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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.

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October 12, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

FEMA demolitions 340 S. Clark Mid City

October 11, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

Demolition by Neglect Irish Channel

October 10, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

1435 Elysian Fields

October 10, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

2659 Iberville St.

October 10, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

Notification HDLC Meeting Agenda

October 10, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

3036 Banks Street Mid City

October 9, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

3612 Banks Street

October 9, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

"Saved to Serve" 5323 Pitt Street Uptown

October 4, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

And Then There is This…

September 28, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

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