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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.

Strip mall that won taxpayer money faces code problems

March 5, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

$800,000 to Zulu raises many questions

February 19, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019
Click here to read the city's request for applications, which resulted in Mayor Ray Nagin presenting Zulu with a giant check for $800,000 on Lundi Gras.

What IS going on at City Hall?

February 10, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Enjoy the new smooth roads while they last

February 4, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

John Georges: "I am you"

February 2, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

That’s what he said

January 28, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Faking out the feds

January 27, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Martin Wine Cellar wants to demolish Uptown buildings

January 26, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

"Economic development" grants leave empty storefronts

January 19, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

WordPress and Tenacity

January 14, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

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