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WEBSep 10, 2024 — Supposedly, the Civil War dismantled the politics that pitted “slave states” against “free states.”. And yet the effect of the punishment-exception clause in the Thirteenth Amendment was to not only sanction the preservation of slavery and involuntary servitude, but also to extend it nationwide. by Deborah G. Plant August 23, 2024.
City, 911 board pursuing advanced records, data-sharing and …
WEBJan 27, 2021 — The agency that runs the New Orleans 911 and 311 systems — the Orleans Parish Communications District — is leading the charge to create a new police records management system that will, in the words of OPCD’s director, “revolutionize how our law enforcement agencies share information back and forth” and …
Council approves 2023 budget with surprise addition of $124M in …
WEBDec 2, 2022 — After a month of budget hearings, the New Orleans City Council on Thursday gave final approval to the city’s roughly $1.5 billion 2023 operating budget.
Neighborhoods Watched
WEBOct 21, 2021 — The city only directly owns 555 cameras, which are plotted on the map below. The other 420 live video feeds come through a program called Safecam Platinum, which allows private residents and businesses to hook up their cameras to the city system. This is a map of 48 participating Safecam Platinum businesses.
NOLA Public Schools issues warning to Bricolage Academy over …
WEBOct 19, 2021 — Bricolage Academy on Esplanade Avenue in New Orleans. (Marta Jewson/The Lens) The NOLA Public Schools district last week issued a warning letter to Bricolage Academy over the school’s special education services, demanding that Bricolage personnel complete a review of all school special education files and warning that failure to comply could ...
New Orleans expects 2022 revenues to nearly reach pre ... - The Lens
WEBOct 25, 2021 — Total revenues in 2022 are expected to be $1.4 billion, compared to $1.1 billion in 2019. The jump is mainly due to federal funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, a COVID relief bill passed by Congress in March, according to Cantrell spokesman Beau Tidwell. The city expects to receive $380 million in …
About The Lens’ property sales search tool
WEBEverything in this tool is taken directly from the Land Records Division’s computer system. Those employees may make mistakes when entering sales. Due to the volume of records, we cannot double-check everything against court documents. However, we do look for obvious errors, such as a sale date in the future, and will withhold publication of ...
Divergent rulings on how to treat old split-jury verdicts could …
WEBNov 11, 2021 — The Advocate series also showed how that legacy appeared to manifest in the modern day. Black defendants, they found, were still more likely to be convicted by a non-unanimous jury than white defendants, and Black jurors were more likely to cast dissenting votes in jury trials.
Louisiana policy intended to reform solitary confinement still …
WEBDec 15, 2021 — Though his time at David Wade lasted far longer than his disciplinary sentence, the fact that Parker was even given a specific sentence in the first place is the result of a new “disciplinary sanctions matrix” meant to provide a transparent rubric for punishment throughout the Louisiana prison system.
Neighborhoods Watched: Safety
WEBOct 21, 2021 — Since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans’ violent crime and homicide rates have oscillated. Homicides fell to their lowest level in decades in 2019. But in 2020, New Orleans followed a national trend of spiking homicide rates that has continued into 2021. In search of an explanation, some looked at how policing tactics changed in 2020.
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