Algiers Charter network spent $100,000 to investigate Landry-Walker cheating
The former principal of the school, Mary Laurie, was fired after probe's completion.
As coastal money flows to parishes, advocates keep wary watch on spending
Continuing revenue sharing from offshore oil development and money from BP fines will bring more than $1.5 billion to coastal parishes in the next four decades. State officials hope strong regulation coupled with the prospect of matching money will have parish leaders proposing projects to benefit coastal protection.
Rebuttal: Cop killings are a legacy of criminalizing people for being black
Black Lives Matter advocates push back against the race and crime analysis in a recent Lens column.
Lusher board ousts member who was accused of violating policy on union
Divisions over this spring's union drive resurfaced in Saturday's meeting.
New Beginnings approves $175,000 annual contract for new CEO
The three year contract is for significantly more than that of the previous CEO, who earned $140,000.
Most charter boards didn’t comply with or know about open-meetings law
Until The Lens investigated last month, only one charter school board in New Orleans may have been fully complying with a two-year-old state law that requires public bodies to post their minutes online, or an older law that requires the same for their agendas.
Black Lives Matter — including the 99.7% of the killings that aren’t by cops
It's time to face reality: black killers are chiefly responsible for the epidemic of black homicides.
Orleans superintendent is reviewing Lens stories on Lusher board’s actions
Three stories last week raised questions about how school leaders conducted public business.
Our August Newsmaker event will focus on New Orleans public education
We'll talk with Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr., Orleans Parish School Board superintendent
How Lusher’s school board shut out the public in dealing with teachers’ union drive
State law says the public is entitled to observe how government bodies make decisions. But Lusher board members privately discussed how to respond to the union, using a boardwide email group. And they set up several private meetings that appear to have circumvented the Open Meetings Law.
