Author: Karen Gadbois
- About Karen Gadbois
- Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led to guilty pleas in federal court. Her work attracted some of journalism's highest honors, including a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and a gold medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors. She can be reached at (504) 606-6013.
Neighbors prevail as city strips permit from Treme mansion's oversized pool house
Want to have a say in how government works? Two meetings seek suggestions
Huge underground drainage project kicks off by clear cutting Claiborne neutral ground
Scandal-rocked nonprofit continues to collect rent checks, act as landlord
A city-financed non-profit program that many thought was dissolved in 2008 apparently has continued to quietly operate, perhaps to the benefit of one contractor linked to the scandal.
