
Sophie Kasakove
City Government Reporter| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Reporter covering city government @NOLANews | Formerly @BaltimoreBanner @nytnational | [email protected]
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5 days ago |
nola.com | Sophie Kasakove |Josie Abugov
New Orleans-area leaders and emergency management experts are grappling with uncertainty and anxiety this hurricane season as the Trump administration moves to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Since his election, President Donald Trump has floated eliminating FEMA entirely.
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1 week ago |
theadvocate.com | Alyse Pfeil |Sophie Kasakove
Less than a year after Louisiana agreed to let people carry concealed weapons in public without a permit, bills are now moving through the state Legislature to allow more people to have concealed guns close to schools and along parade routes. On the Fourth of July, constitutional carry — a term favored by gun rights advocates referring to the Second Amendment right to bear arms — became law in Louisiana.
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Alyse Pfeil |Sophie Kasakove
Less than a year after Louisiana agreed to let people conceal their weapons without a permit, state lawmakers are weighing whether to allow permitless concealed guns near schools and on parade routes, sparking fresh criticism in New Orleans. Senate Bill 101, by state Sen. Blake Miguez, R-New Iberia, would allow anyone legally permitted to carry a gun to tote their weapon up to a school’s property line. That includes people without permits. Another bill, House Bill 393, would allow guns at parades.
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1 week ago |
nola.com | James Finn |Ben Myers |Sophie Kasakove |Joni Hess
New Orleans’ population is shrinking again after years of steady recovery from Hurricane Katrina. A lack of affordable housing is making life unbearable for some. At the same time, residents are taking home bigger incomes than eight years ago, when Mayor LaToya Cantrell was running for the city’s top office. And despite a surge in killings in 2022, crime later plummeted, and 2025 is on pace to finish as the city’s least-deadly year on record.
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4 weeks ago |
nola.com | Sophie Kasakove
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson will keep about 20% of the jail's budget, after a vote recount on Thursday confirmed her historically narrow victory in last week’s referendum on her office’s funding. Voters approved the renewal of a tax that funds around a fifth of the New Orleans jail's budget by a four-vote margin, according to the updated count.
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