Voters in Orleans Parish elected City Council President Jason Williams as the new district attorney for Orleans Parish. Williams defeated former judge Keva Landrum, with 58% of the vote, in a highly contested race in which both camps lodged accusations about dirty politics. Williams is a New Orleans native but spent his high school years […]
As protesters filled streets across the country and around the world in support of Black Lives Matter's fight against police brutality, the members of the grassroots organization Step Up Louisiana launched a proposal to address a second aspect of systemic racism: hiring practices.
Yesterday, on May 7, the New Orleans City Council secured a major victory for tenants’ rights and housing justice during the coronavirus pandemic. While the resolution carries no actual authority, it was groundbreaking in its own right. The resolution officially urges the City Courts of New Orleans to suspend all residential evictions through August 24, […]
Just two days after a Washington Post report showing that New Orleans’ Municipal Court has more than 56,000 outstanding warrants (equivalent to 1 in 7 New Orleans adults having a warrant out for their arrest), community organizers, Orleans Parish public defenders, and local elected officials are joining together to call for the dismissal of all […]
Last week, District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro unveiled a plan to combat New Orleans' juvenile crime problem.
In a video posted to Facebook earlier this week, Mayor LaToya Cantrell continued to urge New Orleans residents to vote "NO" on a new property tax.
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