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Behind The Lens episode 238: ‘Juvenile Jails’

Posted May 24, 202400:35:00

Nick Chrastil and Katy Reckdahl on a bill that would provide funding to build new local juvenile-detention faciilites. Marta Jewson and La'Shance...

Behind The Lens episode 237: ‘A union victory’

Posted May 17, 202400:25:40

Marta Jewson on Lycée Français charter school's teachers union victory. And Delaney Dryfoos on both industry and activists taking aim at the EPA.

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Behind the Lens episode 235: ‘One step behind Exxon’ News Update

Posted April 25, 202400:34:09

This week on Behind The Lens, Sara Sneath on a Louisiana law that allows carbon capture well sites to remain unknown under a "trade secret" exception...

Behind The Lens episode 234: ‘Rabble-rousing at the Big Green’

Posted April 12, 202400:26:39

La'Shance Perry on St. John Parish's vote on rezoning for Greenfield. Delaney Dryfoos on Gov. Landry's Task Force for Sewerage and Water Board. And...

Behind The Lens episode 233: ‘A Black hamlet’

Posted March 29, 202400:35:55

Delaney Dryfoos on St. John the Baptist Parish's voted to allow heavy industrial uses on the parish’s rural West Bank after years of contentious debate....