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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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August 8, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Sometimes you win; sometimes the game is delayed by rain

August 2, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Past deadline, Jon Johnson starts work on empty 9th Ward building

July 26, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Bank-turned-burger joint: decidedly heavy on the dressing

July 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

City Council chamber finally gets Wi-Fi network

July 12, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Our do-it-yourself approach to driveways: permit optional

July 10, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Mary Church Terrell Elementary School in Gert Town set to be demolished

July 3, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Nonprofit requests demolition for house that city spent $35,000 to save and move

June 28, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Xavier rankles Gert Town neighbors with demolition plans

June 8, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

… and put in a parking lot: Mansion gives way to yet more macadam

May 30, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

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