City posted a surplus for 2013, a year earlier than expected.
City to give sheriff $2 million to pay for jail consent decree next year
Live blog: City Council to vote on 2014 budget, water shutoff ordinance
City Council to vote on law shutting off water for customers late on trash fee
New Orleans City Council budget hearings end not with a bang, but a whimper
Chief public defender sounds off: Time to fix a ‘perverse’ system of justice
“Fines, fees and court costs are a part of criminal justice systems around the country, but Louisiana public defenders depend and rely on such costs to a dangerous degree.”