Persistent outages plaguing Grand Gulf nuclear plant are adding millions to the bills of New Orleans customers
Entergy’s Grand Gulf Nuclear Station in Port Gibson, Mississippi is enormous. | Read more|
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Mental Illness Behind Bars: The hard lessons of Orleans Parish
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Behind The Lens episode 58: ‘We ended up with a partial rollback’
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City Council passes budget, lowers property tax rates for 2020
The New Orleans City Council approved the the 2020 budget and slightly lowered the city’s overall property tax rate at its Thursday meeting. | Read more|
Facing closure or takeover, Coghill’s special education warning extended
The NOLA Public Schools district informed Mary D. Coghill Charter School staff this week that the school remains under scrutiny over its special education services. | Read more|
Compare 2019 New Orleans school ratings
The Louisiana Department of Education released its annual school performance scores Wednesday. | Read more|
Behind The Lens episode 55: ‘People are getting up at meetings to talk about how much they’re getting hit by this new assessment’
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Sheriff’s Office budget creates $13 million question mark for the 2020 budget
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman presented his proposed budget to the City Council on Thursday, saying that his general fund allocation would increase by $13 million next year, from $53 million to $66 million. | Read more|
Records show how Cantrell administration officials walked back Airbnb enforcement plans over the past year
All four of the short-term rentals on Ada Phleger’s block in the St. Claude neighborhood either have an expired permit or have had their permit revoked by the city’s Department of Safety and Permits. | Read more|
Behind The Lens episode 54: ‘Targeting Black communities as sites for industrial pollution is environmental racism, and is unacceptable.’
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City Council to consider $1 million fine on Entergy for frequent power outages
After more than two years of investigations, the New Orleans City Council plans to vote on a resolution to fine Entergy New Orleans $1 million for its “inaction and omissions in mitigating” the thousands of power outages the city experiences every year. | Read more|
Behind The Lens episode 53: ‘The ramifications for our business are severe… I’m worried about long term’
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Cantrell proposes compromise on property tax rates in new revenue forecast
New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell’s administration is offering a compromise in the debate over whether to lower property tax rates in response to skyrocketing property assessments throughout the city. | Read more|
David v. Goliath: The October March to save lives in Louisiana’s ‘Death Alley’
David v. Goliath: The October March to save lives in Louisiana’s ‘Death Alley’ | Read more|
Citywide school audit will cover about 5 percent of high school student files
NOLA Public Schools district Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.’s promised citywide audit of high school academic records will cover about 5 percent of high school students, The Lens confirmed Tuesday. | Read more|