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Author: Michael Isaac Stein

About Michael Isaac Stein
Michael Isaac Stein covers New Orleans' cultural economy and local government for The Lens. Before joining the staff, he freelanced for The Lens as well as The Intercept, CityLab, The New Republic, and Pacific Standard. He was recently awarded a fellowship from the Heinrich Boll Foundation, which he used to report on water scarcity, division, and colonialism in Cyprus.

Council, environmental coalition announce plans to increase city’s renewable energy portfolio

July 16, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Council plan calls for a new solar plant in eastern New Orleans, solar purchases from outside the city. The coalition’s plan aims to get the city to 100 percent renewable energy by 2040.

The city’s plan for the homeless during Barry: more shelter beds, outreach, and encampment sweeps

July 12, 2019 Updated December 18, 2020

ICE suspends immigration enforcement in Southern Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast, spokesman says

July 11, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Advocates fear that the limited area of the suspension will discourage some immigrants from evacuating.

Entergy’s emissions reduction goals would yield higher emissions than it produced in 2017

July 11, 2019 Updated November 2, 2021
Entergy is among the many US utilities who have started switching from coal to gas power, but have been slower to adopt renewables.

Louisiana’s four other potential abortion restrictions that were eclipsed by the ‘six-week ban’

June 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
All four abortion restrictions were signed by the Governor, and could have a near-immediate impact on abortion access in Louisiana.

City revokes STR permit for house that neighbor rented to prove it was operating illegally

June 26, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Owner is fined $2,500 and ordered to provide proof of booking cancellations.

City Council announces steps to reduce reliance on outside consultants for Entergy regulation

June 19, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
The plan will double in-house staff and restructure advisers' contracts.

Frustrated with city enforcement, this woman rented the Airbnb across the street just to prove it was operating illegally

June 18, 2019 Updated April 7, 2020
The New Orleans City Council has worked toward more restrictive regulations on short-term rentals for the past year. Now council members want to tighten enforcement.

Judge says City Council’s votes on Entergy plant violated state law

June 14, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
The plaintiffs said the use of paid actors in meetings aggravated the violations. Judge Piper Griffin ruled for the city in a second, related lawsuit.

Juvenile defendants transferred to adult jail as advocates balk at Cantrell’s new approach

June 6, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019
Over the past month, The Mayor, District Attorney, and Juvenile Court Judges have all introduced and advocated for policies that child advocates fear will increase detention for New Orleans juveniles.

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