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No escape if you’re late: Even small surges will flood sections of I-10 east and west

The state would like to raise the interstate or build levees to protect it, but lacks the funds.
by Bob Marshall May 28, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Head of charter school association criticizes Cedric Richmond for voting against expanded charter funding

Bill would expand who could apply for federal grants to expand and improve charters.
by Jessica Williams May 28, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Bill that would hide sources of lethal-injection drugs now heads to Senate floor

Lens Editor Steve Beatty said the bill would hinder accountability. A committee approved it.
by Della Hasselle May 27, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Hearing on Franklin’s $7.9 million budget set for June 10, with board vote two days later

by Fritz Esker May 27, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Singleton test scores jump; red ink from a year ago now mopped up

Board's curiosity is provoked when principal reports that five students were suspended for "gambling."
by Della Hasselle May 27, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

State releases elementary and middle-school standardized test scores

How did your school do?
by Jessica Williams May 27, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Strong test performance lofts military charter into ranks of city’s elite schools

Academy defies military-school stereotype by maintaining expulsion rate of zero.
by Joshua Johnston May 27, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Enrollment expected to rise by 100 as Encore adds classes and moves to new campus

How much the rent on the new school will be is still up in the air.
by Stephen Babcock May 27, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Mississippi River levee bike path now unofficially open in Orleans Parish

Final work on the levee is expected to be done in about two weeks.
by Steve Myers May 23, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Is Frenchmen still cool — or just a Bourbon Street for hipsters?

The ultra-hip have concluded that Frenchmen Street is already too well-known to confer “underground” cred.
by C.W. Cannon May 23, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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