Neighborhoods Watched
WEBOct 21, 2021 · 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 allows private residents and businesses to hook up their cameras to the city system. This is a map of 48 participating Safecam Platinum businesses.
‘Do I even qualify?’: Deadline looms for $500 FEMA aid following Ida
WEBSep 21, 2021 · After Ida, FEMA rolled out its Critical Needs Assistance program, offering a one-time $500 payment per household intended to cover food, water, prescriptions, medical supplies and other life-saving and life-sustaining items, agency spokesperson Robert Howard told The Lens and Southerly in an email. The financial need following the …
No longer ‘half slave, half free’ - The Lens
WEBAug 23, 2024 · No longer ‘half slave, half free’. Supposedly, the Civil War dismantled the politics that pitted “slave states” against “free states.”. And yet the effect of the punishment-exception clause in the Thirteenth Amendment was to not only sanction the preservation of slavery and involuntary servitude, but also to extend it nationwide.
To bring insurance companies back to Louisiana, some suggest …
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Three years after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southern Louisiana, many homeowners are still struggling to afford the cost to insure their homes. Since Ida, rates for customers of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-run insurer of last resort, have increased by 164% on average ...
NOLA Public Schools centralized admissions process - The Lens
WEBOct 29, 2021 · NOLA Public Schools’ centralized school enrollment lottery, until recently called OneApp, is scheduled to launch on Monday and for the first time it will include three of the city’s most highly regarded schools.
Cantrell wins second term as mayor - The Lens
WEBNov 13, 2021 · 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 Cantrell was elected to serve a second term on Saturday, defeating 13 challengers to avoid a runoff next month. The outcome is no …
Candidates for Orleans sheriff face off in forum - The Lens
WEBby Nick Chrastil August 10, 2021. X. Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman. (Charles Maldonado/The Lens) Four candidates running for Orleans Parish sheriff in the fall election — including incumbent Marlin Gusman, who has held the office since 2004 — faced off at a virtual forum on Monday evening where they laid out their visions for the ...
How to understand School Performance Scores and grades
WEBHere’s a breakdown of how scores are calculated, by grade level: K-6 schools. Student test scores (100%) K-8, 7-8 schools. Student test scores (95%), number of students who get enough credits to prepare them for high school by …
Divergent rulings on how to treat old split-jury verdicts could …
WEBNov 11, 2021 · The Advocate series also showed how that legacy appeared to manifest in the modern day. Black defendants, they found, were still more likely to be convicted by a non-unanimous jury than white defendants, and Black jurors were more likely to cast dissenting votes in jury trials.
Angola prisoners ask to end field work in worst heat
WEBJun 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.