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‘Complete Streets’ are the roads to a healthier, more equitable New Orleans

Don't overlook bicycling's role in region's future, study urges.
by Dan Favre and Jeanette Gustat January 5, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Lawyers ask judge to disclose whether he used fake subpoenas when he was a prosecutor

Judge Byron Williams was a prosecutor when the DA’s office used an earlier version of its fake subpoenas.
by Charles Maldonado January 4, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

School district reprimands Einstein Charter Schools for enrolling students outside OneApp

The city’s centralized enrollment system is designed to prevent schools from cherry-picking students.
by Marta Jewson January 3, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019

Coming to a raw oyster bar near you: larger, cleaner, meatier shellfish

Research into genetically enhanced oysters could give oystermen a way to adapt if coastal restoration makes waters near shore inhospitable to the shellfish.
by Della Hasselle December 28, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

City workers painting crosswalks to make it safer for kids to get to school

Over the last two months, the city has painted 135 crosswalks at 28 intersections.
by Marta Jewson December 27, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

A vital port for the nation’s oil and gas industry is on its way to becoming an island.

Nearly 20 percent of the nation's oil and gas passes through Port Fourchon, accessible only by a battered, two-lane road. With the Gulf of Mexico rising and wetlands crumbling, it's on the way to becoming an island.
by Katy Reckdahl December 22, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

For years, defense lawyers told judges that New Orleans prosecutors were using fake subpoenas. Nothing happened.

Some have asked how Orleans Parish prosecutors used fake subpoenas for so long with no repercussions. We found several instances in which lawyers protested their use in court, but nothing happened. The practice stopped only when it was made public.
by Charles Maldonado December 22, 2017 Updated July 25, 2020

Orleans Parish judge sent misleading ‘DA subpoenas’ when she was a prosecutor

Criminal District Judge Karen Herman also issued arrest warrants to two women after they disobeyed fake subpoenas.
by Charles Maldonado December 22, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

Orleans Parish prosecutors’ use of misleading ‘DA subpoenas’ goes back about 20 years

Former DA Harry Connick said there's a big difference between the notices his prosecutors used and the ones sent under the current DA.
by Charles Maldonado December 21, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

District attorney plans to appeal ruling requiring him to turn over fake subpoenas to The Lens

But Cannizzaro’s office will continue to search case files for the documents, a spokesman said.
by Marta Jewson December 20, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019

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