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City Council passes budget, lowers property tax rates for 2020
Thu Nov 21 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
The New Orleans City Council approved the the 2020 budget and slightly lowered the city’s overall property tax rate at its Thursday meeting....
South Texas is known for its moderates. A primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar could test that.
Thu Nov 21 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
Jessica Cisneros, a 26-year-old immigration attorney, is running to unseat Cuellar, one of the most conservative Democrats in Congress....
Facing closure or takeover, Coghill’s special education warning extended
Wed Nov 20 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
The NOLA Public Schools district informed Mary D. Coghill Charter School staff this week that the school remains under scrutiny over its special education services....
Compare 2019 New Orleans school ratings
Thu Nov 07 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
The Louisiana Department of Education released its annual school performance scores Wednesday. ...
State to take over Houston ISD by replacing school board and superintendent
Thu Nov 07 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath informed Houston ISD of those plans in a letter Wednesday. He also sent letters saying the state would take over Shepherd and Snyder...
Rudy Giuliani Associate Ready To Comply With Impeachment Probe, Lawyer Says
Tue Nov 05 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
Lev Parnas, the Ukranian-American businessman who helped Giuliani look for information on Joe Biden, would be a critical witness in the impeachment inquiry should he testify....
Earthquakes in West Texas have dramatically increased, according to new University of Texas study
Tue Nov 05 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
Every year West Texas experiences more and more small earthquakes. The study by the University of Texas at Austin documented more than 7,000 starting in 2009....
Austin's homeless residents say Abbott's intervention is a short-term setback without a long-term solution
Tue Nov 05 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
TxDOT began removing property and debris from under Austin's highways as the number of places Austin ordinances let homeless people camp dwindles....
Behind The Lens episode 55: ‘People are getting up at meetings to talk about how much they’re getting hit by this new assessment’
Sun Nov 03 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
This week on Behind The Lens:...
Sheriff’s Office budget creates $13 million question mark for the 2020 budget
Fri Nov 01 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman presented his proposed budget to the City Council on Thursday, saying that his general fund allocation would increase by $13 million next year,...
Records show how Cantrell administration officials walked back Airbnb enforcement plans over the past year
Thu Oct 31 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
All four of the short-term rentals on Ada Phleger’s block in the St. Claude neighborhood either have an expired permit or have had their permit revoked by the city’s Department of ...
Austin ISD sex ed battle could be preview of state-level debate
Wed Oct 30 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
Austin ISD's contentious board meeting comes months before the State Board of Education revises its curriculum standards on sex education....
Republicans Push For Whistleblower’s Identity In Impeachment Inquiry
Tue Oct 29 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
Republicans argue they need to hear from the intelligence official who first raised alarm over Trump’s call with the Ukrainian president to assess their credibility....
Behind The Lens episode 54: ‘Targeting Black communities as sites for industrial pollution is environmental racism, and is unacceptable.’
Fri Oct 25 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
This week on Behind The Lens:...
With a lame-duck speaker, Texas House confronts the work of the interim
Wed Oct 23 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
For the next 14 months, the powerful committee chairmen who called for House Speaker Dennis Bonnen to step down will be asked to carry out his will for their committees — and every...
City Council to consider $1 million fine on Entergy for frequent power outages
Wed Oct 23 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
After more than two years of investigations, the New Orleans City Council plans to vote on a resolution to fine Entergy New Orleans $1 million for its “inaction and omissions in mi...
Justin Trudeau's Liberals Set To Survive Canada's Election, Projections Show
Tue Oct 22 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
Canadians voted in one of the closest and most contentious election campaigns the country has seen in decades....
Top Texas House Republicans say they can no longer support Speaker Dennis Bonnen
Tue Oct 22 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
In the biggest blow yet to the House leader's political future, five fellow Republicans said they can't back him moving forward. Their statement comes days after the House GOP cauc...
Bonnen regrets comments about Texas cities and counties — yet also says urban governments have "run amok"
Mon Oct 21 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
Local leaders felt targeted by state lawmakers even before the release of a secret recording that has imperiled the Texas House speaker's future. Bonnen says he was trying to conve...
Behind The Lens episode 53: ‘The ramifications for our business are severe… I’m worried about long term’
Fri Oct 18 2019 | By Cobrapost Desk
This week on Behind the Lens:...