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The city’s plan for the homeless during Barry: more shelter beds, outreach, and encampment sweeps

by Michael Isaac Stein July 12, 2019 Updated December 18, 2020

ICE suspends immigration enforcement in Southern Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast, spokesman says

Advocates fear that the limited area of the suspension will discourage some immigrants from evacuating.
by Michael Isaac Stein July 11, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Judge signs order voiding City Council Entergy plant votes

Attorneys for the city argued that the final vote, on March 8, 2018, should stand. But the judge ruled that the presence of paid actors at an earlier meeting tainted the process.
by Michael Stein and Charles Maldonado July 3, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Proposed legal judgment would void City Council votes on Entergy plant, but lawyers for the city say final vote should stand

The proposed judgment was submitted by the plaintiffs on Wednesday.
by Michael Stein and Charles Maldonado June 28, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Louisiana’s four other potential abortion restrictions that were eclipsed by the ‘six-week ban’

All four abortion restrictions were signed by the Governor, and could have a near-immediate impact on abortion access in Louisiana.
by Michael Isaac Stein June 27, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

City curfew marginalizes kids it pretends to ‘protect’

There are better uses for the money a curfew costs to enforce
by Gary Briggs June 20, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

City Council announces steps to reduce reliance on outside consultants for Entergy regulation

The plan will double in-house staff and restructure advisers' contracts.
by Michael Isaac Stein June 19, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Judge says City Council’s votes on Entergy plant violated state law

The plaintiffs said the use of paid actors in meetings aggravated the violations. Judge Piper Griffin ruled for the city in a second, related lawsuit.
by Michael Isaac Stein June 14, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

Records show longer emergency call-answering times, more abandoned calls since 311, 911 merger

The agency is still meeting national standards and will soon add more staff, director says.
by Charles Maldonado June 10, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

AG opinion: 911 and 311 merger, in effect for months, is ‘improper,’ doesn’t follow state law

The merger took effect months ago. The city's 911 center director says there is no conflict between the opinion and the arrangement with the city.
by Charles Maldonado June 5, 2019 Updated November 7, 2019

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