Live chat Thursday: Talk to Pres Kabacoff about downtown redevelopment
He'll take questions from Lens readers at noon Thursday.
Wilson school to upgrade energy system
Principal reports that bulk of fourth and eighth graders are reading below their grade level.
Top bidder on city tax collections contract may be skirting minority-business rules
Archon gets top score after meeting minority participation goal. A competitor cries foul.
Clock running out on flood authority’s days as a panel immune from political meddling
An independent levee board, a post-Katrina reform believed crucial to the city's future, has fallen prey to Gov. Jindal's opposition to a lawsuit against Big Oil.
Pres Kabacoff outlines $1 billion vision to redevelop New Orleans’ urban core
Iberville as a safe, mixed-income mixed-income neighborhood. A new neuroscience research center at the old Charity Hospital, along with City Hall and Civil District Court. And a new mall on Canal Street to rival Lakeside. The missing piece? Money.
Military school’s new building 80 percent finished
New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy will be getting more money than last year in per-pupil funding.
School to serve alcohol at its fundraiser
Audubon board votes to allow beer and wine sales at fall festival despite principal's opposition.
Pre-K classes hurt Audubon’s finances
School charges parents for pre-kindergarten classes, but still has a deficit there.
Inmate’s lawyers call on state to answer questions about execution drug
Lawyers say the state should respond by Oct. 1 because Christopher Sepulvado's execution is set for Nov. 5.
