The council alleges that the city is unnecessarily ceding millions of dollars a year to nonprofits and private individuals.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Council aims to tackle backlog of city-owned blight with new database
Ordinance would require public-facing database of city properties.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Council asks judge to immediately halt Cantrell admin’s disbursement of Wisner Trust funds
The motion for temporary restraining order is part of a broader council lawsuit that argues the city is unnecessarily giving away millions of dollars every year to a group of nonprofits and roughly 50 private individuals.
Posted inSchools
Lake Forest Elementary violated state enrollment law by turning away 3rd grader, district says
The school claimed the student was ineligible for enrollment after receiving three or more suspensions last year — district policy forbids that.
Posted inEnvironment
What’s hindering Louisiana’s shift toward more renewable energy? Voters say their congressional leaders
Survey finds that nearly half of Louisiana voters support renewables, but most believe that politicians’ ties to industry is a roadblock to shifting away from oil and gas.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Former court clerk candidate files ethics complaint against PAC that opposed him, criticizes U.S. congressman’s involvement in race
The complaint doesn’t accuse Congressman Troy Carter of any specific legal violation, but takes issue with his role in local race.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Rev. Charles Southall III charged with money laundering
A bill of information, which typically indicates that a defendant is cooperating, comes months before the federal trial of former First NBC Bank CEO Ashton Ryan, who was involved in various businesses and on a charter school board with Southall.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 180: ‘Time to go back to the drawing board’
A DOJ official warns the state against transferring juveniles to Angola. A judge cancels state permits for Formosa. An alleged staff assault on a New Orleans public schools student. And the latest in transparency from the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office.
Posted inEnvironment
Council sides with Gordon Plaza residents in fight over property buyout appraisals
A motion passed on Thursday instructs the city to use ‘replacement cost’ rather than market value.
Posted inEnvironment
Court vacates permits for proposed $9.4 billion petrochemical plant in state’s Chemical Corridor
Formosa’s own modeling showed that the plant’s emissions would push area pollution over federal standards.
