The Port's controversial new mural, a postponed public hearing on the Plaquemines Liquids Terminal, the latest on the fake subpoenas case and Dr. MarkAlain Dery's briefing on Wuhan coronavirus round out a busy week of news.

A campaign finance revelation adds to the controversy over the Hard Rock Hotel collapse; parents demand more options in charter schools for their gifted children.

Michael Isaac Stein updates the Hard Rock Hotel site story. Marta Jewson reports on New Beginnings' bid to get out of a lawsuit. Jessica Rosgaard says goodbye and Tom Wright returns.

NOLA Public Schools has adopts a new high school credit review program, and plans are moving ahead for the $675 million dollar hotel project at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Also - changing of the podcast guard.

Parents fight for the education rights of special needs children, we explore the reality of the city's unsheltered homeless, and the Army Corps is sued over the 2019 operation of the Bonnet Carre spillway.

We look back at the grading scandal that rocked Kennedy High School, plans to change how Entergy is regulated, and the negative impacts of a decentralized busing system for public schools in New Orleans.

Two New Orleans schools won't have their charters renewed, concerns over diversity postpone a vote for a Convention Center architect, and local groups demand safe working conditions for construction contractors.

An in-depth report on the state of special education in New Orleans, and how downsizing Convention Center Boulevard could impact traffic through the Warehouse District.

City Council questions a proposed nonprofit contract, NOLA Public Schools touts inflated graduation rate index, and the tragic story of Erin Hunter and New Orleans' justice system.

City Council approves a budget - and lowers property tax rates; NOLA Public Schools Superintendent recommends two charters not be renewed; and an interview with the former Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux