The themes of what could be a tough election in 2020 may have already started to emerge. Councilman Jason Williams has criticized DA Cannizzaro’s hardball tactics. Cannizzaro has taken on a tough-on-crime message.
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Ordinance would require exterior monitoring of delinquent bars. […]
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That could delay the ruling in a lawsuit filed by opponents of the plant.
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Lack of reliable information makes it difficult to check compliance with law requiring transparency. […]
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The arrows point to blood cells damaged by lead poisoning. After witnessing the collective outrage over a belated water advisory, I’ve changed my mind. I no longer believe lead-poisoned children should bleed from their eyeballs. Let me explain. On Monday the Sewerage and Water Board announced that a brief power outage had caused water pressure […]
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By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | The last thing Treme resident Stephen Kennedy expected was to be handcuffed by the police in his own back yard. But that’s exactly what happened as he built a fence along the property line separating his home from an oversized pool house that developer Tracy Williams was […]
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By Brad Vogel, The Lens contributing opinion writer | I didn’t expect to, but I actually broke into applause last Thursday at the city’s BlightStat meeting. Toward the end of the meeting, Jeff Hebert, the city’s Director of Blight Policy and Neighborhood Revitalization, casually mentioned that the city would no longer be pushing blighted properties […]
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By Beth Galante, The Lens contributing opinion writer | New Orleans is working to reduce the energy consumption of our city’s households, and city officials want your help to determine how interested homeowners are in a loan program to improve energy and water efficiency. The Office of Environmental Affairs has received a $220,000 Recovery Act […]
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How New Orleans can generate revenue and support small businesses through a city-owned centralized payment-processing system […]
Budget hearings: Orleans Parish DA’s office, but not the Sheriff’s Office. A ‘smart cities’ proposal draws some privacy concerns. Renaming Lusher Charter School. And school agencies want out of a long-running consent decree. […]
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