Two school leaders at SciTech resigned last month for testing irregularities.
Posted inOpinion
Politics of passing: Rachel Dolezal would have had an easier time of it in old New Orleans
Did a socially established white person ever assume a black identity, long-term, in the era before Rachel Dolezal? Apparently Voodoo queen Marie Laveau’s lover did just that.
Posted inInside the News Room
Six pieces by The Lens are finalists for New Orleans Press Club awards
Interactive work on Louisiana’s disappearing coastline and other digital innovations are honored.
Posted inInside the News Room
Lens asks judge to reconsider his ruling in public-records case against city and mayor
Civil District Court judge said the law is not “hard, fast and definite.”
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Firefighters to get back pay for filling jobs of superiors, dating to late 2013
Civil Service Commission today approved compromise; amount not yet known.
Posted inSchools
Orleans Parish schools superintendent to give direct-run schools more autonomy
With only five traditional schools left, new chief is cutting central office staff.
Posted inLand Use
Judge delays city from seizing long-vacant Lake Terrace Shopping Center
The city kicked in $225,000 to renovate the property after Katrina, but it’s languished.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Landrieu administration wants to fast-track staffing changes at 911 center
But Communication District officials say it will be hard to make the Jan. 1. deadline.
Posted inCharter Schools, Opinion, Schools
Equity, transparency undercut by holdouts against OneApp school admissions process
It’s time to level the playing field and provide a uniform application process for all OPSB charters.
Posted inEvents, Government & Politics
See state Rep. Walt Leger at our Breakfast with the Newsmakers event
Join us at 8 a.m. June 18.