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Via The Lens, New Orleans is working to expand fair-chance hiring for people with criminal convictions. A related amendment to the city's Bill of Rights is on ballots this fall: thelensnola.org/2025/07/22/unl…

#OPINION "This administration is placing vulnerable communities at greater risk when severe weather strikes, says the writer, who helped to craft key forecasting legislation that’s now been undone. " ✍ Sara Gonzalez-Rothi More Info: buff.ly/cb9cZax

The National Weather Service (NWS) has forecasted a high “feels like” temperature of 114 degrees today and 107 tomorrow. Take heat precautions and visit the NOLA Ready Heat Relief Map at ready.nola.gov for free, indoor, air-conditioned locations open to the public.

People unable to find steady employment after returning home are more likely to reoffend. Recidivism rates decrease significantly for those with full-time jobs compared to the unemployed. buff.ly/maz5NhB

#OPINION Last year, Louisiana legislators passed a “million-dollar muzzle,” which barred the use of community-gathered air-quality data to advocate for pollution control and enforcement, with fines as high as $1 million per violation. 🔗: buff.ly/wKnMp3V

Most people with Healthy Louisiana, include working families, small business owners, seniors, or those in need. They are not freeloaders. Their coverage reimburses hospitals and clinics for care already given, not as a cash payment. buff.ly/9kERz0J

In New Orleans, improvements to the city’s “Ban the Box” ordinance could better challenge employment barriers. An Oct. 11 ballot amendment could expand that protection to include housing buff.ly/maz5NhB

🚨 New #BehindTheLensPodcast🎙️ episode: Mayor Cantrell pulled her Sewerage & Water Board nominee after ethics violations surfaced — but why was City Council ready to approve her anyway? We break it down. 🗣️ Matt McBride 🎧 Listen now: buff.ly/YyzMwJ9 #NOLA

Systemic racism and redlining increased vulnerability; inadequate engineering reduced nature's storm defenses; and frequent false alarms weakened New Orleans' response to Katrina. The disaster claimed 1,392 lives. buff.ly/cb9cZax

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"To stop community air monitoring, lawmakers are relying on a categorically false idea: that air quality can only be measured by bulky, expensive, and professionally operated air monitors." buff.ly/wKnMp3V

Sara Gonzalez-Rothi points to the harms done through lapsed weather-data contracts, draconian proposed cuts to the Weather Service, and undermined public confidence in severe weather alerts. thelensnola.org/2025/07/22/wea…

#TheLensNola🔍On June 30, the state education department sent LEAP-test English and math scores to local school districts. It’s the earliest schools have received the high-stakes performance data in nearly a decade. ✍️Marta Jewson Marta Jewson 🔗: buff.ly/Z0FPjvT

#TheLensNola🔍 Everything intensifies when your family is Black and big, white, tobacco-spitting cops approach your car in the middle of nowhere... ✍️ Chuck Perkins Chuck Perkins Full story 🔗: buff.ly/ZOfiBU7 #nonprofitnews #nolanews #louisiana #police #nola

#TheLensNola🔍 Men incarcerated within Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola want relief from the prison’s extreme heat and overcrowding. ✍️ Bernard Smith Full Story 🔗: thelensnola.org/2025/07/29/hel…