Grassroots fighting a City Hall gone gaga over surveillance.
Category: Government & Politics
Posted inEvents, Government & Politics
The Lens wants to teach you how to find public records related to government spending
Learn how to find records related to public contracts, including bids, invoices and checks
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics, Opinion
The NRA swaps guns for a sledgehammer and swings it at America
With both Trump and the NRA in his pocket, Putin must be laughing up his sleeve
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Power plant in New Orleans gets the green light over concerns about transmission reliability
Entergy New Orleans says the plant in eastern New Orleans will guard against an unlikely but catastrophic transmission failure.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Firefighter promotion case could lead to rollbacks in civil service overhaul, employee groups say
The Great Place to Work Initiative was one of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s signature accomplishments.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Opponents say Entergy’s proposed power plant is an old-fashioned solution in search of a problem
Entergy says a new plant can handle periods of unusually high demand, and it will protect against a catastrophic situation in which the city can’t get power. Energy experts and opponents say the company’s argument doesn’t hold up, and it has an incentive to build new facilities rather than improve transmission reliability.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
‘This Airbnb displaced 5 people’: Here’s the story behind that photo that spread on Facebook
It’s difficult to know how many New Orleans residents have been displaced because their landlords wanted to turn their rental properties into Airbnbs. But stories aren’t hard to come by. Here are three.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
‘Fire and fury’? Or just more fakery: How to read the Trump takedown
Trump’s threat to ban the book has catapulted it to best-sellerdom.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Crafting a transparent process for championing public art and monuments
Paper Monuments asks what you think should replace Confederate statues.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
35 Days: My candidate for mayor lost — but New Orleans won big
Reflections on a history-making election