Judge orders Orleans Parish district attorney to turn over records related to fake subpoenas
The judge wasn’t swayed by an argument by the DA’s lawyer that it’s too hard to find the records.
Lens receives top honors for investigative, continuing coverage from New Orleans Press Club
The Lens picked up seven awards.
People’s Assembly New Orleans takes it to the streets — and the ballot box
Swapping hard work as organizers in place of political pontification.
Charter school’s refusal to admit students lacking uniforms wasn’t its first violation
The state issued a warning to Sophie B. Wright two years ago for the same problem with homeless students.
The Lens is hosting a public records workshop Wednesday
On July 12 learn why public records are your window into local government.
Three months later, the state finally has records it sought about 9-year-old’s handcuffing at school
The state issued a formal warning to Friends of King Schools after it hadn't gotten documents on policies and training.
On beyond unbelievable: an unstable president’s obsession with TV
It's amazing how seriously he takes talk-show hosts — how about Putin?
City health department will spend the summer trying to make it safer for children to get to school
It will target 14 schools, using a $650,000 grant.
Some oyster leases near offshore wells have a surprising owner: oil and gas companies
Oil and gas companies hold several thousand acres of oyster leases off the coast of Plaquemines Parish. The industry says they’re guarding against frivolous damage claims. Oystermen say they’re trying to avoid accountability.
Looking beyond ‘might supremacist’ school principal to the deeper issues
The case raises questions about last-chance schools themselves.
