A failing wastewater reservoir threatens St. James Parish. The Orleans school district faces a budget shortfall at Harney elementary, and it can’t access federal funds earmarked for the school.
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Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: Council members to offer resolution to repeal Entergy power plant approval
Three New Orleans City Council members will introduce a resolution to “rescind and repeal” the council’s March 2018 approval of Entergy New Orleans’ proposed $211 million power plant in eastern New Orleans.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
How to ‘undesign’ the legacy of racism and redlining that still shapes New Orleans
City Council to act on ordinances that would incentivize affordable housing.
Posted inInside the News Room
The Lens’ Week in Review: Asbestos clean-up at another Orleans Parish school
Asbestos at the Rosenwald school building, another delay in the Entergy astroturfing investigation and a column on the unanimous jury amendment. Plus a new episode of our podcast Behind The Lens.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Restaurants join fight against plastics pollution—but where’s the government support?
New Orleans is missing a chance to market itself as a food mecca committed to sustainability.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Puerto Rico one year later: Will the island be as lucky as we were post-Katrina?
A closer look at the disaster response Trump calls one of FEMA’s best efforts.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Leap to solar in Louisiana requires mandating that utilities use renewables
Forty-two states already back ‘community solar’ — not Louisiana.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Investigations
How Entergy spent $1.3 million to polish its reputation, script support and monitor opposition to its new power plant
We know about the scheme to pay people to show up at meetings to support a new natural gas plant in New Orleans. But that was just a fraction of more than a million dollars the utility spent to burnish Entergy’s reputation, script support and monitor opponents.
Posted inSchools
District could have acted earlier as Cypress Academy neared collapse
The Orleans Parish School Board cast itself as a rescue squad in taking charge of Cypress Academy after the charter school announced, three days before summer vacation, that it would not be reopening in the fall. Some parents and education community leaders are wondering if the school board’s hands-off approach wasn’t the problem from which […]
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
‘Did I sound angry?’ Foe of Sun Yard takes umbrage at architect’s dismissive remarks
Civic participation is hard work that should be respected, not dissed.