New documents submitted by Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman provide job descriptions for his entire staff. The Lens checked that against a list of employees he said were entitled to special pay reserved for law-enforcement personnel and found 48 questionable instances. The sheriff said we just don’t understand the law.
Posted inOpinion
Crossing ‘faith lines’ to heal a world—and a city—scarred by violence and terror
“Our political rhetoric around faith grows increasingly ugly … “
Posted inGovernment & Politics
See how your neighbors voted in presidential primaries with our election map
Our election map shows who won each precinct, anywhere in the state. It updates automatically as the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office tallies votes.
Posted inSchools
New Beginnings charter network engages consultant to create its new budget
New Beginnings Schools Foundation’s finance committee met Wednesday with its not-quite-hired financial consultant to discuss how to save money.
Posted inEnvironment
Financial benefits of short-lived coastal restoration aren’t clear
The cost of the Coastal Master Plan is estimated at $92 billion. Is it worth the cost? The answer involves different viewpoints, and you have to consider the losses without it, as well as what can be saved for even a half century.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Evicted: How a landlord jumping into the short-term rental market cost us our home
We were model tenants — and then came the vacate order.
Posted inSchools
State school board drops hot potato of school funding in local board’s lap
Surprise move comes as schools expected to lose money threaten to sue the state.
Posted inEnvironment, Investigations
With gloomier estimates, should coastal plan look further than 50 years?
The state’s Coastal Master Plan is intended to address problems for 50 years. But research looking at conditions by the year 2100 show these efforts will be overwhelmed. What are the risks of doing too little versus doing too much?
Posted inEnvironment, Investigations
Can sediment diversions from river keep up with land loss, rising Gulf?
Unabated global warming has moved the goal posts for coastal restoration efforts.
Posted inSchools
With last two schools choosing to transfer, total of 5 may move back to School Board
Officials at Mary D. Coghill and Fannie C. Williams voted this week to transfer from recovery district.