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5 天之前 · School Board seizes $20 million cash settlement, future funding, amid financial crisis. The Orleans Parish School Board settles a years-long lawsuit against the city, to provide …
Neighborhoods Watched
2021年10月21日 · The city only directly owns 555 cameras, which are plotted on the map below. The other 420 live video feeds come through a program called Safecam Platinum, which …
Neighborhoods Watched: The Toolbox - The Lens
2021年10月21日 · The Toolbox. A list of the police surveillance tools at the disposal of the city of New Orleans. Project by Michael Isaac Stein, Caroline Sinders and Winnie Yoe. October 21, …
Schools Archives - The Lens
2024年10月28日 · 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 …
Cantrell wins second term as mayor - The Lens
2021年11月13日 · X. Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaking at a March 15, 2020 press conference regarding the coronavirus crisis. (Michael Isaac Stein/The Lens) New Orleans Mayor LaToya …
Neighborhoods Watched: Safety
2021年10月21日 · Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans’ violent crime and homicide rates have oscillated. Homicides fell to their lowest level in decades in 2019. But in 2020, New …
Katrina fact-check: Guesstimate of Katrina’s flooding in New …
2015年7月20日 · On the morning of Aug. 30, 2005, the day after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, national media reported that New Orleans had been spared the worst of the storm. The …
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The Lens is the New Orleans area’s first nonprofit, nonpartisan public-interest newsroom, dedicated to unique investigative and explanatory journalism. Our mission is to educate, …
Environment Archives - The Lens
2024年11月1日 · As Mississippi River towns experience whiplash between drought and flood, mayors look to new insurance model. by Delaney Dryfoos, The Lens, and Eric Schmid, St. …
Criminal Justice Archives - The Lens
2024年8月16日 · Licensing a troubled juvenile jail. by Nick Chrastil October 1, 2024. A year ago, when Jackson Parish opened its new, unlicensed juvenile jail, kids complained of extended …