New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Thursday presented a proposed $722 million city general fund budget for next year, an increase of $21 million — or 2.8 percent — above this year’s expected $702 million budget. Much of the increase will go to public safety, such as the police and fire departments, as well as […]
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The Lens wins three first-place awards from Press Club of New Orleans
Michael Isaac Stein wins in investigative and government reporting categories. Marta Jewson wins for education reporting.
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Week in Review: 87 Kennedy High School seniors found to be ineligible to graduate — a month after graduation
Plus, a woman takes drastic steps to stop an allegedly illegal short-term rental in her neighborhood. A mysterious surveillance camera in Lakeview. And a new episode of Behind The Lens.
Posted inCriminal Justice
A year later, progress continues on Cantrell program to ID ‘high-risk’ residents, but few details available
Civil rights activists say they’re concerned over lack of transparency and a potential return to ‘predictive policing’ methods.
Posted inInside the News Room
Week in Review: Entergy New Orleans could face $2 million fine over frequent outages
Entergy New Orleans could face $2 million fine over frequent outages The New Orleans City Council’s utility advisers are recommending a $1.5 million to $2 million fine against Entergy New Orleans for failing to adequately maintain the city’s aging electrical distribution system — the poles and wires that run down New Orleans streets to connect […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Rep. Richmond should co-sponsor the Medicare for All Act
In late February, Seattle-area U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, introduced a “Medicare for All” bill in Congress that immediately attracted more than 100 Democratic co-sponsors. The legislation, if passed, would provide comprehensive healthcare coverage — medical, dental, prescriptions, long-term care, mental health, and more — to every resident in the United States, with no copays, premiums, […]
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Week in Review: How and when does the Orleans school district decide to close schools? How should it?
Plus, following this week’s decision to OK a controversial power plant, a look at the relationships — business and political — between some City Council members and Entergy. And more on the Mosaic Fertilizer wastewater situation in St. James Parish.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
The case for cameras: a smart way to regulate nuisance bars and strip clubs
Ordinance would require exterior monitoring of delinquent bars.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Two perspectives on New Orleans at 301: a celebration of resilience, a call for rebellion
A Tulane scholar ponders books by Jason Berry and Clyde Woods.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 10: ‘We’ve been fighting BP for years’
Video of a drug bust leads to renewed questions about the city’s sprawling surveillance network. Producer Tom Wright hears from people who were left ill after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.