Behind The Lens episode 192: ‘There’s a number of outstanding questions’
Producer Carolyne Heldman catches up with Criminal Justice Reporter Nick Chrastil.
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Behind The Lens episode 191: Looking forward to 2023
This week on Behind The Lens, reporters discuss what to watch for on the criminal justice, environmental and education beats in the new year.
Behind The Lens episode 190:’A big one-time spending spree’
Reporter Nick Chrastil on the state's backlog of inmates awaiting transfer to the state's psychiatric hospital, Joshua Rosenberg on an ongoing Lake Maurepas project and Michael Isaac Stein how the city's managed its federal COVID relief funds.
Behind The Lens episode 189:’It opens up this whole new dimension’
The city passed its annual budget — with the surprise addition of millions in one-time funds. More updates on Greenfield's proposed $400 million grain silo project and a federal judge denied the sheriff's request for a consent decree NDA.
Behind The Lens episode 188: ‘If the city gets its wish’
Reporters discuss asthma-related health data, Orleans Parish Public Defender funding and potential New Orleans city charter changes in 2023.
Behind The Lens Episode 187: ‘It looked like JPSO was digging up dirt on this teenager’
Reporter Nick Chrastil looks into the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office expansive requests for search warrants of a 16-year-old who died in custody. Reporter Michael Isaac Stein tells us about the New Orleans Office of Inspector General's plans for 2023.
Behind The Lens Episode 186: ‘There was a real power struggle at the time’
Environmental reporter Joshua Rosenberg recaps a visit to Lake Charles where shrimpers and activists launched a flotilla outside an LNG conference. City government reporter Michael Isaac Stein recaps the new "Healthy Homes" ordinance and explains the charter change giving City Council more oversight over mayoral appointees.
Behind The Lens Episode 185: ‘intended to inflict mental torture’
Nick Chrastil on "inhumane" conditions and mental health care services at David Wade Correctional Center. And Terry Jones joins us from Floodlight News to talk about abandoned well heads.
Behind The Lens Episode 184: ‘The price per square-foot is a little more than half what residents expected’
