By David Jones| Fox8 | Nov. 8, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The New Orleans Office of Inspector General (OIG) on Wednesday (Nov. 8) released the results of its investigation into alleged bid-rigging in the city’s procurement process for the now-abandoned “Smart Cities” project. The report says two city employees might have violated state ethics law in awarding…
By Rachel Hernandez, Jordan Lippincott| WGNO | Nov. 1, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Anne Kirkpatrick was sworn in as the new Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department on Wednesday, Nov. 1. New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell issued the oath of office to Kirkpatrick during a ceremony at Gallier Hall, making Kirkpatrick NOPD’s first permanent female…
In interviews by IG investigators, members of the sheriff’s staff who were offered rooms told the top brass up front that they didn’t think the rooms were necessary. By Mike Perlstein | 4WWL | Nov. 1, 2023 NEW ORLEANS — The controversy over Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson’s decision to pay for hotel rooms for 13…
By Ken Daley | Fox 8 | Oct. 17, 2023 NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams and his 78-year-old mother were carjacked at gunpoint Monday night (Oct. 16) in New Orleans, his spokesman said. “OPDA confirms that DA Williams and his 78-year-old mother were carjacked at gunpoint as he was helping her…