New Orleans police still lack revised policy on dealing with immigration issues
The department has submitted a policy change to federal overseers, but the decision is languishing.
Year: 2014
Years after rapper was convicted for killing, questions raised about his case
In 2000, someone shot a young man in a Slidell club. Investigators quickly zeroed in on McKinley Phipps Jr., a rising star in New Orleans’ rap scene. He was convicted of manslaughter. But witnesses have raised questions about the key eyewitness, and one woman says she was coerced into pointing the finger at Phipps.
Failing Miller-McCoy Academy closing in spring; RSD seeking new operator
State sets Dec. 31 deadline for charter organizations to express interest in new campus school was to get.
Ripping the fabric of a neighborhood — and, with it, the spirit of democracy
"It’s not that Holy Cross thinks of itself as Williamsburg or what the French Quarter is to purists."
Disclosure about The Lens and Loyola University
Emails show political interference for years in Civil Service system
The former chairman of Civil Service Commission, whose job was protect rank-and-file workers from political interference, was unusually deferential to Landrieu administration's agenda for years. In some cases, he and an administration official appeared to circumvent the state Open Meetings Law to lobby fellow commissioners.
Orleans Parish School Board narrows superintendent search to two finalists
The board also voted to sue the state-run Recovery School District over its efforts to reopen shuttered schools.
Two-year search may be ending for new Orleans Parish schools superintendent
After two rounds of interviews in two weeks, three candidates to be considered by board tomorrow.
‘The night they drove Old Dixie’ … back up: reflections on Landrieu’s demise
The triumph of the Republican Party's "Southern Strategy" can finally be called complete.
School Board discusses suing RSD to prevent it from opening new schools
Board doesn't think recovery district can reopen John McDonogh or Sarah T. Reed.
