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City identifies $22 million for controversial Phase III jail construction

Earmarked funds were initially slated for greenspace and building improvements.
by Nick Chrastil August 9, 2023 Updated August 9, 2023

‘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.
by Lylla Younes and Jake Bittle August 6, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

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.
by Carolyne Heldman August 4, 2023 Updated August 4, 2023

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.
by Arthur Hunter Jr. August 3, 2023 Updated August 3, 2023

‘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
by Delaney Dryfoos August 3, 2023 Updated August 3, 2023

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.
by James E. Boren August 1, 2023 Updated August 2, 2023

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.
by Sara Sneath July 31, 2023 Updated August 9, 2024

‘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.
by Marta Jewson July 25, 2023 Updated July 25, 2023

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
by Taylor Kate Brown for Floodlight July 24, 2023 Updated November 14, 2023

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.
by Carolyne Heldman July 17, 2023 Updated July 17, 2023

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