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THE LENS: After expanded testing, New Orleans jail sees spike in confirmed coronavirus cases
The number of detainees who have tested positive for coronavirus at the New Orleans jail spiked over the past several…
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‘Cubes’ for Jazz Festing In Place Released
Jazz Fest 2020 has been canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. That’s why New Orleans Radio station WWOZ came up…
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THE LENS: City tries to get in line with new federal leave policies
The New Orleans Civil Service Commission on Monday voted to create new personnel rules to govern new categories of federally-funded paid leave…
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THE LENS: The path to reopening: More testing, contact tracing needed to safely restart the state
Not since AIDS swept across America in the ‘80s have we had such an overwhelming need to track back and trace where…
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THE LENS: Absent exams and letter grades, charter school accountability is certain to be different next year. But it’s not yet clear how.
Every year, schools are always eerily silent in New Orleans during this part of April. But it’s usually not because…
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THE LENS: Orleans Public Defenders announce furloughs in face of decreased revenue due to coronavirus
The Orleans Public Defenders (OPD) announced on Monday that they have begun furloughing employees in the face of an anticipated…
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Behind The Lens episode 77: Got protection?
Local researchers push hard for new innovations and hopefully even a vaccine to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. Also, worrisome economic…
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THE LENS: Scientists at Tulane National Primate Research Center studying vaccines, treatments for COVID-19
Rarely in the history of the world have so many scientists been at work in so many places simultaneously trying…
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No Jazz Fest In 2020
Officials and organizers have decided to cancel Jazz Fest this year. The festival is now scheduled to take place April…
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THE LENS: Louisiana facing highly inflated prices for medical masks
Hospitals, nursing homes, funeral homes and first responders across Louisiana are in desperate need of personal protective gear, like gloves…
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