Two years after the legislature passed a law requiring DA’s offices to submit annual data on the use of material witness warrants, the reports only started coming in last week.
Posted inCriminal Justice
‘Tantamount to torture’: Complaint alleges inhumane conditions, overuse of solitary confinement at Pine Prairie immigrant detention center
GEO Group, the private prison corporation that runs the facility, denied the allegations.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Council hears details on funding plan for Entergy substation at Sewerage and Water Board plant
The $34 million upfront investment from Entergy will cost more than $85 million to pay back.
Posted inOpinion
Mayor Cantrell, show us that you understand the significance of sacred ground. Transform the Municipal Auditorium into a cultural use.
The mayor’s City Hall proposal has done real damage to her reputation. Reversing course and creating a place that would honor the legacy of Congo Square would help restore confidence.
Posted inSchools
Lycée Français CEO, COO to depart amid complaints, investigation
The school’s governing board has hired a consultant to investigate a number of allegations made by its former HR director in a lengthy letter.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 132: The ‘up to no good’ explanation
ACLU sues security district officers over traffic stop, alleging discrimination. School district says Singleton Charter violated ethics laws. And a $74M plan to reliably connect the Sewerage and Water Board to the power grid.
Posted inNews
New Orleans City Attorney dismisses nearly 400,000 old cases in Municipal and Traffic Court
The dismissals reduce the court’s case load by more than 50 percent.
Posted inCoronavirus
Governor announces $2.3 million in vaccine incentives beginning next month
Fewer than 40 percent of state residents have received their first shots, among the lowest rates in the country.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Entergy astroturfing fine used to buy surveillance cameras for second time
Mayor LaToya Cantrell originally said that all the money from the fine should go to the Sewerage and Water Board.
Posted inCriminal Justice
City Council members press judges on improvements to ankle monitoring
The council meeting follows the recent killing of a 7th Ward woman. The suspect in the killing had been ordered to be on an electronic monitor.