My latest: As she runs for the New Orleans City Council, State Rep. Delisha Boyd and a group supporting her campaign have paid more than $39,000 in campaign funds to a company she owns with her daughter, state records show. #lalege #lagov @nolanews.bsky.social

They helped rebuild New Orleans after Katrina, became active members of local churches, built lives and families. Now they're stuck in an ICE detention center as the Trump administration tries to deport them. Important story from @rjamesfinn.bsky.social: www.nola.com/news/politic...

Two workers who came to New Orleans to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina nearly 20 years ago built families, careers and lives of faith in the city. Now they’re being held in ICE detention, awaiting deportation to Guatemala. #lalege #lagov www.nola.com/news/politic...

Story: LaToya Cantrell rejected warnings about relationship with bodyguard years before indictment

A federal grand jury has indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell.

Criminal charges filed against Mayor LaToya Cantrell follow a years-long probe by the FBI into how she and people around her became involved in alleged corruption.

Public officials and political watchers lamented the harsh spotlight on New Orleans after Mayor LaToya Cantrell was indicted by a federal grand jury.

SCOOP: Louisiana officials are in talks with the Trump administration about opening a state-run immigration jail inside the State Penitentiary at Angola, people familiar with the plan tell me #lalege #lagov www.nola.com/news/politic...

Scoop from @rjamesfinn.bsky.social: Louisiana is in talks to open an immigration jail inside of Angola, sources say. Plan is to use an unused wing of the massive prison complex, possibly camp J, to house immigrants. State closed camp J years ago w/ safety concerns www.nola.com/news/politic...

NEW from me: The arrest of an Iranian woman in New Orleans almost 50 years shows the need for legislation streamlining how the country treats people who lack legal residency but otherwise follow the law, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said in an interview this week. #lalege #lagov

The teams have experience in "swift water" rescues.

"a man who had urged violence against police officers was now responsible for the department’s official effort to exact revenge against those who had tried to hold the rioters accountable" www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

Trump nominates Jefferson Parish lawyer David Courcelle to be New Orleans' next U.S. Attorney, tapping a well-connected member of New Orleans' trial bar to lead the DOJ's largest Louisiana outpost. My story:

BREAKING: on Instagram, State Sen. Royce Duplessis says he’s running for mayor of New Orleans — reversing his decision in January not to run #lalege #lagov

this is a remarkable interview Mamdani being on message, of course, but also Erin Burnett's combination of detailed preparedness, good faith journalistic antagonism, and real interest in having him expand on his ideas

Story from yesterday: An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years and has no criminal record was detained by federal agents Sunday morning as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.

Dueling statements issued by the far-right Louisiana Freedom Caucus, which urges people to wield “justifiable use of force” during protests, and Louisiana Democrats, who accuse the Freedom Caucus of fomenting “violence against peaceful protestors” #lalege #lagov

NEW: The CBP confirmed to @404media.co that it has been flying Predator drones over LA amid the protests. These Predator B drones are military-caliber UAVs used for aerial reconnaissance that can be armed. It further breaks the seal on federal involvement in civilian matters. More here:

The FBI's New Orleans field office posted this message ahead of anti-Trump protests planned nationwide tomorrow #lalege #lagov

Customs and Border Protection taking out recruitment ads on Twitter

"Federal agents make warrantless arrests. Masked agents take people into custody without identifying themselves. And across the U.S., people are disappearing into the federal detention system without notice to families or lawyers, according to attorneys, witnesses and officials." Via @wsj.com

Jimmy Harris delivers better than anyone in Lege, but does it quietly. When I first started, we were both aides to powerful pols who were sometimes at odds. But Jimmy was always awesome to work with. Unpretentious and smart. Great @rjamesfinn.bsky.social piece. www.nola.com/news/politic...

An updated table of Louisiana law enforcement agencies with active and pending 287(g) agreements, which have expanded under Trump and allow local police to enforce federal immigration laws. @nolanews.bsky.social

We asked Mayor Cantrell’s office last night where she was since nobody has seen her for days. Predictably they didn’t respond.

As Trump pursues a sweeping expansion of ICE's 287(g) program, here's which Louisiana agencies are entering partnerships with ICE under that program, or considering doing so. #lalege #lagov www.nola.com/news/crime_p...

NEW: Plainclothes ICE agents entered a Jefferson Parish municipal court building in Metairie on Thursday and detained three people, according to immigrant advocates and a Jefferson Parish official. The arrests within a courthouse mark an escalation of Trump's immigration agenda. #lalege #lagov

News: The father of a two-year-old Louisiana-born girl deported to Honduras has dismissed a legal challenge against the Trump administration, citing "the traumatizing experiences the families have been through" since the girl was deported with her mother and older sister last month. #lalege #lagov

ICYMI: Criminal prosecutions of immigration-related felonies have surged in Louisiana since Trump took office, per a @nolanews.bsky.social review of federal court records and Justice Department data. #lalege #lagov

NEW: A 2-year-old Louisiana girl who is a U.S. citizen was deported by Trump administration officials Friday with "no meaningful process," a federal judge says. #lalege #lagov

Story: Trump's Justice Department overhaul has eroded the agency's legacy of independence and brought it nearer to serving as a cudgel against the president's enemies, two former top federal prosecutors for the New Orleans region say #lalege #lagov

The New York City Council sued Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday in an attempt to block an executive order that allows federal immigration agents into the Rikers Island jail complex, calling it “part of a corrupt quid pro quo bargain” between the mayor and President Trump.

With Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele in the news, I'm reminded of a couple from El Salvador I interviewed in Eagle Pass, TX a year ago — Alicia and Moises. 📷: Javi Gallegos for @nolanews.bsky.social/@theadvocatebr.bsky.social #lalege #lagov

Six months ago, it seemed only a matter of time before New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell would be charged with federal crimes. Here’s why that hasn’t happened, according to sources familiar with the case and legal and political experts I spoke with #lalege #lagov

Breaking: El Salvador’s President Says He Won’t Return Man Who Was Mistakenly Deported

News: Louisiana state Rep. Matthew Willard will run for the @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social seat set to be vacated by Helena Moreno as Moreno runs for mayor #lalege #lagov

PETA will protest meat consumption outside Louisiana restaurants. "As long as they don't disrupt our customers, I'm fine with it," the owner of Central City BBQ said. Here's where else the "Hell on Wheels" truck is going in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and beyond.

Story: FBI agents are helping carry out immigration arrests in New Orleans, part of the Trump administration's redirection of law enforcement resources towards its immigration crackdown. #lalege #lagov

NEW: Bari Weiss’s University of Austin, touted as a haven for free academic inquiry, has a dozen scholars and officials with ties to Hungary’s speech-suppressing regime. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

elected officials who draw government paychecks now following the libs of tiktok playbook of boosting the social media posts of trans people to their followers, who then dox and harass them into hiding

Today’s Times-Picayune | @nolanews.bsky.social

Senate & Governmental Affairs recommends Brandon Fremin (former US Attorney in Louisiana's Middle District) for its vacant Board of Ethics seat. Senate using new law pushed by Gov. Jeff Landry that removed recommendations from Louisiana private colleges for appointees. #lalege

Breaking: Attorneys for Jessie Hoffman, Jr., a Louisiana man on death row for murder, say Hoffman's scheduled execution has been carried out this evening. No word yet from state officials presiding over the execution. #lalege #lagov

Florence Hoffman, the younger sister of Jessie Hoffman, sits beneath an oak tree looking at a photo of her brother outside Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola as she and faith leaders gather before his execution Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (📸: Chris Granger, @nolanews.bsky.social)

Breaking: At the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Warden Darrell Vannoy just briefed reporters that the execution of Jessie Hoffman, Jr. will proceed this evening. #lalege #lagov

BREAKING: Oliver Thomas, veteran New Orleans councilman, launches run for mayor: 'We need a comeback.' via @nolanews.bsky.social #lalege #lagov

Homeland Security officials deported a kidney transplant specialist at Brown University this weekend, even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion.

Story: There’s a mayor’s race underway in New Orleans. Candidates will have to overcome deep apathy New Orleanians we spoke with feel towards current local leaders, whom many view as out-of-touch with the problems that shape their lives. #lalege #lagov

Today would have been Latasha Polk’s 46th birthday. She was killed in the Bourbon Street terror attack. Here is the second line that memorialized her a month ago, and my story about the community she left behind: www.nola.com/news/latasha...

Story: Days after the @nolacitycouncil.bsky.social barred Mayor LaToya Cantrell from official travel, Cantrell is in Washington, D.C. for a conference — a trip Council President @jpmorrell.bsky.social calls "patently unlawful." #lalege #lagov

Covering a New Orleans second line is always such a privilege. @nolanews.bsky.social