City’s 'Smart City Pilot' proposal would add 90 new public cameras using Entergy funds
The cameras may be used for law enforcement purposes, raising concerns from privacy advocates. […]
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‘Your honor, can I tell the whole story?’ Part 3
A murder in New Orleans, a trial that lasted less than a day, and the lives they entangled for the next three decades. […]
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Mental Illness Behind Bars: The hard lessons of Orleans Parish
The city and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office are implementing short- and long-term plans for housing mentally ill inmates, but critics say jail is no place to treat mental illness. […]
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A Cautionary Tale: The New Orleans Office of Inspector General. Part 1: Fulfilling the mission
Former New Orleans IG Ed Quatrevaux on his eight-year tenure and his office’s successes. […]
Sheriff’s Office budget creates $13 million question mark for the 2020 budget
Also at Thursday’s budget hearing, the Orleans Public Defender’s Office advocated for greater funding, saying their current budget isn’t enough to end a year-long hiring freeze. […]
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In first day of city budget hearings, debate on property tax rates continues
Council members again ask if citywide property tax increases are necessary. […]
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Cantrell releases her 2020 budget proposal, while disagreements over property tax rate continues
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
