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Posted inSchools
Lycée Français forked over $408k after error during last renovation
Given that mistake, parents question whether the school is financially ready to repair McDonogh 15 in the French Quarter.
Posted inCriminal Justice
As summer nears, Angola Farm Line workers again demand more protections against heat
Since prisoners challenged conditions on the Farm Line, state officials have implemented policies making them even worse, lawyers contend.
Posted inOperating Capital - Executions in Louisiana
Dark Resurrection
Prisoners come to terms with the return of capital punishment in Louisiana.
Posted inSchools
State, school district ask judge to end federal scrutiny of New Orleans special education
State and district school officials argue that they’ve complied with a 2015 federal civil-rights judgment. But lawyers representing students who still aren’t getting adequate special ed services say that school officials may be complying with the letter of the law, but not the spirit of it.
Posted inSchools
City Council poised to send $10 million to schools, Cantrell could veto
Council members say they feel beholden to the November agreement that they’d forged with the school board. And though the mayor backed out of the proposal, citing a tight city budget, council members see no worrisome shortfalls ahead, they say.
Posted inLens Carnival Edition
Big boots to fill
Anthony Hingle Jr. didn’t touch beads or feathers for 32 years. Now he’s back in town, continuing the work of his father, Flagboy Meathead, a legend among Black Masking Indians.
Posted inOperating Capital - Executions in Louisiana
Explaining Jessie Hoffman
People still say, ‘That’s not the Jessie I knew.’ But most didn’t know what he endured at home – and that’s likely what drove him on that day, psychiatrists say.
Posted inOperating Capital - Executions in Louisiana
The doctor defending Louisiana’s controversial execution method
Dr. Joseph Antognini travels across the nation, being paid over $500 an hour by government officials who rely on him to vouch for their execution protocols.
Posted inEnvironment
Despite spotty track record, Venture Global to become picture of new federal “energy dominance”
During a visit to Venture Global’s liquified natural gas plant in Port Sulphur, Gov. Jeff Landry and two members of President Trump’s cabinet told workers that securing U.S. energy dominance would build prosperity and world peace. Critics say that LNG is heading toward a glut, which will prompt prices to drop, leaving communities with little but the pollution left behind.