- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Feb 3, 2012
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Marsh fire: one down, two to go
Fire department officials say a 4-mile plot is "99.5 percent" extinguished.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Feb 2, 2012
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Times-Picayune report: Public defender's office starts cutting staff
You have the right to wait for an attorney.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 31, 2012
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HUD announces ruling against LGBT discrimination
Provisions make HUD-owned programs and properties available "without regard to sexual orientation or gender identity."
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 31, 2012
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Group starts online petition to end victim arrest record releases
Safe Streets / Strong Communities calls for immediate end to NOPD's "blanket and unjustified policy of releasing all homicide victims’ arrest records."
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 30, 2012
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CNN asks Sen. David Vitter about his "serious sin"
Vitter is asked to compare his "serious sin" to Newt Gingrich's marriages and affairs.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 26, 2012
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On the television show Homicide, this was called a "red ball"
The FBI is assisting in the Good Samaritan murder investigation.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 25, 2012
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Another week, another front-page murder...
Judges asked to increase bonds for gun defendants, require electronic monitoring.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 23, 2012
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Civil Service Commission: Still no action on OIG access to confidential records
Any vote on the matter won't come up before March.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 19, 2012
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Buddy Roemer to appear on Real Time With Bill Maher
... and here's a question Buddy can ask Bill.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 18, 2012
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David Vitter and Steve Scalise withdraw their cosponsorship and support of SOPA/PIPA
Several hIgh-profile Republicans desert the controversial bills; Democratic supporters remain quiet.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 14, 2012
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Wearing pajamas might get you arrested in Caddo Parish
A Shreveport lawmaker is tired of seeing people parade around in their PJs, so he's proposing the pajamas-in-public trend be made illegal.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 13, 2012
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2012: 13 dead in 13 days
Landrieu, Serpas say city is prepared to deal with pervasive violent crime.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 10, 2012
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More from local NAACP president on alleged MLK Day exclusion
Danatus King is not letting this one go.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 5, 2012
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Mayor supports citywide curfew, well-behaved football fans
Your weekly admonishment to behave while we have guests in town.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Jan 5, 2012
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Boston Review: "life and death in a New Orleans squat"
An in-depth look into the December 2010 fire, its victims' lives, and their lifestyles.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Dec 30, 2011
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Serpas: 680 police officers in downtown core for New Year's Eve
That's about 226.67 cops per square mile, give or take.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Dec 30, 2011
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Photos: #OccupyNOLA's second encampment evicted
Police give campers until 5 p.m. today to clear out the Earhart Boulevard site.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Dec 30, 2011
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#OccupyNola's second encampment, Occupy the Lot, given eviction notice
Group will be evicted from privately owned vacant lot, NOPD confirms.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Dec 29, 2011
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City's blight program update: 28,024 inspections; 2,280 demolitions; 1,000-plus writs of seizure
City releases annual progress report on blight eradication program.
- Blogs, Blog of New Orleans, Dec 27, 2011
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"Drill," "Trojan," "human to animal": Tweet this and the Department of Homeland Security may spy on you
Group sues DHS for details on social network spying program.
