By Tom Aswell | Louisiana Voice | January 28, 2020 Regular readers of this site know of my often expressed frustration with the lack of transparency of our elected officials, particularly after Bobby Jindal so shamelessly gutted the enforcement powers of the Louisiana Board of Ethics back in 2008, just days after taking office—a move,…
By Paul Murphy | WWL Tv | January 17, 2020 New Orleans’ top prosecutor is encouraging Odell Beckham Junior Jr. to surrender to police. “I have not spoke to him or any of his attorneys as of this time,” Orleans District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro said. “I would hope that he would turn himself in so…
Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office | January 17, 2020 District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro on Friday (Jan. 17) hosted city leaders, police, judges and victim advocates at the 2020 New Orleans Domestic Violence Summit. The Summit, subtitled A Symposium for Solutions, brought together a wide spectrum of domestic violence stakeholders for a productive and enlightening discussion…
By Sue Strachan | Uptown Messenger | January 15, 2020 Having your car broken into via smashed windows has become the new normal in New Orleans. On Tuesday, Jan. 14, a group of neighborhood associations hosted a community meeting at the Jewish Community Center to “discuss the recent uptick of crimes and ways to combat…
By Kendra Smith-Parks | Fox8 | January 9, 2020 NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – A new policy is now in effect at Orleans Juvenile Court. Any juvenile that is arrested and has an open court case won’t be released from custody until they see a judge. It is a new measure that is aimed at…
By Kiran Chawla | WAFB | January 8, 2020 BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – When the Louisiana Assessor’s Association administers its certification classes, you are often paying for those taking the exam to stay multiple nights in a Baton Rouge hotel. The exams are administered on Fridays at the Crowne Plaza Hotel off Constitution Avenue…
By Stephanie Grace | Nola.com | January 7, 2020 In general, New Orleans politicians aren’t shy about speaking up when they’re not happy with how their peers behave. But you’ve got to admit that Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal District Court Arthur Morrell has a special flair for expressing his pique. Morrell had what can…
By The Hour Staff | The Hour | January 6, 2020 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ clerk of criminal district court announced a furlough Friday that would’ve crippled the city’s criminal justice system, only to rescind the threat the next day. The moves by Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal District Court Arthur Morrell are…
By Michelle Hunter | Nola.com | January 5, 2020 The number of homicides in unincorporated Jefferson Parish doubled in 2019, a statistic officials called an anomaly that came on the heels of a year that saw a huge drop. Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office detectives investigated 48 homicides, according to statistics provided by the department, up from…
By Matt Sledge | Nola.com | January 3, 2020 Orleans Parish Clerk of Criminal District Court Arthur Morrell announced Friday that he is going nuclear in his long-running budget dispute with the city of New Orleans. In a move that will essentially cripple the rest of the city’s criminal justice system, he said nearly all…