A murder in New Orleans, a trial that lasted less than a day, and the lives they entangled for the next three decades.
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Posted inCriminal Justice
‘Your honor, can I tell the whole story?’ Part 1
A murder in New Orleans, a trial that lasted less than a day, and the lives they entangled for the next three decades.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Persistent outages plaguing Grand Gulf nuclear plant are adding millions to the bills of New Orleans customers
The outages cost New Orleans customers upwards of $100,000 a day, according to Entergy.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Mental Illness Behind Bars: The hard lessons of Orleans Parish
The city and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office are implementing short- and long-term plans for housing mentally ill inmates, but critics say jail is no place to treat mental illness.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 58: ‘We ended up with a partial rollback’
City Council approves a budget – and lowers property tax rates; NOLA Public Schools Superintendent recommends two charters not be renewed; and an interview with the former Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City Council passes budget, lowers property tax rates for 2020
Property tax rates reduced by 4.6 mills overall. Council allocates Entergy fines.
Posted inSchools
Facing loss of state funds, Orleans school board votes for property tax ‘roll forward,’ increasing taxes for many residents
The move is expected to net city schools $15.1 million next year.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Edwards wins second term
Governor narrowly defeats challenger Eddie Rispone in runoff. See the full election results here.
Posted inNews
Ahead of major tourism industry merger, council members worry about accountability and public input in the city’s tourism future
The New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation, a public municipal entity, will transfer the majority of its staff, mission and funding to the private nonprofit New Orleans & Company on Jan. 1.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Councilwoman Kristin Palmer has ‘serious skepticism’ that the city will be able to enforce new STR rules under Cantrell’s draft budget
Council members also questioned whether the Cantrell administration is properly tracking and allocating millions in funds dedicated to short-term rental enforcement.