A tough first month for the new sheriff. Masks are back at some city school. Contempt charges possible in ‘smart cities’ probe. And an introduction to The Lens’ new environmental reporter.
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Behind The Lens episode 168: ‘We keep peeling back an onion and there’s more layers’
City WiFi project appears to share many of the same conflicts as abandoned ‘smart cities’ deal. A bill to send 17-year-olds to adult jail advances. And more details on the enrollment decline at NOLA Public Schools.
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Behind The Lens episode 166: ‘It seems like no one is interested in getting paid’
Reporter Michael Isaac Stein and host Carolyne Heldman talk about the ‘smart cities’ scandal at City Hall: what’s happened and what’s coming next.
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Behind The Lens episode 165: ‘You are hereby commanded to appear’
OPSB offers incoming superintendent $300K per year. Judge threatens city with contempt of court. And the City Council subpoenas the Cantrell administration.
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Council members considering subpoena to Cantrell admin for details on Gordon Plaza plan
Council members and Gordon Plaza residents both criticized the administration for providing few details of its plan while taking public credit for taking action.
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Behind The Lens episode 164: ‘There’s no magic’
Magic Johnson pitches a ‘smart cities’ deal. A potential end to federal monitoring of special education in New Orleans. And a city panel decides to give much-criticized jail healthcare contractor Wellpath another chance.
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Brandon Jackson, convicted of armed robbery in split-jury vote, granted parole
Jackson was the subject of an investigation by The Lens and Al Jazeera Fault Lines into the ongoing legacy of the state’s split-jury verdict law, years after it was repealed.
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Behind The Lens episode 153: ‘An effort at rebranding’
The final round of charter school renewals. Allegations of contract-fixing for the New Orleans “smart cities” plan. And a reform effort in state prisons has not produced the promised results.
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David Waggonner on New Orleans and the way forward after Ida
An interview with architect David Waggoner, by Marin Pedersen.
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‘No place to go but up’: Entergy critics urge a new look at abandoned plan to sell transmission grid, break up vertical monopoly
Entergy planned to sell its transmission assets a decade ago, a commitment that helped put a federal antitrust investigation to rest. It never happened.