Live blog Tuesday: Mayor at Touro Synagogue to hear District B concerns
Continuing his tour of the City Council districts, tonight's uptown meeting seeks more budget input.
“Stand your ground” becoming commonplace, but prosecutions uneven
As more states adopt legislation to protect those who use deadly force, an investigation has found the likelihood of a person being charged with or convicted of a crime after a claim of self-defense involving a firearm may depend more on the state or region where the shooting occurred than the circumstances of the case. Even cases in the same area have produced disparate outcomes.
Live blog Monday: Civil Service Commission to vote on overhaul of personnel rules
Mayor Landrieu wants to give managers more power in how employees are hired, promoted and evaluated.
Live blog Thursday: Mayor Landrieu talks city finances in eastern New Orleans
At the previous two meetings, residents have said the city should find new sources of revenue before raising their property taxes.
Highlights from our expert panel on how to pay for coastal restoration (video)
Kyle Graham, head of the state's coastal restoration authority, predicted some kind of settlement, some day, with the oil and gas industry. Tulane's Mark Davis said local government needs to set the right example in how it builds roads and deals with sinking land.
Local law enforcement agencies receive snow camouflage, mine-resistant vehicle from federal government
Pentagon program puts materiel in hands of local law-enforcement agencies, similar to police in Ferguson, Missouri.
Live blog Wednesday: Landrieu heads to Lakeview for second town-hall meeting on city budget
Expect complaints about city streets.
Lawsuit fight makes choosing new Flood Authority members a very tricky business
Voters wanted to take the politics out of flood protection. It didn't happen.
Live video Wednesday: Expert panel discusses how to pay for massive coastal restoration effort
A Tulane institute released a report Wednesday saying projects could cost more than $100 billion over 50 years.
Call me a sentimental old fool, but I miss my Schwegmann’s — and I got a right to
The more I hear about how terrible the city was before the storm, the more I remember its unterrible charms.
