Firefighters reach another settlement with city, regarding back pay for fill-in work
Relatively small deal comes just after unrelated settlement between city and union.
Details of BP settlement show oil spill caused trillions of marine wildlife deaths
Damages to natural resources amounted to $8.3 billion of $20.8 billion agreement.
Runaway property tax valuations: What about imposing an annual cap?
Sudden unpredictable assessment leaps are hard on owners — and bad for the city.
KIPP passes measure to take on debt for construction if RSD comes through with land
Mayor’s budget restores staffing citywide, anticipates council will roll taxes forward
General fund budget of $593 million for 2016 is up $60 million over this year's spending plan.
City agrees to release public database after Lens promises to protect private info
Deal keeps secure any legally protected information accidentally provided by the city.
Live blog tonight: Schools chief visits West Bank for town hall meeeting
City’s log of public-records requests and answers riddled with errors, anomalies
Lack of reliable information makes it difficult to check compliance with law requiring transparency.
City makes fitful progress in repairing school-zone caution lights
Drive by a school zone light at random in the city of New Orleans on a weekday and there’s about a 50 percent chance it works. And that’s an improvement. The number of broken lights has slowly dropped in three field surveys by The Lens, but the city hasn’t come close to repairing them all, as a city official promised in July.
Superintendent of Orleans Parish schools begins series of community meetings
Parents and other community members invited tonight to 6 p.m. event at Audubon Charter School.
