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As the New Orleans City Council calls for a study of short-term rentals, here’s what we know so far

The city council has called for a study on the effects of the short-term rental law, which has been in effect for a year. The Lens has mapped each license application and talked to residents in affected areas.
by Charles Maldonado March 23, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Enough! A generation failed by adults is taking to the streets this Saturday

Students march Saturday for gun control
by Louise Olivier March 21, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

City council to drop controversial proposal for surveillance cameras at businesses that sell booze

Opponents said the cameras would’ve infringed on people’s privacy.
by Charles Maldonado March 20, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

After Parkland, no Louisiana legislators have tried to revise law that allows 17-year-olds to possess handguns

Louisiana is one of seven states that allow 17-year-olds to possess handguns. There's no minimum age to possess shotguns or rifles.
by LSU Manship School News Service March 15, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Should Big Brother watch everything you do in the Big Easy? Council defers action yet again

Grassroots fighting a City Hall gone gaga over surveillance.
by Hannah Kreiger-Benson and Mariama Eversley March 7, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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
by Anne Mueller March 2, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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
by C.W. Cannon March 2, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Michael Isaac Stein February 21, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Charles Maldonado February 20, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Michael Isaac Stein February 19, 2018 Updated August 30, 2021

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