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Behind The Lens episode 156: Surveillance creep

The city finds yet another use for its expanded surveillance network. A dispute between OPSB and the New Orleans City Council over grants. And a wrap of the second week of the David Wade Correctional Center civil rights trial.
by Carolyne Heldman January 21, 2022 Updated January 21, 2022

School Board praises City Council’s reversal on education grants

The money funds three district programs that serve children in the juvenile justice system and those struggling with attendance, truancy and behavioral issues.
by Marta Jewson January 21, 2022 Updated January 21, 2022

Mental health care at state prison is ‘insufficient, and almost non-existent,’ expert testifies in federal civil rights trial

The case, filed in 2018, is in its second week of trial.
by Nick Chrastil January 20, 2022 Updated November 2, 2022

Proposed ordinance would require city vehicle fleet to go electric

The City Council will also consider a non-binding resolution encouraging the city government to use 100 percent renewable energy for city buildings and operations by 2025.
by Michael Isaac Stein January 19, 2022 Updated January 19, 2022

City crime cameras used to dispute workers’ comp claim and justify firing three city workers

Firefighters’ union president says the Real Time Crime Center camera network shouldn’t be used for city employment matters.
by Michael Isaac Stein January 19, 2022 Updated January 19, 2022

School District wants City Council to boot Mayor’s Office from education grant process

OPSB members criticize contracted hiring firm over low attendance at superintendent search meetings.
by Marta Jewson January 19, 2022 Updated January 19, 2022

NOLA Public Schools tracking 1,603 cases as some schools return to in-person learning

OPSB committee advances measure to make booster shots mandatory for district employees.
by Marta Jewson January 18, 2022 Updated January 20, 2022

School Board’s new Innovation and Stability Committee aims to improve student experience, district efficiency

The committee will allow community members to serve.
by Marta Jewson January 18, 2022 Updated January 18, 2022

Behind The Lens episode 155: Is it peaking yet?

COVID cases at local schools explode with the rise of the omicron variant. Civil rights case against state prison goes to trial. And Bobby Sneed is finally free.
by Carolyne Heldman January 14, 2022 Updated January 14, 2022

City of New Orleans distributing counterfeit N95 masks in giveaway program

The city said that although the masks are still “protective,” even though they haven’t received official approval from the federal government to be labeled “N95 masks.”
by Michael Isaac Stein January 14, 2022 Updated January 14, 2022

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