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Behind The Lens episode 104: ‘Indefinitely and perpetually’

Posted November 6, 202000:40:35

A wrap on Tuesday's local elections. (Those have actually ended.) And the Wisner Trust is back in the news again.

Behind The Lens episode 103: ‘Safeguarded and removed as far as humanly possible from any form of political influence’

Posted October 23, 202000:29:56

The OPSB elections. Civil Service and the Mayor's Office. And more material witness warrants connected to a DA candidate.

Behind The Lens episode 102: God save the state and this honorable court

Posted October 16, 202000:30:47

Material witness warrants and DA candidates. Sidney Torres and Civil District Court. And the possible end of a five-year-old consent decree over the...

Behind The Lens episode 101: Dual reporting

Posted October 9, 202000:36:57

A critical report on special education at a New Orleans charter school. Furloughs for thousands of city employees. An ordinance that could limit city...

Behind The Lens episode 100: Don’t worry, it’s not a clip show

Posted September 25, 202000:32:46

A new COVID spike at the jail. Laura evacuees arrested in New Orleans. NOLA Public Schools fights subpoena in Kennedy suit. And a rental assistance...