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Nov 18, 2024 · Though its score climbed a little, the NOLA Public Schools district received the same grade, a C, from the state of Louisiana for the third year in a row. The state’s A-F letter grades are particularly high-stakes for 12 charters, who could face closure at the end of the school year. Donna’s Law ...
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Oct 28, 2024 · The Lens aims to engage and empower the residents of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. We provide the information and analysis necessary to advocate for more accountable and just governance.
Neighborhoods Watched
Oct 21, 2021 · Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, 2021 “What’s up with these cameras?” That’s what Dee Dee Green remembers thinking the first time she saw one of New Orleans’ police surveillance cameras in 2018, flashing red and blue lights over a community garden she manages in the city’s Hollygrove neighborhood.
Katrina fact-check: Guesstimate of Katrina’s flooding in New …
Jul 20, 2015 · The 17th Street Canal, one of about 50 levee/floodwall breaches in 2005. A high-integrity flood-protection process helps to protect the city from another flood, Jay Lapeyre said.
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Click here to access The Lens’ property transactions tool. Why is The Lens publishing property transactions? We created this tool as part of our ongoing effort to make public records more accessible and to aid reporting and public discussion about land use in New Orleans. Property transfers are public records and are readily available for […]
Cantrell wins second term as mayor - The Lens
Nov 13, 2021 · New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was elected to serve a second term on Saturday, defeating 13 challengers to avoid a runoff next month. The outcome is no surprise.
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Neighborhoods Watched: The Toolbox - The Lens
Oct 21, 2021 · Motorola CommandCentral. The Motorola CommandCentral package is a video/data integration and analytics software suite that includes CommandCentral Aware, CommandCentral Analytics and CommandCentral Predictive.. CommandCentral Aware is the central part of the Motorola software package. It integrates video feeds, 911 data, patrol vehicle GPS information and more onto a single interface for RTCC ...
Monitors anticipate NOPD could be in full compliance with …
Mar 23, 2021 · In their most recent report, federal monitors pointed to NOPD’s response to a June protest, when they used tear gas against protesters as they tried to cross the Crescent City Connection, as evidence that the department still had work to do to get to full compliance with the consent decree.
Angola prisoners ask to end field work in worst heat | The Lens
Jun 18, 2024 · For decades, Angola has forced prisoners to work in fields in extreme heat. Today, they urged a federal judge to halt the practice. Prisoners filed an emergency motion about working in the summer heat, as part of a proposed class-action lawsuit to end the “Farm Line” — forced agricultural labor at the prison, for little or no pay.