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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Why We Will Never Know Exactly How Many Immigrant Families Were Separated
A new report shows the Trump administration was prepared to separate 26,000 children from their parents, despite knowing it couldn't keep track of them. | Read more|
2 White House Officials Resigned Over Concerns About Frozen Ukraine Aid
Employees of the White House's Office of Management and Budget had failed to receive an answer on why the military assistance was being withheld. | Read more|
Mental Illness Behind Bars: The hard lessons of Orleans Parish
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UT-Austin investigating former procurement official after review finds irregularities
The former assistant vice president is the second University of Texas official to face scrutiny in recent months for allegedly running afoul of the university’s financial processes. He now holds a similar position with Austin ISD. | Read more|
Behind The Lens episode 58: ‘We ended up with a partial rollback’
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'Presidents Are Not Kings': Judge Orders Trump Lawyer Don McGahn To Testify Before Congress
House Democrats subpoenaed McGahn to testify after the Mueller report laid out several instances of the counsel refusing to carry out orders. | Read more|
Michael Bloomberg spends $3 million on Texas TV ads as he rolls out presidential bid
The 60-second spots will air on broadcast television in the Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, Harlingen-Weslaco, Houston and San Antonio markets. | Read more|
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|
South Texas is known for its moderates. A primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar could test that.
Jessica Cisneros, a 26-year-old immigration attorney, is running to unseat Cuellar, one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress. | Read more|
Donald Trump touted Apple manufacturing jobs in Austin on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know.
Trump will be in town to tour a newly expanded Apple manufacturing plant. | Read more|
Read Live Updates From The 5th Democratic Presidential Debate
Ten 2020 presidential hopefuls spar in Atlanta on Wednesday. | 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|
State to take over Houston ISD by replacing school board and superintendent
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath informed Houston ISD of those plans in a letter Wednesday. He also sent letters saying the state would take over Shepherd and Snyder ISDs. | Read more|
Rudy Giuliani Associate Ready To Comply With Impeachment Probe, Lawyer Says
Lev Parnas, the Ukranian-American businessman who helped Giuliani look for information on Joe Biden, would be a critical witness in the impeachment inquiry should he testify. | Read more|
Earthquakes in West Texas have dramatically increased, according to new University of Texas study
Every year West Texas experiences more and more small earthquakes. The study by the University of Texas at Austin documented more than 7,000 starting in 2009. | 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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Austin's homeless residents say Abbott's intervention is a short-term setback without a long-term solution
TxDOT began removing property and debris from under Austin's highways as the number of places Austin ordinances let homeless people camp dwindles. | Read more|
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|
Republicans Push For Whistleblower’s Identity In Impeachment Inquiry
Republicans argue they need to hear from the intelligence official who first raised alarm over Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president to assess their credibility. | 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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Austin ISD sex ed battle could be preview of state-level debate
Austin ISD's contentious board meeting comes months before the State Board of Education revises its curriculum standards on sex education. | Read more|
With a lame-duck speaker, Texas House confronts the work of the interim
For the next 14 months, the powerful committee chairmen who called for House Speaker Dennis Bonnen to step down will be asked to carry out his will for their committees — and every decision the speaker makes will be viewed in the shadow of demise. | Read more|
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|
Justin Trudeau's Liberals Set To Survive Canada's Election, Projections Show
Canadians voted in one of the closest and most contentious election campaigns the country has seen in decades. | Read more|
Bonnen regrets comments about Texas cities and counties — yet also says urban governments have "run amok"
Local leaders felt targeted by state lawmakers even before the release of a secret recording that has imperiled the Texas House speaker's future. Bonnen says he was trying to convey a larger point about those officials and how they treat taxpayers. | Read more|
Top Texas House Republicans say they can no longer support Speaker Dennis Bonnen
In the biggest blow yet to the House leader's political future, five fellow Republicans said they can't back him moving forward. Their statement comes days after the House GOP caucus condemned Bonnen. | Read more|
Behind The Lens episode 53: ‘The ramifications for our business are severe… I’m worried about long term’
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Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara, Some Others Favour Settling Ayodhya Land Dispute: Report
The Supreme Court-appointed mediation panel submitted its report in a sealed cover. | Read more|
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|
State Sen. Pat Fallon decides against primary challenge to Cornyn
The Prosper Republican revealed his decision Thursday, after he previously announced an exploratory committee to consider whether to run against the state's senior U.S. senator. | Read more|