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Broken Records: After 6 months, we're still waiting for detailed Sheriff's Office budget

by Matt Davis January 24, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

He blew like a warm summer’s eve, but should we have preserved his home?

by Mark Moseley January 21, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Happy birthday to us! Our first-anniversary gift to you is this brand-new website

by The Editors January 19, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Bermdoggle: The real barrier that Gov. Jindal will have to overcome

by Mark Moseley January 19, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Jail advisers to put off key decision until April

Having not met for almost two months, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s Criminal Justice Working Group will now need at least three more months before making a final recommendation on the total capacity of a new city jail.
by Matt Davis January 14, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Comparing Detroit to NOLA after Katrina not so far off

I once mocked a pundit for comparing Detroit to “post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans." I'm rethinking that.
by Mark Moseley January 13, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Gusman relied on experience in pushing case for bigger jail

Sheriff Marlin Gusman has no hard evidence to back his recent claim that New Orleans needs a jail that would hold 3,200 people, even after an expert hired by the city said a 1,500-bed jail would be sufficient.
by Matt Davis January 10, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

School officials struggle with locations, attendance zones

Uncertainties about the relationship between charter schools and the neighborhoods in which they are located continues to dog New Orleans school officials as they work out the final details of a master plan for rebuilding and assigning public school facilities.
by Ariella Cohen January 7, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Gusman wants more jail beds; ACLU wants to know why

The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana wants Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman to justify his recent claim that a new city jail needs 3,200 beds, after a consultant hired by the city said city could easily make do with a 1,500-bed jail.
by Matt Davis January 7, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Woldenberg disaster spending frustrates neighborhoods

A plan to spend $4.2 million in federal disaster-recovery grants on Woldenberg Park in the French Quarter has provoked the ire of community activists who say the money should be spent in areas still suffering from Hurricane Katrina.
by Ariella Cohen January 6, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

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