Rob Masson
Reporter at WVUE-TV (New Orleans, LA)
FOX 8 Reporter. New Orleans Native. LSU Grad. Two time AP Reporter of the Year.
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fox8live.com | Rob Masson
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) - A Louisiana Senate committee on Thursday approved a $600 million toll road proposal tied to a planned $2 billion port project in St. Bernard Parish, despite strong opposition from local leaders and residents. Supporters say the toll road is essential for handling freight traffic and boosting Louisiana’s status in global trade. “This is the Super Bowl of infrastructure,” said Michael Hecht, the port project’s coordinator.
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fox8live.com | Rob Masson
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A proposed $180 million settlement in the New Orleans Catholic Church’s long-running clergy sex abuse scandal is being met with skepticism and criticism from several survivors, some of whom say they will vote against the plan. The proposed agreement would resolve the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ nearly four-year-old bankruptcy filing and is one of the largest such settlements in Catholic Church history.
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fox8live.com | Rob Masson
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE)—Louisiana corrections officials toured the Orleans Justice Center on Wednesday to assess its security. Attorney General Liz Murrill is already proposing some long-term improvements. “Someone suggested close down this jail, that’s not realistic,” Murrill said. Fresh off her tour, Murrill said steps are being taken to address security flaws that allowed 10 inmates to escape last Friday. “That whole area where the escape occurred, there’s nobody there,” she said.
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fox8live.com | Rob Masson
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A local provider of electronic monitors says at least one of the Orleans Parish fugitives should never have never been given extended freedom of movement inside the lockup. Matt Dennis says escapee Antoine Massey is an breakaway artist with a dangerous history. “You’re astonished that they keep this level of risk on the first floor of that jail,” said Dennis, owner of New Orleans’ Assured Supervision Accountability Program (ASAP).
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fox8live.com | Rob Masson
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams on Monday (May 19) defended his job performance, one day after Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry criticized the defense attorney-turned-prosecutor for refusing too many jailhouse charges against 10 recent escapees and allowing cases to languish in Criminal District Court.
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