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Mar 7, 2025 · Despite spotty track record, Venture Global to become picture of new federal “energy dominance” During a visit to Venture Global’s liquified natural gas plant in Port …
Louisiana AG sues feds to undo longstanding disability protections
Oct 28, 2024 · In an unprecedented challenge that could erase critical protections for people with disabilities, including students in public schools, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is suing …
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6 days ago · “I remember feeling a flush of anger that the State of Louisiana was giving Bordelon what he wanted, relief from his guilt,” writes the author, who visited Angola with a film crew in …
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5 days ago · 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 …
Formosa Plastics returns to fight again - The Lens
Aug 19, 2024 · In July, the EPA proposed changing its listing of a key plastics ingredient, vinyl chloride, to a “high-priority chemical” under the Toxic Substances Control Act.. Vinyl chloride – …
Compare 2024 school performance scores for New Orleans charters
Nov 20, 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 …
The Lens Carnival Edition 2025
5 days ago · The inequities of the recovery from Katrina have long been an uncomfortable local — and national — conversation. Two almost identical houses in the Lower 9 illustrate how …
Redemption and the Ultimate Punishment | The Lens
6 days ago · "I remember feeling a flush of anger that the State of Louisiana was giving Bordelon what he wanted, relief from his guilt," writes the author, who visited Angola with a film crew in …
Losing a community pillar | The Lens
Jan 28, 2025 · I met Pableaux in the late 1990s. Though we both lived in New Orleans, we met at a Southern Foodways symposium in Oxford, Ms. He was a food writer then and a few years …
School Board seizes $20 million cash settlement, future funding, …
Nov 18, 2024 · Securing Harrah’s Funding for Orleans schools and services to school kids. The City Council had set aside $8 million last year, to deal with the lawsuit, but in light of the …