Don't overlook bicycling's role in region's future, study urges.
Judge Byron Williams was a prosecutor when the DA’s office used an earlier version of its fake subpoenas.
The city’s centralized enrollment system is designed to prevent schools from cherry-picking students.
Research into genetically enhanced oysters could give oystermen a way to adapt if coastal restoration makes waters near shore inhospitable to the shellfish.
Over the last two months, the city has painted 135 crosswalks at 28 intersections.
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.
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.
Criminal District Judge Karen Herman also issued arrest warrants to two women after they disobeyed fake subpoenas.
Former DA Harry Connick said there's a big difference between the notices his prosecutors used and the ones sent under the current DA.
But Cannizzaro’s office will continue to search case files for the documents, a spokesman said.