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Records show how Cantrell administration officials walked back Airbnb enforcement plans over the past year
Thu Oct 31 2019
All four of the short-term rentals on Ada Phleger’s block in the St. Claude neighborhood either have an expired permit...
Austin ISD sex ed battle could be preview of state-level debate
Wed Oct 30 2019
Austin ISD's contentious board meeting comes months before the State Board of Education revises its curriculum standards on sex education.
Republicans Push For Whistleblower’s Identity In Impeachment Inquiry
Tue Oct 29 2019
Republicans argue they need to hear from the intelligence official who first raised alarm over Trump’s call with the Ukrainian...
Behind The Lens episode 54: ‘Targeting Black communities as sites for industrial pollution is environmental racism, and is unacceptable.’
Fri Oct 25 2019
This week on Behind The Lens:
With a lame-duck speaker, Texas House confronts the work of the interim
Wed Oct 23 2019
For the next 14 months, the powerful committee chairmen who called for House Speaker Dennis Bonnen to step down will...
City Council to consider $1 million fine on Entergy for frequent power outages
Wed Oct 23 2019
After more than two years of investigations, the New Orleans City Council plans to vote on a resolution to fine...
Justin Trudeau's Liberals Set To Survive Canada's Election, Projections Show
Tue Oct 22 2019
Canadians voted in one of the closest and most contentious election campaigns the country has seen in decades.
Top Texas House Republicans say they can no longer support Speaker Dennis Bonnen
Tue Oct 22 2019
In the biggest blow yet to the House leader's political future, five fellow Republicans said they can't back him moving...
Bonnen regrets comments about Texas cities and counties — yet also says urban governments have "run amok"
Mon Oct 21 2019
Local leaders felt targeted by state lawmakers even before the release of a secret recording that has imperiled the Texas...
Behind The Lens episode 53: ‘The ramifications for our business are severe… I’m worried about long term’
Fri Oct 18 2019
This week on Behind the Lens:
Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara, Some Others Favour Settling Ayodhya Land Dispute: Report
Thu Oct 17 2019
The Supreme Court-appointed mediation panel submitted its report in a sealed cover.
Cantrell proposes compromise on property tax rates in new revenue forecast
Thu Oct 17 2019
New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell’s administration is offering a compromise in the debate over whether to lower property tax rates...
David v. Goliath: The October March to save lives in Louisiana’s ‘Death Alley’
Fri Oct 11 2019
David v. Goliath: The October March to save lives in Louisiana’s ‘Death Alley’
Citywide school audit will cover about 5 percent of high school student files
Fri Oct 11 2019
NOLA Public Schools district Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.’s promised citywide audit of high school academic records will cover about 5...
State Sen. Pat Fallon decides against primary challenge to Cornyn
Fri Oct 11 2019
The Prosper Republican revealed his decision Thursday, after he previously announced an exploratory committee to consider whether to run against...
City Planning Commission votes against increasing jail capacity
Wed Oct 09 2019
The New Orleans City Planning Commission voted unanimously on Tuesday to deny a proposal by the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office...
Border Patrol apprehensions dipped last month, but 2019 saw a dramatic increase from 2018
Tue Oct 08 2019
Despite the months-long trend downward, the 2019 fiscal year’s total represents nearly a 90 percent increase from 2018.
Elizabeth Warren hires Texas state director
Mon Oct 07 2019
The Democratic presidential hopeful is the first non-Texan candidate to announce a hire in the state.
Analysis: Texas, the eyes of others are upon you in 2020
Fri Oct 04 2019
There’s a lot going on here. And Texas, accustomed to sitting in the back of the room in presidential election...
Behind The Lens episode 51: ‘The city is responsible for this, not the residents of Gordon Plaza.’
Fri Oct 04 2019
This week on Behind The Lens: