35 Days: My candidate for mayor lost — but New Orleans won big
Reflections on a history-making election
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Government & Politics
See which neighborhoods LaToya Cantrell captured in her mayoral victory
Our election results map is accompanied by analysis and commentary. We tracked the mayoral and two City Council runoffs.
How to squeeze payback politics out of city contracts for professional services
Tulane public interest lawyer would engage college presidents in selection process.
The Big Sleazy: Let’s make sure our next mayor doesn’t suit up for ‘pay-to-play’ contracting games
The bad old days could be right around the corner.
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.
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?
