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Orleans DA asks City Council to boost staff with $4.4 million budget increase | #citycouncil

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams on Tuesday (Nov. 1) asked the City Council to increase his office’s budget by at least $4.4 million in 2023. During the first day of City Council hearings on Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s budget proposals, Williams claimed his office lacks the resources and prosecutors to properly […]

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Crime victims upset after Mayor Cantrell attends court in support of juvenile perpetrator

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Crime victims say they felt victimized all over again when Mayor Latoya Cantrell showed up in court to support a juvenile perpetrator during sentencing. “I was in shock. She wasn’t there for us. She was there for the assailant and his mother. It felt like she supported the crime,” says the […]

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