Death-penalty opponents say a committee created by the Legislature never met publicly.
Posted inInside the News Room, Investigations
Losing Ground collaboration with ProPublica honored by Scripps Howard, Society for News Design
A judge said of the project: “That map does things we haven’t seen before. It’s an amazing project.”
Posted inEnvironment
Day after boasting of Gulf’s health, BP confirms 25,000-pound tar mat
On Monday BP released a statement claiming the environment of the northern Gulf of Mexico had returned its “baseline condition” five years after its Deepwater Horizon disaster pumped more than 200 million gallons of oil into the Gulf off Louisiana’s coast. But on Tuesday the U.S. Coast Guard was supervising the ongoing removal of a large oil tar mat on East Grand Terre Island that has yielded more than 25,000 pounds of oil mixed with sand since late February, a BPO spokesman confirmed.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
One of nine holdouts from the OneApp enrollment system considers joining early
Sci High’s board will discuss the matter at Thursday board meeting; change would come one year early
Posted inSchools
Lagniappe Academies doesn’t have money to fight state school board over renewal
Also, board members say that even a successful lawsuit likely would stretch past next academic year’s start.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City could owe hundreds of thousands to firefighters who filled in for superiors
City says it will pay higher rate from now on, but it wants to avoid back pay.
Posted inEvents, Schools
March’s Breakfast with the Newsmaker is Lagniappe Academies board member (video)
On March 19, The Lens’ education reporter, Marta Jewson, will interview Lagniappe Academies board vice chairman Dan Henderson at our monthly Breakfast with the Newsmakers event. The topics slated for discussion include the special-education violations report issued by the state to Lagniappe Academies, the sudden announcement of the closing of the school and what action […]
Posted inEnvironment
Dam it: Fishers frustrated by closing of MRGO, but some catches increase
It’s a peculiar position for those who make their livings and live their lives around the fishing culture of St. Bernard Parish: They say that a post-Katrina rock dam restricting the waterway, which flooded the parish, is hurting their business. But scientists say it’s a return to a natural balance that was upset when the canal was dredged.
Posted inOpinion
City Park officials are ignoring the public as they proceed with golf course plans
A golf course is an unwelcome intrusion on a wild, useful part of City Park
Posted inSchools
Parents try to explain to son why his beloved school is being closed
How do you tell a kindergartener that his school is closing? Anthony and Alicia Parker, both 29, had to have that discussion with their 5-year-old son Anthony Jr. last week. On Friday, the state school board closed the kindergarten-through-fourth-grade Lagniappe Academies, effective at the end of this school year.