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Behind The Lens episode 150: ‘I’m the mayor right now’

Posted November 19, 202100:35:06

Last week's election results. City budget hearings wrap up. And alleged special education violations at a Lower 9th Ward charter school.

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Behind The Lens episode 149: ‘I would say that if I was district attorney’

Posted November 12, 202100:38:28

Budget hearings: Orleans Parish DA's office, but not the Sheriff's Office. A 'smart cities' proposal draws some privacy concerns. Renaming Lusher Charter...

Behind The Lens episode 148: ‘Best future use’

Posted November 5, 202100:41:36

The city continues to seek contractors for a plan to turn the Municipal Auditorium into City Hall. Phase III timeline puts FEMA funding at risk. And...

Behind The Lens episode 147: The case-to-quarantine ratio

Posted October 22, 202100:31:06

School quarantines underreported due to data error. Cantrell's plan for tens of millions in federal COVID relief. And an update in the case of Brandon...

Neighborhoods Watched: A discussion with the reporters

Posted October 21, 202100:47:54

Reporters Michael Isaac Stein and Caroline Sinders talk about their five-part series on surveillance in New Orleans.