Vote on plant repeal, fine over paid-actor scandal pushed to February.
Author Archives: Charles Maldonado
Charles Maldonado is the editor of The Lens. He previously worked as The Lens' government accountability reporter, covering local politics and criminal justice. Prior to joining The Lens, he worked for Gambit, New Orleans
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Week in Review: Cantrell PAC slams tourism leader over ‘unhinged’ Lens interview
The Lens’ fake subpoena records suit comes to an end. Orleans Parish takes over embattled Harney charter school. And a new episode of Behind The Lens.
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Cantrell PAC responds to tourism leader’s ‘unhinged’ Lens interview
Perry, president of New Orleans & Company, slammed city government in Behind The Lens interview.
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Week in review: a look at the powerful software behind the city’s surveillance system
Plus a year in review from our weekly podcast Behind The Lens. A vote to hand control of McDonogh 35 to a charter group means New Orleans is likely to become the first major city in the country without traditional, direct-run schools. And one of the city’s most desirable elementary schools will not accept new pre-K students next year.
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Vote on short-term rental restrictions delayed until next month
The proposal would limit residential whole-home rentals to property owners with homestead exemptions. Kristin Palmer, who authored the plan unveiled last week, said she wants to delay the vote until after the holidays to allow the public to weigh in.
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Councilwoman proposes homestead requirement for residential short-term rentals
Lawyer asks for federal investigation of Entergy’s charitable arm. Teachers have to reapply for their own jobs at charter school facing takeover and eventual closure.
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Week in Review: Harney charter board fires principal in meeting that may have violated Open Meetings Law
Plus city budget news, a new Behind The Lens and a columnist asks Mayor Cantrell to keep City Hall where it is.
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Week in Review: Troubled school faces closure, possible criminal investigation over board mismanagement
The Lens’ election maps, New Orleans school grades released, city budget process gets off to a rocky start and a new episode of Behind The Lens.
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Report Election Day voting problems to Electionland
For the second time, The Lens has joined ProPublica’s Electionland, a coalition of newsrooms around the country that are covering problems that prevent eligible voters from casting their ballots during the 2018 elections.
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Week in Review: ‘I had no choice but to move out. It was not livable.’
Shawanda Holmes took her two-year-old son Louis to the doctor in 2015 for what she assumed would be a routine check-up. He was about to start school at a Head Start center, which required its students to get a blood lead test. But his result came back more than four times the level that indicates […]