Trump and a few of his candidates for attorney general want to cut federal funding to cities that don’t aid immigration agents.
Posted inSchools
Slow down: The city has restored flashers and signs at schools in Carrollton and near City Park
We spotted the problem when we surveyed school lights this fall.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Opportunities for ‘lifers’ — but little programming for inmates nearing release
Angola rodeo’s crafts fair points up an absurdity in Louisiana’s penal system.
Posted inInside the News Room
Join The Lens in the fight for an open and accountable government
Supporters gathered to rally with then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in a cargo hangar at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Nov. 6. Dear Readers, I’ll save myself 1,000 words and let you consider the picture above. It was taken at a Donald Trump rally last week, and it’s no secret that Trump has dispensed with any […]
Posted inEnvironment
Climate scientists: Coastal Louisiana would suffer if Trump pulled out of climate change agreement
Trump has called climate change a hoax and pledged to roll back regulations that restrict greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists say if those emissions aren’t reduced, seas worldwide could rise 6.5 feet. That would put most of coastal Louisiana underwater.
Posted inEnvironment, Events
Our Breakfast with the Newsmakers event will examine Trump’s effect on the environment
Come talk with us about what local coastal advocates can do to address likely changes
Posted inOpinion
The Donald Trump you saw campaigning for the past year really didn’t get elected
Relax. Cheer up. It didn’t really happen. America — today’s America — would never elect an overt racist, a xenophobe and a misogynist as president.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
How did your neighbors vote in the presidential and U.S. Senate races? See on our election map.
No one else has this level of detail on the races.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Election Day 2016 peculiarities and irregularities in the New Orleans area
Our staff is collecting and catching up with any unusual reports today from the polls.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Many New Orleans voters are still driving farther to vote than before Katrina
Many polling places were flooded by the storm, so elections officials consolidated them. Ten years later, many of us are still driving farther to vote than we did before the storm. The average distance to a voting location in the core of the city has increased 50 percent since 2004.