Jarrette Tuircuit left the St. John the Baptist Housing Authority after a short stint as executive director. A criminal complaint alleging misallocation of funds was filed a month later.
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Joseph Cranney
More than 700 blocks across New Orleans have fire hydrants that collectively aren't up to the task of fighting a typical house fire.
Though house fires are not as common as they used to be, New Orleans's hundreds of broken or malfunctioning hydrants have drawn little attention.
A group of French Quarter residents were frustrated with a lack of maintenance in the city's "crown jewel." So they took matters into their own hands.
The $3.8 million project was supposed to protect a vulnerable St. Bernard neighborhood ahead of hurricane season.
The decision, in a case brought against LSU, helps shore up the public's access to information that isn't specifically exempted under state law.
Sidney Torres IV's company loaned $75,000 to Lloyd Medley, Judge Jennifer Medley's father and chairman of her 2020 campaign committee.
New Orleans has more than $1 million in its budget for every mile of road the public works department must maintain.
When Jerome Casby joined the public works department in the 1980s, there were more than 400 maintenance workers. Now there’s fewer than 30.