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Repeat offender suspected as shots ring out at a drug market yards from school

Neighborhood bedeviled by Criminal Court's revolving door.
by Austen Ward March 28, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Lens enters seventh year of operation; announces expanded board of directors

Annual event is one more way we work to engage with the community we serve.
by Steve Beatty March 25, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Raft of bills seeks to remove protections for dedicated coastal-restoration money

Coastal advocates say shifting money now would be short-sighted and damage the state's national efforts.
by Bob Marshall March 24, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Circle the Superdome! Fight to save New Orleans before we’re auctioned into oblivion

Don't take our rich culture for granted; instead, take a stand on Wednesday.
by Jonathan Henderson March 21, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Ruling for The Lens, judge orders city to release its full purchasing database

City was resisting because it said sloppy record keeping meant private information could be exposed.
by Marta Jewson March 18, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

ReNEW leaders, including current CEO, sat on special-ed complaints

by Marta Jewson March 18, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Eyes on The Fly: How structural racism subtly undercuts plans for a ‘public good’

A deeper look at plans to remove another section of a public park from general use.
by Barbara C. Ewell March 16, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Like BESE, Orleans School Board sidesteps a decision on student funding

Board members say such decisions are in the hands of the superintendent, not them.
by Marta Jewson March 15, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

A water expert’s vision was sign from God that nuns were looking for

A religious order was holding on to a 25-acre piece of prime real estate in Gentilly, waiting for divine indications. Then along came an architect associated with the Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan. Instead of being sold to developers for tens of millions, the land is now leased to the city for $1 a year.
by Bob Marshall March 11, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

What’s really going on in our legislature: Special interests addicted to greed

Making working families pay more in taxes as oil and gas companies receive hundreds of millions in subsidies is a crime against justice.
by Lt. Gen. Russel Honore March 9, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

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