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  • Jindal signs bill that puts fate of Canal Street ferry service in RTA’s hands
    1 hour ago

    Service likely to be cut to a mere 20 hours a week without major infusion of cash.

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  • Lake Forest projects conservative $4.3 million budget in 2013-14
    3 hours ago

    A hearing on the budget draft is scheduled Wednesday at noon. The plan shared with The Lens does not include…

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  • One-third of staff in four Capital One-New Beginnings schools won’t return in 2013-14
    3 hours ago

    Some employees were not offered contract renewals and others resigned. Either way, board members are unsettled by the attrition.

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  • NORA offers Road Home properties to businesses, churches under little-known program
    4 hours ago

    Three years ago, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority created a program called Near Miss, which opened the door for non-residential…

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  • Crescent Leadership Academy changes meeting time to Thursday
    20 hours ago

    The meeting is expected to take place at 4:30 p.m. at the school, 4300 Almonaster Ave. in New Orleans.

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  • Lagniappe CEO predicts school will jump from an F to a B due to improved scores
    1 days ago

    State-issued performance scores have yet to be released, but leaders announced a preliminary score of 85 — a B.

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  • Ben Franklin board approves $7.5 million budget
    1 days ago

    Hurricane Katrina-related repairs are still not complete, principal reports. Funding for the projects has been reduced from $2.4 million to…

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  • Lake Forest plans Wednesday hearing on $4.3 million budget proposal
    1 days ago

    The meeting is scheduled for noon at the school. Public comment is welcome.

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  • Bricolage Academy to open to 75 kindergarteners and $1.4 million budget
    1 days ago

    Founder Josh Densen says he created the school after contemplating where he wanted to send his own children.

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  • Lycée narrows interim CEO candidates to two
    1 days ago

    Following outdoor meeting, committee asks educators Keith Bartlett and Joseph Daschbach to complete a project that they will present to…

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  • Audubon Charter’s move to McDonogh 7 is on hold due to lead paint concerns
    1 days ago

    Lead paint removal at Milan Street building will take 10 weeks and cost $30,000, Orleans Parish School Board official says.

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  • Warren Easton plans Wednesday public hearing on $8.3 million budget
    1 days ago

    The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. at the school, 3019 Canal St.

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  • Einstein board authorizes school to spend $150,000 on supplies at Intercultural site
    4 days ago

    Intercultural, which Einstein leaders are now calling "Einstein Extension," had little inventory of its own, Einstein CEO Shawn Toranto says.

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  • New Orleans must hold leaders accountable for violence prevention programs
    4 days ago

    The young man accused of shooting second-liners on Mother's Day "is all our young men. He’s us."

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  • Quorum should be easier for Lycée committee following member’s resignation
    4 days ago

    Carol Asher submitted her resignation Thursday, one day after the committee met without a quorum present twice in 24 hours.

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  • Could the Algiers-Canal ferry become New Orleans’ newest party boat?
    5 days ago

    About $440 raised so far; $2,999,500 million to go.

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  • Landrieu and Jindal: political opposites likely to be judged together
    5 days ago

    If the promised boom comes true, both politicians will benefit. And if not ...

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  • Lycée charter school pays attorneys thousands to deal with public records requests
    5 days ago

    In January alone, Adams and Reese law firm billed the school $8,440 for its work "reviewing," "analyzing" and "responding to"…

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  • Stacy Head proposes tapping new hotel surcharge to pay for NOPD consent decree
    6 days ago

    The Lens will live-blog Thursday's meeting to pick a court monitor.

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  • Lycée committee interviews three interim CEO candidates in meetings held without quorum
    6 days ago

    Committee members said they knew they were voting to enter executive session without a quorum of the board, which the…

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  • New Orleans College Prep CEO predicts schools will maintain D and F grades despite some gain
    6 days ago

    Also, NOCP's board last week agreed to give CEO Ben Kleban a new 2-year $143,000 contract.

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  • Most students leaving from RSD’s 4 closed, failing schools are headed to other substandard schools
    7 days ago

    Four failing schools will not reopen next year. In most cases, those students will be at other substandard schools.

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  • Court ruling on per-pupil state allocation boosts Hynes’ budget for the coming year
    7 days ago

    Biggest single increase goes to salaries, with additional funds for benefits.

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  • Revised ISL budget proposal calls for $45,000 surplus instead of $700,000 deficit
    7 days ago

    CEO says the first draft represented a "pie in the sky" spending, but that the latest version is more conservative…

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  • Crescent Leadership Academy board plans to take up budget on June 18
    7 days ago

    School leaders also said they are developing a two-year strategy plan.

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  • New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy should get a B grade in the fall, principal says
    7 days ago

    Also, construction at the school's new Federal City campus is expected to be complete in December, leader says.

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  • Lycée board approves 19-day plan to find an interim CEO
    7 days ago

    Lycee's search committee quickly scheduled four candidate interviews this week, the first to happen at 7:30 p.m. today.

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  • Lacking jail budget documents, judge delays consent decree hearing
    8 days ago

    Monday's hearing was supposed to be the first step to determine who would pay for jail reforms.

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  • Hynes’ $5.7 million budget anticipates slight enrollment growth in 2013-14
    8 days ago

    Hynes leaders plan a 4 p.m. public hearing today at the school.

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  • Wilson charter holds summer remediation following release of test scores
    8 days ago

    It's going to take more work to meet new Common Core standards, leader says.

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  • Adjudication of non-blight code violations resumes after unexplained year-long hiatus
    11 days ago

    Illegally paved yards, short-term rentals and demolition by neglect draw One Stop Shop scrutiny; Spotted Cat gets go-ahead.

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  • Live blog Monday: Gusman’s budget under scrutiny at OPP consent decree hearing
    11 days ago

    Now that a judge has ruled that jail conditions are unconstitutional, the question is how to pay for it.

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  • New Beginnings school board stifles public comment prior to lengthy executive session
    11 days ago

    "We can’t have the public participate in the board meeting," board president tells a frustrated onlooker.

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  • Einstein principal Toranto receives vote of confidence from charter school board
    11 days ago

    Board president Ryan Bennett cited “consistent growth in student achievement and school performance scores” under Toranto's leadership.

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  • Fiscal Hawks flew high in legislative session now ended, defying Jindal
    12 days ago

    Outflanking the governor from the right, the Hawks took aim at budgetary gimmicks.

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  • City’s code-enforcement court to meet for first time in a year
    12 days ago

    The city's focus on blight means no hearings have been held to deal with code violations such as illegal short-term…

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  • Hynes to hold hearing on $5.7 million budget Monday
    12 days ago

    The hearing is planned for 4 p.m. at the school.

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  • NOLA for Life grants paying for CD production, field trips and concerts
    12 days ago

    One group hopes to offer European travel; links to violence prevention appear tenuous.

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  • Lusher expects to dip into reserves to cover expenses in 2013-14 school year
    12 days ago

    But a Louisiana Supreme Court decision on school vouchers funding means the school could take a smaller hit than first…

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  • Lusher expects $260 more per student following court’s decision on voucher funding
    12 days ago

    The extra money means the school will not have to dip as far into its reserves as originally planned for…

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  • Who’s really writing Jindal’s tax policy? A man who thinks World War II vets are un-American
    12 days ago

    Jindal is one of several Louisiana pols dancing to Norquist's strange tune.

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  • Leaders say testing gains will qualify F-rated McDonogh #32 and Fischer for charter renewals
    13 days ago

    Both schools needed to see at least a 10 point increase to their school performance score.

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  • NOLA for Life grantee fails to live up to promises of building publicly-financed community center
    13 days ago

    Several years ago, The Family Center of Hope received more than $2 million in federal funds to build a community…

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  • International School of Louisiana seeks public input on $16 million budget
    13 days ago

    The proposal includes an expected deficit of nearly $700,000, according to the budget draft. Meeting is set for 5:30 p.m.…

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  • New Beginnings calls special meeting; discussion of two top administrators planned
    13 days ago

    The meeting comes two weeks after a committee abruptly adjourned when one administrator asked the board to discuss her employment…

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  • State must reveal details of death-penalty practices, federal magistrate rules
    13 days ago

    Corrections officials argued unsuccessfully that release of the information would jeopardize security.

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  • After failed attempt to hire a permanent leader, Lycée committee recommends finding another interim CEO
    13 days ago

    Leaders form a plan to interview interim CEO possibilities by June 22.

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  • Future Is Now board discusses handover of Cohen High over to Recovery School District
    13 days ago

    Some community members said they're disappointed that Cohen students must deal with yet another transition.

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  • Federal appeals judge in New Orleans faces judicial complaint over racial bias
    14 days ago

    5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Edith Jones is accused of saying that African-Americans and Hispanics are "predisposed to…

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  • John McDonogh High braces for cuts in 2013-14 budget proposal
    14 days ago

    The Future Is Now Schools, Inc., preliminary budget shows about $3.9 million in projected revenues, down from $4.7 million. A…

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  • Success Prep readjusts to one leader after news of co-founder’s departure
    14 days ago

    Board also receives concerning out-of-school suspension data.

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  • Recreation Commission changes summer programs to deal with $700,000 cut in federal funding
    15 days ago

    Pools will be open only in June and July. A plan to cut back on security guards didn’t work out.

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  • Major expansion of Convention Center clears Senate, nears final approval
    15 days ago

    Bill allows private development, with an eye toward upriver hotel and condos.

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  • Lycee leaders to discuss nine more names for CEO slot
    15 days ago

    The latest round of names include the interim CEO and two past applicants. The other names came from conversations with…

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  • Franklin board tackles budgeting uncertainty, fundraising and enrollment concerns during retreat
    15 days ago

    The school this year received $600,000 in contributions, up from $418,000. Most of the increase came from corporate donors. Board…

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  • Sophie B. Wright plans U-Haul move to West Carrollton
    15 days ago

    The school is set to temporarily relocate for two years while extensive repairs and renovations are made to their Napoleon…

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  • Live blog: Louisiana Senate debates 2014 budget, 9 a.m. Saturday
    18 days ago

    Will Senate President John Alario be able to satisfy Gov. Bobby Jindal without alienating too many Fiscal Hawks?

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  • Crocker’s board pays tribute to past as charter school closes its doors for good
    18 days ago

    In December, the state denied the failing school a charter renewal. Leadership has since been transitioning to New Orleans College…

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  • John Mac board changes Tuesday meeting to accomodate advisory board concerns
    18 days ago

    One of the most pressing issues on the agenda is whether the board plans to drop Walter L. Cohen High…

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  • Fifth-grade test scores could hurt Singleton’s academic standing, principal warns
    18 days ago

    Eleven Singleton teachers will not return in the fall, principal says.

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  • McDonogh City Park $4.2 million budget predicts slight enrollment dip
    18 days ago

    The charter school board plans to vote on the final 2013-14 budget at its next regular meeting June 18.

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  • ISL forms committee to tackle community concerns about modular classrooms at Camp Street campus
    18 days ago

    Board member John Wettermark will chair the committee, which will seek input from staff, parents and neighborhood residents.

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  • Intercultural’s final board meeting caps school ‘celebration’ as Einstein Charter moves in
    18 days ago

    The F school is being taken over by Einstein Charter School after the state declined to renew its charter due…

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  • Closure of unneeded, failing schools causes disruption for students and teachers
    19 days ago

    Critics say starting over is hard on students who are already struggling; accountability advocates say it's better than letting them…

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  • Delgado, other community and tech colleges get $250 million for buildings
    19 days ago

    Though Legislature approved the money Thursday, projects won't start until 2015.

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  • Even a chain restaurant like proposed Habana Outpost creates commerce
    19 days ago

    What if a Pizza Hut went up at that abandoned gas station in the Quarter?

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  • Landry supporters speak out against Walker merger at BESE meeting
    19 days ago

    Landry supporters claim that merging the schools will incite violence among students.

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  • ‘Fair’ no longer boosts performance scores; Common Core topics creep into state tests
    20 days ago

    An added worry: Voucher program could reduce overall funding for public schools.

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  • Hearing on $8.1 million Einstein budget draws no public input
    20 days ago

    The board waited for 45 minutes to take public comment and with no members of the public on hand, it…

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  • Lycee board regroups following CEO candidate rejection, appoints new member to head search
    20 days ago

    Erin Greenwald will lead the school's CEO search committee and said she will develop a plan within 10 days. Its…

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  • ARISE charter school to purchase its own bus fleet
    20 days ago

    The used buses could cost between $15,000 and $25,000 including maintenance and bus driver salaries, but officials predict savings of…

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  • Tax credit change favored by film industry could cause $22 million budget hole
    21 days ago

    By changing which projects are affected, the bill would not raise more money next year, according to the Legislative Fiscal…

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  • Nagin’s wisdom now for hire on the speaking circuit
    1140 days ago

    From the website of Keppler’s Speakers, a Washingon-area speakers bureau: Why you should host leadership speaker Mayor Ray Nagin: *…

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  • Not a news flash: Most of Quarter near a T-shirt shop
    988 days ago

    The City Planning Commission released this map showing the locations of the licensed T-shirt or souvenir shops in or near…

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  • Jail working group avoids primary topic of ultimate New Orleans jail complex size
    797 days ago

    By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s jail advisory working group is moving slower than expected,…

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  • Nagin’s wisdom now for hire on the speaking circuit
    1140 days ago

    From the website of Keppler’s Speakers, a Washingon-area speakers bureau: Why you should host leadership speaker Mayor Ray Nagin: *…

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  • Not a news flash: Most of Quarter near a T-shirt shop
    988 days ago

    The City Planning Commission released this map showing the locations of the licensed T-shirt or souvenir shops in or near…

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  • Troy Henry at Enron
    1244 days ago

    Mayoral hopeful Troy Henry has stressed his executive experience to differentiate himself from his rivals. Indeed, Troy Henry has spent…

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  • Like Zulu, nightclub developer may get loan from city
    1181 days ago

    The oversized check Mayor Ray Nagin handed Zulu on Lundi Gras may have sparked noisy debate, but a far less…

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  • “Credibility” is not just a BS political hurdle
    1208 days ago

    In the wake of the most disturbing police coverup conspiracy I’ve ever seen, I questioned whether a local candidate for…

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  • Drivers rejoice: FEMA and city find a way to start fixing neighborhood streets damaged by Katrina floodwaters
    663 days ago

    By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | Six years and two mayoral elections after floodwaters walloped New Orleans, the city is…

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  • State budget cuts leading LSU faculty members form union
    970 days ago

    By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer In light of layoffs due to massive budget cuts within Louisiana’s public-funded university…

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  • Mysterious “recovery board” made key decision on project
    1177 days ago

    For all who were wondering who made up the “recovery board” that decided to pull the plug on a contract…

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  • City gets reprieve to spend balance of grant money
    1110 days ago

    After sitting on most of a half-million-dollar grant for nearly two years, the city of New Orleans has convinced the…

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  • Katrina shorthand fatigue
    1035 days ago

    It’s a shame Ray Lang stopped blogging at On Levee Failures & A Weather Event. Ray’s posts were a recurring…

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  • New Beginnings chief operating officer takes Department of Ed. job
    369 days ago

    Stephen Osborn An executive staffer with one of New Orleans’ largest charter school networks has accepted a position with the…

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  • Taxpayers donate property for homeless only to see it stagnate
    1196 days ago

    This Chippewa Street property that was donated to Galilee Housing sits still boarded up more than three years after the…

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  • Catch Rising Tide VI on webcast
    661 days ago

    Rising Tide, the annual conference for New Orleans bloggers and others interested in the not-so-new-anymore media takes place Saturday. If…

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  • The Small Print
    1096 days ago

    We scan The Times-Picayune’s legal ads so you don’t have to. Here’s a look at some selected items from the…

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  • He blew like a warm summer’s eve, but should we have preserved his home?
    879 days ago

    By Mark Moseley, The Lens staff writer On Jan. 7, we learned the City of New Orleans tore down the…

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  • Without bolder action on spill, greatness to slip from America
    1112 days ago

    For the second time in five years, an incredulous nation watches the New Orleans region deal with an out-of-control, man-made…

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  • Warren Easton board shuts public out of another meeting
    221 days ago

    The Warren Easton board of directors appears to have violated public meetings law at its October meeting, again revealing its…

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  • Shaking an angry fist at the Monkeyfister
    1119 days ago

    The end is near, or at least that’s what the blogger Monkeyfister would have you believe, based on his marathon…

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  • Sheriff building 400 more jail beds before working group meets
    994 days ago

    Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman has started work on buildings for 400 new temporary jail beds even before the city’s…

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  • Farewell Lens and, soon, farewell New Orleans
    1131 days ago

    I recently finalized plans to leave New Orleans to continue my education. I will be attending the School of International…

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  • Blame it on the porn
    1118 days ago

    As we remain cautiously optimistic about the progress of the top kill operation to stop the Macondo oil gusher, I…

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  • HRI and C.J. Peete developer chosen for Iberville work
    993 days ago

    The Housing Authority of New Orleans today selected a proposed partnership between prominent local developer and a national company to…

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  • New evidence should mean new trial, says man convicted in 2006 Central City masscre
    1208 days ago

    Before sunrise on June 17, 2006, five young New Orleanians were gunned down in an SUV at Josephine and Danneel…

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  • Theft from school may cost school its independence
    1117 days ago

    The embezzlement of hundreds of thousands of dollars from an independent New Orleans public school could jeopardize its lone-wolf status.…

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  • Enjoy the new smooth roads while they last
    1230 days ago

    A South Carrollton Avenue sidewalk graffiti artist keeps it short and simple. Despite the usual grumbles about orange cones, plus…

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  • Strip mall that won taxpayer money faces code problems
    1201 days ago

    In January, The Lens reported on taxpayer money collected by DKM Acquisitions and Properties for economic development. At the time,…

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  • The Small Print
    1110 days ago

    We scan the legal ads so you don’t have to Bayou’s getting wasted The state Office of Environmental Services is…

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  • City Council may scavenge money from separate boards
    967 days ago

    By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer Seated on the elevated dais at City Council chambers today, Councilwoman Stacy Head…

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  • Have you filed a claim with BP?
    1052 days ago

    In the 15 weeks since BP’s gross negligence killed 11 people and put tens of thousands out of work, more…

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  • Decrepit strip mall financed by taxpayer money avoids wrecking ball — for now
    1188 days ago

    The Lake Terrace Shopping Center has found its way back before city officials again. When The Lens and our partners…

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  • Are we still waiting for Superman to corrupt our kids and culture?
    855 days ago

    By Mark Moseley, The Lens opinion writer | Recent events have only confirmed the fears I expressed in my first…

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  • Barton’s not the only one using “shakedown” language
    1096 days ago

    U.S. Rep. Joe Barton’s fellow Republicans quickly forced him to apologize for his “shakedown” remark and to retract his apology…

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  • Copter man wants to add aviation school beside contested Gert Town helipad
    845 days ago

    By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Jonas Johnson has a vision for Gert Town’s Zion City neighborhood. Seeking…

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  • Most consequential race flying under radar
    1236 days ago

    While the mayoral campaign grabs most of the headlines, the result of the first election for the new unified tax…

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  • Landrieu letting sun shine on city contracting process
    1111 days ago

    Mayor Mitch Landrieu today announced a series of “sweeping reforms” to city contracting designed to bring a new level of…

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  • What’s in a blowout’s name?
    1097 days ago

    The May 1980 issue of Popular Mechanics discusses what at that time was the world’s worst oil spill – the…

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  • Temporary beds will expand jail population after all
    973 days ago

    By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer Sheriff Marlin Gusman said Tuesday that his 400 new temporary jail beds will…

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  • Filled-in canal jacks up cost of planned Loyola Avenue streetcar extension
    692 days ago

    The planned streetcar line runs along Loyola Avenue from the Union Passenger Terminal to Canal Street. By Ariella Cohen, The Lens…

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  • Gulf oil spill: Too big to stop- or even watch on a live feed
    1123 days ago

    Hundreds of thousands of people from across the world are logging on to see live video of oil gushing from…

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  • Tough times for Tom Arnold
    1231 days ago

    At qualifying, District C City Council candidate Tom Arnold was viewed as a significant contender. As the incumbent tax assessor…

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  • Five years after Katrina, the return of disaster capitalism?
    1121 days ago

    One month after news of a giant Gulf Coast oil spill began making headlines across the country, aid organizations worry…

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  • Come to the Anadaroko side: We might have liability limits
    1103 days ago

    BP’s U.S. stock price plunged over 16 percent Wednesday, before partially recovering. CNBC commentator Jim Cramer was “mesmerized” by the…

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  • City begins “BlightStat”
    957 days ago

    By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer The city inaugurated a blight-tracking program today, bringing together several city departments to…

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  • Untitled
    1121 days ago

    Headed down La. 39 on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish, a few miles down after the Belle Chasse Ferry,…

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  • Baby you can drive my campaign (beep beep, yeah)
    1119 days ago

    I’m Mark Moseley, and for past six years I’ve used the pen name “oyster” at my blog, Your Right Hand…

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  • Direct AeroMexico flights from New Orleans to Mexico City have been cancelled
    1089 days ago

    A year after AeroMexico teamed up with local business and civic leaders to trumpet the return of direct flights from…

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  • City is $8 million behind in payments to contractor MWH
    1159 days ago

    The city is seven months — and $8 million dollars — behind on payments to the company managing most of…

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  • Who dat say they’d pay mo’ for a cool driver’s license?
    1096 days ago

    Legislative watchdog C.B Forgotston expects Gov. Bobby Jindal to veto a bill that repeals the fee increase on driver’s licenses,…

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  • Landrieu abandons Nagin plan
    1075 days ago

    Call it the off-target plan. Mayor Mitch Landrieu is moving away from predecessor Ray Nagin’s recovery strategy of pushing projects…

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  • One voice: A man-in-the-office-building survey on the mayoral election
    1239 days ago

    Mitch Landrieu wants Brentin Mock to vote for him. That was the message Lens reporter Mock got this morning from…

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  • ‘Misplaced’ videotape matches defense narrative
    1203 days ago

    This week, I took in the sights and sounds at convicted killer Michael Anderson’s motion for a new trial. Anderson…

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  • Scenes of frustration
    1120 days ago

    Though St. Bernard Parish officials organized a community meeting Monday night, parish President Craig Taffaro quickly stepped out of the…

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  • City running months behind in paying architects
    1222 days ago

    If you build it, they will pay. Or so the architects thought. Government is fondly seen by architects as a…

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  • Will Gressett upset it?
    1233 days ago

    In the comments section of this post Richard notes: Interesting in that Andrew Gressett played the hidden doctor in the…

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  • Congressman Cao still a ‘no,’ vote hinges on abortion flap
    1189 days ago

    In November, U.S. Rep. Ahn “Joseph” Cao, who represents most of New Orleans, bucked his party and was the lone…

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