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Tag: Jefferson Parish

Posted inJustice

Lawsuit alleges Jefferson Parish deputies beat, pepper sprayed man without reason

Katie Jane Fernelius by Katie Jane Fernelius April 4, 2025April 4, 2025

A New Orleans resident claims JPSO deputies beat him up outside of a Terrytown gas station last year.

Posted inBack in the Day

Antoine ‘Mutt’ Trudeau Jr. worked to desegregate Jefferson Parish public schools

by Tammy C. Barney September 20, 2024September 20, 2024
Posted inNews

RTA board stalled from doing business for the second time this year

Bobbi-Jeanne Misick by Bobbi-Jeanne Misick September 18, 2024September 24, 2024
Sewerage and Water Board SWB
Posted inEnvironment

Salt in the Mississippi River threatens water supplies yet again. What’s New Orleans’ ‘long-term solution’?

Tristan Baurick by Tristan Baurick September 9, 2024September 9, 2024
Posted inGovernment

Kenner to exit RTA next month

Bobbi-Jeanne Misick by Bobbi-Jeanne Misick August 9, 2024August 13, 2024
Posted inNews

JPSO settles suit over illegal eviction of pregnant woman

Richard A. Webster by Richard A. Webster November 28, 2023November 30, 2023
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They tried to expose Louisiana judges who had systematically ignored prisoners’ petitions. No one listened.

by ProPublica November 4, 2023December 18, 2023
Posted inNews

Sentence reductions will survive court’s overturn of reform law, attorneys say

Richard A. Webster by Richard A. Webster September 25, 2023October 2, 2023
Posted inNews

He fled a traffic stop in Kenner. Now he’s in prison for life.

Richard A. Webster by Richard A. Webster September 8, 2023December 18, 2023
Downed tree branches and other debris surround a brick duplex with part of its roof missing.
Posted inHousing, News

Jefferson Parish housing project closure plan in ‘public interest,’ HUD says

Michelle Liu by Michelle Liu June 6, 2023August 11, 2023

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