Louisiana law now requires that notices of public meetings be sent in advance to anyone who asks. It’s a victory for active community members who deal with public entities that neglect to give or try to evade public notice, including some New Orleans charter school parents.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Appeals court rules in favor of chihuahua search party
A panel of Fifth Circuit judges found that the explanations of two security-district officers who stopped three young Black men searching for an ailing dog lacked the specifics needed for a legal stop.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Angola’s proposed Farm Line fix ‘borders on bad faith,’ lawyers contend
A federal judge ordered the DOC to improve conditions for workers forced to in Angola’s fields. The crews now have sunscreen and a 10×10 popup tent for shade.
Posted inOpinion
We deserve better.
How New Orleans can generate revenue and support small businesses through a city-owned centralized payment-processing system
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 245: ‘Adults failed them’
Nick Chrastil on “extreme” conditions incarcerated people face at David Wade Correctional Center. Marta Jewson on a judge’s order that will give Kennedy High School seniors who endured a graduation scandal their day in court. And Delaney Dryfoos on what a ‘D’ for New Orleans’ water system means for residents.
Posted inEnvironment
Gulf ‘dead zone’ larger than average, larger than expected for 2024, scientists announce
Due largely to lagging prevention efforts in the Midwest, the low-oxygen area of the Gulf of Mexico is larger than expected this year, prompting fish and shrimp to flee nearly 4 million acres of habitat and killing off bottom-dwelling species.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Louisiana is giving second chances to bad policy. It should be extending those second chances to our neighbors.
Some of the most dangerous and costly new Louisiana laws went into effect today – and their effects are compounded by massive cuts in the social and support services that are proven to prevent crime. Students of Louisiana history know that this will not work.
Posted inOpinion
When the Village Fails
In the 10 years since George’s death, we have lost so many more in New Orleans to gun violence. Yet is we, the adults, who create the village, set the expectations, and weave the community safety net that keeps the young ones safe.
Posted inEnvironment
D is for Drinking Water?
The Carrollton plant’s drinking-water grade fell to a “D.” But that doesn’t mean the water coming from New Orleans faucets today is unsafe, state health department says.
Posted inCriminal Justice
‘Torturous’: Judge places solitary confinement and mental health care at David Wade prison under federal oversight
The north Louisiana prison was using solitary confinement as a “depository for the mentally ill,” judge had ruled.