The New Orleans City Planning Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to deny a proposal by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office that would increase the capacity of the New Orleans jail above the longstanding cap of 1,438 beds and pave the way for a new jail building, known as Phase III, that would add 89 new beds and | Read more|
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Independent monitors overseeing the Louisiana Department of Education’s work under a federal consent judgment have identified a series of mistakes — ranging from calculation errors to what appears to be sloppy record-keeping — that led the state to monitor the wrong New Orleans schools for special education servi | Read more|
New Orleans City Council members on Thursday criticized the ongoing practice of detaining juveniles at the city’s adult lockup, saying it goes against city ordinances designating the Juvenile Justice Intervention Center — formerly the Youth Study Center — as the appropriate facility for juveniles, including those | Read more|
‘I feel like I was robbed’: Kennedy HS graduate questions his class ranking as school recalculates GPAs | Read more|
India bans use of "last hope" antibiotic on farms | Read more|
Behind The Lens episode 40: ‘You don’t know exactly what you’re gonna get until it gets here’ | Read more|
Entergy’s emissions reduction goals would yield higher emissions than it produced in 2017 | Read more|
ICE suspends immigration enforcement in Southern Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast, spokesman says | Read more|
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Editor’s note: Longtime Lens Opinion Editor Jed Horne is retiring this month and handing off his duties to Jessica Rosgaard, host and producer of Behind The Lens. Before he leaves, Lens staffers decided to offer our own opinions on Jed. | Read more|