,000 to investigate Landry-Walker cheating
The former principal of the school, Mary Laurie, was fired after probe’s completion.
Posted inEnvironment
As coastal money flows to parishes, advocates keep wary watch on spending
Continuing revenue sharing from offshore oil development and money from BP fines will bring more than $1.5 billion to coastal parishes in the next four decades. State officials hope strong regulation coupled with the prospect of matching money will have parish leaders proposing projects to benefit coastal protection.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Rebuttal: Cop killings are a legacy of criminalizing people for being black
Black Lives Matter advocates push back against the race and crime analysis in a recent Lens column.
Posted inSchools
Lusher board ousts member who was accused of violating policy on union
Divisions over this spring’s union drive resurfaced in Saturday’s meeting.
Posted inSchools
New Beginnings approves $175,000 annual contract for new CEO
The three year contract is for significantly more than that of the previous CEO, who earned $140,000.
Posted inSchools
Most charter boards didn’t comply with or know about open-meetings law
Until The Lens investigated last month, only one charter school board in New Orleans may have been fully complying with a two-year-old state law that requires public bodies to post their minutes online, or an older law that requires the same for their agendas.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Black Lives Matter — including the 99.7% of the killings that aren’t by cops
It’s time to face reality: black killers are chiefly responsible for the epidemic of black homicides.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Orleans superintendent is reviewing Lens stories on Lusher board’s actions
Three stories last week raised questions about how school leaders conducted public business.