April 2022 FOR THE RECORD Every 10 years, Orleans Parish is redistricted following the release of federal census data. As The Lens explains, “the city charter requires the council to create a new... Marisa Clogher
December 2021 FOR THE RECORD From November 8 to November 16, the New Orleans City Council held multiple days of meetings about the proposed 2022 City budget. On November 12, the Office of Community... Marisa Clogher
November 2021 FOR THE RECORD It’s the word on everybody’s lips: infrastructure. Whether you’ve lived in New Orleans one week, one year, or your whole life, you’re no stranger to the myriad of road... Marisa Clogher
October 2021 LETTER FROM AN EDITOR I didn’t think of myself as a person who never leaves. I’m not sure why, considering my own obstinance in remaining here long term, but I didn’t quite piece it together... Marisa Clogher
October 2021 No Place Like Home Norco—a suburb on the outskirts of New Orleans, located in St. Charles Parish—is a town surrounded by the type of swampy terrain stereotypically assumed of its more... Marisa Clogher
October 2021 FOR THE RECORD Last year, hoppers at Metro Service Group went on strike for weeks, fighting for better pay, company-supplied PPE, hazard pay, and for Metro to fix trucks that leak hydraulic... Marisa Clogher
September 2021 FOR THE RECORD On August 10, the City Planning Commission held a meeting where they discussed the future of The Broadside’s zoning and permitting. The venue, which opened up in the fall of... Marisa Clogher
August 2021 REVIEWS ... Erin Hall, Harriet Burbeck, Jamilla Webb, Marisa Clogher, Mary Beth Campbell, Steven Melendez, William Archambeault
July 2021 FOR THE RECORD On June 8, the City Council held a meeting regarding the emergency rental assistance program, which launched February 15 and was cut off in late May, received over 12,000... Marisa Clogher
July 2021 Court is in Session—and Under Observation Following a year of mass death and mass unemployment, the city is settling back into its own normalcy—where evictions breed profit and crime is in the limelight. While the adage... Marisa Clogher
June 2021 FOR THE RECORD On May 6, the City Council voted to decriminalize fentanyl test strips, a measure that will allow people who use drugs to test their supply, offering crucial information for safer... Marisa Clogher
May 2021 FOR THE RECORD On April 8, the City Council voted unanimously in a symbolic gesture opposing the construction of a Formosa plastics plant in St. James Parish. A coalition called Stop Formosa... Marisa Clogher
