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New Orleans City Council hopes to reestablish schools truancy center | #citycouncil
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)—The New Orleans City Council is taking a fresh look at juvenile truancy and its connection with crime. Officials say, since the COVID-19 pandemic, Orleans Parish has seen a historic amount of truancy among juveniles. “On the fifth of this year, we had a teen dropped off at an emergency room at 2:20 […]
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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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