Category: Government & Politics
It's none of your business: Most charters don't comply with open-meetings law
The state charter school law frees independently run public-school campuses from many laws. However, that doesn’t include the state’s open-meetings law.
Birthers still waiting for Superman’s birth certificate
Council to consider alternatives to jailing municipal defendants
Sheriff headed to court without budget increase
Sheriff Marlin Gusman is threatening to take the city to court unless it pays him 28 percent more money than last year to house New Orleans inmates.
City agency makes changes in face of federal threat
New T-shirt shops could be banned from French Quarter
Public comments invited on plan to spend $28.8 million
Here’s a powerful tip for Cao: Don’t say “shagalicious”
Public not invited to city meeting on key jail issue
The City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee met this morning to discuss inmate-release issues that could have an effect on the size of the city’s planned new jail, but it’s unclear whether adequate public notice was given about the meeting under the state’s open meetings law.
