Joseph Cranney
Reporter| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Investigative reporter, The Times-Picayune | @LMattersNews founder | "My journalistic range is a catalyst for change." – @blackthought
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Joseph Cranney
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell leaned on Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick in an attempt to help a controversial lieutenant’s shot at a promotion last fall, actions the Civil Service Commission in a new ruling called an “improper” violation of city policies.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Joseph Cranney
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is asking voters in the May municipal elections to renew a 10-year-old tax that provides a significant chunk of the budget for her overcrowded and understaffed jail. Hutson has been attempting to raise more money for the jail since she took office in 2022. However, those efforts have largely been blocked by the New Orleans City Council, or by voters who dealt her an embarrassing defeat at the polls when Hutson asked for a tax increase two years ago.
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3 weeks ago |
theadvocate.com | Joseph Cranney |Jeff Adelson |Ben Myers
Public safety consultants working behind closed doors to examine the City of New Orleans’ emergency tactics flagged communication breakdowns that persisted weeks after the deadly New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street, newly released emails show. Those consultants also identified a “sparse” and “overstretched” New Orleans Police Department limited in its ability to gather the sort of intelligence that would prevent future attacks.
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3 weeks ago |
nola.com | Joseph Cranney |Jeff Adelson |Ben Myers
Public safety consultants working behind closed doors to examine the City of New Orleans’ emergency tactics flagged communication breakdowns that persisted weeks after the deadly New Year's Day attack on Bourbon Street, newly released emails show. Those consultants also identified a “sparse” and “overstretched” New Orleans Police Department limited in its ability to gather the sort of intelligence that would prevent future attacks.
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1 month ago |
nola.com | Andrea Gallo |Meghan Friedmann |John Simerman |Joseph Cranney
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has cleared the way for Louisiana to resume plans to execute death row inmate Jessie Hoffman Jr. next week with nitrogen gas. The New Orleans-based federal appeals court on Friday night vacated a Tuesday ruling from U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick of Louisiana's Middle District, who had blocked the state from moving forward with Hoffman's execution, scheduled for March 18.
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