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Judge Paulette Irons ruled today that the city’s recently installed Photo Safety Enforcement Program violates the New Orleans city charter due to the fact that it places its administration under the Department of Public

JPSO issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint on the Westbank from approximately 9pm to 2am on Saturday, October 2nd. Drivers are advised to have the proper documentation (proof...

The job market received a much needed boost this week when President Barack Obama signed Senator Mary Landrieu’s Small Business Jobs Act into law. Over thirty billion dollars in loans and twelve billion dollars in tax...

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the Central City area from approximately 9pm to 5am on Wednesday, September 29th. Drivers are advised

Since taking over supervision of the BP Emergency Oil Spill Claims Program about a month ago, Kenneth Feinberg has met with substantial criticism over the pace at which claims are being paid out. Feinberg originally came into

Comedian Stephen Colbert testified before a House Judiciary Subcommittee this morning on the topic of immigrant farm workers. Colbert’s presence was requested by subcommittee Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren who attended an event

41 year old Teresa Lewis was scheduled to be executed Thursday at 9 A.M. despite warnings from the European Union and negative remarks from Iran. In 2002, Lewis conspired with hit men to kill her husband and stepson in order

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the Gentilly area from approximately 9pm to 5am on Wednesday, September 22nd. Drivers are advised to

A recent report by NOLA.com about the residual effects of the oil spill in coastal areas such as Grand Isle and Fourchon has indicated that the widely held view that Louisiana dodged a bullet in the aftermath of the BP Oil...

In a decision on Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal judge’s ruling that Washington Group International (a contractor employed by the Army Corps of Engineers) was entitled to...

As social media come to dominate more and more of our daily lives, unexpected consequences are emerging in a number of arenas. Recently, a Michigan juror selected to sit on the trial of a woman accused of resisting arrest was

The St. Bernard Sheriff’s Department has issued a statement indicating that it will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint tonight somewhere in Chalmette. No details were released regarding the exact location or time of...

In a recent 193-page report released on September 8th, BP blamed itself for much of the explosion and spill of the Deepwater Horizon Rig in the Gulf of Mexico. They also blamed other companies’ workers at Transocean Ltd....

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the Uptown area from approximately 9pm to 5am on Friday, September 10th. Drivers are advised to have

According to a recent CNN news story, two Montana teenagers mistakenly text messaged their town’s sheriff in an attempt to purchase marijuana. The boys missed the number they were attempting to reach by one digit and...

After two months of investigation, St. Tammany Parish’s Narcotics Task Force arrested 37-year-old Joseph Jackson for his marijuana operation in his home in Mandeville. After a lead from Michael Goslee, a 19 year-old who was

The Supreme Court will take on a New Orleans case, Connick vs. Thompson, in October, from a murder trial in 1985. The Orleans Parish District Attorney’s Office is being held responsible for a suspected failure to train...

The New Orleans Police Department issued a statement today indicating that they will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the Warehouse District from approximately 9pm to 5am on Friday, September 3rd. Drivers are advised to