With new tool, The Lens makes it easy to find out how much city employees are paid
It's part of The Vault, our effort to increase access to public information.
The Lens plans news conference to launch new salary database as part of The Vault
Our open-data initiative will soon include a searchable list of city employees and their budgeted pay.
Sheriff Gusman continues to hand out extra pay to deputies who may not qualify
The law excludes deputies whose primary job isn’t law enforcement. The Sheriff’s Office says deputies 'wear many hats.'
Future of coastal loss lawsuit could rest in hands of board’s nominating committee
Since the nine members of the Flood Protection Authority voted to sue oil and gas companies, the governor has replaced four of them. Now two seats are open, including one held by a lawsuit supporter. Depending on who gets appointed, lawsuit opponents could have the votes to kill the suit.
French Market Corp. moves to shut Landrieu ally out of lucrative Bourbon Street lease
The nonprofit leased land for $1 and in turn subleased it to a restaurant for more than $100,000.
In court hearing, city and sheriff dig in their heels on cost of mental health care at OPP
The current facility is in terrible condition, and inmates are not well supervised. The solutions are expensive.
Lawyer for levee authority says battle over coastal loss lawsuit is just beginning
It could take months to resolve debate over how a new law was passed and who it applies to.
Two-year-old breach in Mississippi River could be formally named ‘Mardi Gras Pass’
A state agency says it’s the first distributary to form in the delta in decades.
A look back at the roots of The Lens’ Squandered Heritage
Lens founder Karen Gadbois is taking a break from Squandered Heritage to focus on the business side of The Lens.
Frustrated parents wait hours to enroll children in schools, only to be turned away
About 800 parents showed up; the Recovery School District was expecting about 100.
