City identifies $22 million for controversial Phase III jail construction
Earmarked funds were initially slated for greenspace and building improvements.
‘Death stars on sinking land’: How liquified natural gas took over the Gulf Coast
The U.S. is now the world's top exporter of LNG. Towns in southern Louisiana are paying the price --through pollution, noise, and destruction of this area's longtime way of life.
Behind The Lens episode 211: ‘Consistently at risk’
Property insurance premiums are more than doubling for New Orleans schools, while fossil fuel plants appear to have no problem securing coverage. And the 'Dead Zone' in the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than anticipated this year.
NOPD chief search: what we should be looking for
Among other things, look for a skilled manager, an innovator, who can, despite low manpower, devise strategies to fight crime and move the department away from its long-standing culture of favoritism.
‘Dead Zone’ smaller than average, but still almost as big as Yellowstone Park
Low-oxygen section of the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than predicted this year
Why a long list of Louisiana lawyers are urging the Pardon Board and governor to grant clemency to those on Death Row
Attorney James E. Boren contends that Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office has too many conflicts to be advising the Board on this matter.
LNG export terminals belching more pollution than estimated
High-tech camera detects plentiful methane leaks outside the first Gulf Coast liquified natural gas export terminals. That creates concern about the additional 20 terminals planned nationwide.
‘A Mess’: 55% spike in public-school property insurance
That’s tens of thousands of dollars per school that could have gone toward educational programs and supplies.
Louisiana’s new fossil-fuel plants have no trouble getting property insurance — despite disappearing policies for state residents.
Oil and gas facilities along the Gulf Coast have long been a ‘major market’ for specialty insurance
Behind The Lens episode 210: ‘never-ending story’
The week: More delays on Phase III, a charter school principal rises in the ranks and The Lens welcomes La'Shance Perry.
