Board gets new member, and parents and students express support for Sci Academy during tough times
Board that oversees Carver schools, Sci Academy, get kind words, and good financial projections
A quip on Twitter lands me a public audience with Louisiana’s coastal chief, but it could have been worse
I had my chance to put state coastal czar Garret Graves on the spot, but high-caliber attorneys suing oil and gas companies beat me to it.
John McDonogh High School to close at end of the school year
It looks like Future Is Now won't get the school back when it reopens.
Orleans Parish sheriff candidates spar over jail conditions, size and funding
Sheriff Marlin Gusman said vulnerable inmates are not being placed with violent offenders.
Live chat: Share reactions, discuss our story on Landrieu’s political tactics
Talk with The Lens' Tyler Bridges at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
City employees solicit Landrieu endorsements from neighborhood leaders
A spokesman for the mayor says they were working on their own time.
‘Enemy for life’: Mayor Mitch Landrieu accused of steamrolling those who disagree with him
If you’re not on Mitch Landrieu’s team, people say, he’ll fight back by pulling city contracts, removing you from boards and committees, and dressing you down. The mayor says there’s no evidence of such retaliation, and that he’s tangled with entrenched political interests.
Adjacent lot eyed by Warren Easton carries a pricetag of about $2 million
OPSB and charter foundation may share cost of property purchase.
Kristen Gisleson Palmer talks politics at ‘Breakfast with the Newsmakers’ (video)
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With lethal-injection drugs hard to get, states turning to custom pharmacies
Prison officials in other states have turned to compounding pharmacies, long used to fill custom-mixed drugs, to get the drug needed for executions. Louisiana's next execution is scheduled for Feb. 5, and it's not clear whether the state has the necessary drug, or whether it may seek a pharmacist willing to make a special batch.
