Author: Matt Davis
Overall crime may be lower, but council wants NOPD to bring down homicides
Councilwoman blasts Landrieu for not changing the way sheriff gets paid
With 20 percent ignoring costs, council pushes city to collect delinquent trash fees
Juvenile jail — a.k.a. 'Youth Study Center' — draws fire in studies by advocacy groups
Sheriff blocking reform, says councilwoman, causing group to delay decision on jail size
Landrieu saying little about two no-bid contracts given to Gusman worth $1 million
Occupy New Orleans protesters settle in
Gusman plans to pay deputies working city detail; unpaid hours reach back to May

Occupy New Orleans protest draws large crowd and mixed reactions
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