By Andrea Gallo | Nola.com | January 28, 2020 Every year, judges across Louisiana file financial disclosure forms meant to shine a light on how members of the judiciary earn their incomes. But most members of the public never see them. Though they are public documents, judges’ financial disclosure forms have only been available upon…
By Kiran Chawla | WAFB9 | January 28, 2020 For the first time, forms filed by Louisiana judges that show their income from the bench as well as any side businesses will be made publicly available through an online database. Previously, the forms were only accessible through public records requests filed with the Louisiana Supreme…
Today, the Metropolitan Crime Commission (MCC) launched a new search engine that enables the public to access the financial disclosure statements of all 289 Louisiana District Court Judges, Appellate Court Judges, and Supreme Court Justices for the past five years. Click Here to Access the MCC Judicial Financial Disclosure Search Engine Prior to today, the…
By Matt Doyle | Louisiana Radio Network | January 28, 2020 You can now view 5 years of financial disclosures for all 298 judges in the state of Louisiana at the New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission’s website. MCC President Rafael Goyeneche says they’ve made it easy to find out how much your local judge makes, and…
By Natasha Robin | Fox 8 | January 28, 2020 NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) – New City Council data shows police investigated more than 6,000 car burglary incidents last year and officers made arrests in 9 percent of those cases. 48 percent of the time those arrested are juveniles. “Some of those are repeat offenders,…
By Matt Sledge | Nola.com | January 28, 2020 For years, jail-reform advocates and bail bondsmen have argued over whether making defendants post bail while awaiting trial keeps New Orleans safer. On Tuesday, the New Orleans City Council was presented a data analysis saying that defendants released without paying bail are no more likely to…
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…