Joshua Rosenberg explains the Army Corps of Engineers’ concerns about the potential cumulative environmental and public health impacts a grain elevator project in St. John may impose on the surrounding community. Nick Chrastil on a new study that found only around a quarter of calls NOPD responded to were crime related at all.
City increases short-term rental enforcement, but only 43 adjudications in 2022 so far
The city’s goal is to have up to 600 adjudications a year once the office is fully staffed.
Marijuana possession enforcement has ‘virtually vanished’ in New Orleans this year following council ordinance, NOPD policy change
Analysis shows there have been seven summonses issued in New Orleans in 2022, down from hundreds or thousands in previous years.
Federal judge says he still has received no information from Sheriff’s Office regarding jail deaths this summer
Sheriff Susan Hutson has faced ongoing criticism over lack of transparency since she took office in May.
Losing ground: How one New Orleans community is sinking
Years after Entergy closed a power plant shuts in eastern New Orleans, the community struggles with sinkage.
Army Corps questions cumulative environmental and health impact of Greenfield’s proposed grain elevator project in letter rejecting “cultural resources survey”
The letter also addresses a failure to properly survey a potential prehistoric site.
Study: Last year, 911 calls responded to by NOPD were rarely for violent crime
Group says the statistics show a need for alternative, non-police responses.
After troubled pilot program, city moving forward with plan to respond to mental health emergencies without police
Mayor Cantrell has signed a $1.3 million contract with a non-profit to provide behavioral health crisis response services.
Behind The Lens episode 181: ‘This is paradise’
A carbon sequestration project has residents worried about the future of Lake Maurepas. A mental health crisis intervention program in New Orleans. And The Lens’ newsroom has a new editor.