Multiple bills are way down in New Orleans. But they still offer prosecutors leverage as a threat. Court Watch volunteers saw prosecutors reference the habitual offender law in 16 percent of plea-deal cases in 2017, 13 percent in 2018.
At least 59 people were jailed for contempt in 2018 based on questionable drug tests, watchdog group says.
The order came down 15 minutes before graduation was set to begin, according to a civil rights attorney who represented six students.
Marta Jewson on the resignation of a charter school network's CEO. Michael Isaac Stein on the latest recommended fines against Entergy New Orleans. And some highlights from The Lens' most recent public records workshop.
Stunning indifference to community resistance
Unity of Greater New Orleans came out against the ordinance in a letter to the city. An administration official suggested that Cantrell could veto the ordinance.
The report shows about 2,600 outages in the city from mid-2016 to mid-2017.
One of the authors says she is supporting House Bill 422, which would allow Louisiana municipalities to set their own minimum wage and required work leave days.
CEO Michelle Blouin-Williams has been on paid leave since an investigation began April 1. She is also being investigated for allegedly falsifying public records.
