The Lens settles public-records lawsuit over city of New Orleans’ purchasing database
The Lens will get a database it has sought for more than two years.
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Government & Politics
Let’s put a truly great New Orleanian on the pedestal at Lee Circle
Domino is New Orleans' most important musician since Louis Armstrong.
HuffPost’s Listen to America tour rolls into New Orleans this weekend
The Lens is pleased to be one of HuffPost’s partners. Join us at three events around town.
Pumping problems, hurricane scares play into debate over new Entergy power plant
Without a new power plant, Entergy New Orleans says "New Orleans is at risk of cascading electrical outages or blackouts." Critics say the vast majority of outages in the city are related to power lines, and a new power plant won't solve the problem. They say it would cost less to fix the power lines.
Live coverage: Election results map for New Orleans mayor, city council
See where the two top finishers for mayor got their support. The map also has detailed breakdowns of each city council race.
A stab at immunizing myself against the Trump era’s culture of contempt
Should the NFL fire players who took a kneel?
Cannizzaro receives lashing from city council for fake subpoenas, jailing witnesses and other hardball tactics
The district attorney wants the city to restore $600,000 cut from his budget.
Bipartisan group backs carbon fee as key to moderating climate disruption
Not all Louisiana Republicans are climate-change deniers.
The Lens wants to teach you how to find public records related to elections
Mark your calendar for Sept. 20. It's the first of four workshops in the coming months.
Mayoral candidate LaToya Cantrell has paid off her federal income tax debt of $30,000
She has blamed it on a bank error.
