New Orleans
New Orleans Police Say Rats Are Eating Drug Evidence
The admission came as the agency pushed for funding. It's a reminder that the cops should spend fewer resources seizing cannabis and more on solving serious crimes.
The Packers Have a Unique Way To Fund Stadium Improvements: Ask Fans for Money
Other teams beg for taxpayer handouts.
DEA Seizes Life Savings of New Orleans Grandfather Without Charging Him With a Crime
The case is the latest example of people who say their savings were seized in airports, despite it being perfectly legal to fly domestically with large amounts of cash.
New Orleans Magistrates Get a Cut of Fines and Bail Money, and That's a Problem
Two federal court rulings cite a significant conflict of interest.
Is Climate Change Loading Tropical Storm Barry Up With Extra Rain?
Research suggests that inundations are increasing because climate change makes hurricanes linger longer. The good news is that normalized losses from hurricanes aren't increasing.
A Mural Quoting Trump at His Most Profane Is Protected Speech, Judge Rules
New Orleans can't use zoning regulations to decide what counts as artistic expression.
New Orleans D.A. Complains About Community Bail Funds Releasing Low-Level Offenders
Organization helps poor people cover costs to get out of jail before their trials. Why is this a problem?
Federal Judges Order New Orleans Courts to Stop Shaking Down Citizens with Fees, High Bail
When half of a court's funding comes from criminal defendants, incentives get twisted.
New Orleans Threatens Man with Jail for Mural Replicating Trump's Crass 'Grab Them by the Pussy' Comments
ACLU steps in to fight zoning regulations that appear to let officials veto art based on content.
New Orleans Nixes Plan for Strict Cap on French Quarter Strip Clubs
"There is nothing inherent" to strip clubs "that causes crime," say city planners.
'Keep Your Tyranny Off Our Titties,' Say New Orleans Strippers
In a series of protests, strip club workers and their allies are pushing back against abusive policing.
New Orleans D.A. Sued for Using Fake Subpoenas to Coerce Witnesses and Crime Victims
After the media revealed the threatening, fraudulent notices, a lawsuit has targeted the practice.
New Orleans Public Defender Investigator Was Criminally Charged by Prosecutor She Was Up Against In Court
"Every time you go in there, you wonder if you aren't going to be jailed," one defense attorney told Reason.
New Orleans Police Chief Says He Needs to Hire and Fire Commanders at Will to Protect Reforms
Says the commanders are responsible for many reforms already implemented.
New Orleans 0 for 2 in Applying 'Blue Lives Matter' Hate Crime Law
Police unsurprisingly want to punish speech against them.
New Orleans Cops Plead Guilty, Get Reduced Sentences for Fatal Post-Katrina Shootings
Five officers involved in the 2005 Danziger Bridge shooting and cover-up were previously found guilty, but the verdict was overturned.
Ten Years After Katrina, New Orleans Charter Schools Have Made Real Improvements
New Orleans students have learned more and they are better-prepared for college and careers than they were before the city's education reform.
How Tacky T-shirts Became Contraband in New Orleans
Zoning enforcement is being used to rid the French Quarter of souvenir shops.
The Battle of New Orleans
NIMBYs and newcomers threaten to regulate the Big Easy's music into extinction.
Former New Orleans Mayor Found Guilty on Corruption Charges
C. Ray Nagin is facing up to 20 years behind bars
Jury Begins Deliberations in New Orleans Corruption Case
Ex-Mayer Nagin faces bribery charges
New Orleans Cop Convicted of Burning Body After Hurricane Katrina Requests Sentencing Delay
Pending decision on request for a new trial
Report: Police Aggression in New Orleans Contributing to HIV/AIDS Rate
Prostitution laws are being arbitrarily enforced
New Orleans Cop Who Admitted to Shooting Unarmed Man After Hurricane Katrina Being Retried
Was convicted along with other officers who disposed of the body and tried to cover up the killing, but a court ruled the cop should've been tried separately
Former New Orleans Mayor, Facing Trial for Corruption, First to Take Advantage of Court Ruling That Ordered New Trial in Danziger Bridge Shootings
Justice Department now on the defensive in the historically corrupt New Orleans
Former Mayor Ray Nagin, Other Officials Accused of Corruption, Use Danziger Trial Ruling to File Own Appeals
Judge ordered new trial for cops convicted of killing people on the Danziger bridge after Hurricane KAtrina, because of prosecutorial misconduct
Judge Overturns Police Convictions in Hurricane Katrina Shooting Case
When prosecutorial misconduct meets accusations of police corruption
New Orleans Murder Rate Down 35 Percent Year-on-Year in Second Quarter
Mayor trying to assign credit
New Orleans Mayor Says City Too Broke To Pay For Mandated Prison Reform, Still Has $50 Million in FEMA Money
FEMA money specifically allocated to rebuild prisons
New Orleans Mayor, Judges Fight Over New City Hall
Originally agreed to build a municipal complex across the street but not Mitch Landrieu wants a $300 million civic center instead
