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Part 1: The Strange Career of Judge Frank Shea

by Nick Chrastil March 5, 2020 Updated March 11, 2020

The first in a four-part series on the life and career of Criminal District Court Judge Frank Shea. […]

Behind The Lens episode 69: Lines of sight

by Tom Wright February 21, 2020 Updated February 21, 2020

Who’s paying for a 90-camera installation in the CBD? Also, standardized exams are voided at several city schools. And, The Lens wins thousands in attorney’s fees in a public records case. […]

Council advances $58 million funding plan for energy efficiency program

by Michael Isaac Stein February 13, 2020 Updated February 13, 2020

The plan will ad $4 to the average residential customer’s monthly bills, but the City Council, Entergy and advocates all agree that savings will outweigh costs. […]

Affordable Housing Crisis: Next Step? We never took the first step.

by Andreanecia Morris October 23, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Because the people of Louisiana did not support Proposition #4, to give New Orleans the chance to create tax relief programs to address the affordable housing crisis, we must ask the Mayor and City Council to #PutHousingFirst and roll back our millage rates. […]

NOLA Public Schools holding four community meetings on plans for school buildings, district properties

by Marta Jewson September 9, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

District officials will present plans for long-term and surplus property and take input from the public at four meetings over the next two weeks. […]

Merger ends a newspaper war, but the bloodletting may not be over

by Jed Horne May 3, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Absentee owners proved inadequate to the challenge. […]

Week in Review: Fired New Beginnings ‘whistleblower’ asks board to rehire him

by Marta Jewson April 13, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Fired New Beginnings ‘whistleblower’ asks board to rehire him A former New Beginnings Schools Foundation employee who raised a red flag on what he said are suspicious grade changes at John F. Kennedy High School asked for his job back at a special meeting of the charter school network’s governing board Thursday night. Runell King […]

Political connections, contributions helped utility consultants keep lucrative contracts for decades, former council members say

by Michael Isaac Stein March 28, 2019 Updated September 5, 2022

New Orleans City Council members have come and gone over the past three decades. But a group of consultants who help them regulate Entergy, and charge millions per year, have remained remarkably consistent. […]