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Andrea Gallo
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Spirited investigations editor and reporter for The Times-Picayune/ Nola.com / The Advocate. Reach me at agallo@theadvocate.com.
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A trio of political influencers — Baton Rouge GOP head Woody Jenkins, Gonzales state Rep. Kathy Edmonston and Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jefferson Hughes III — have targeted Louisiana's only family court with an unusual probe. Here's what we know:
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How a mother accused of abuse sparked a political uproar inside Louisiana’s only family court
Child abuse allegations, misconduct complaints, unusual probes, recusals: A Baton Rouge custody case has prompted an unusual clash among judges – and now politicians are involved.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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For the first time, universities can directly pay their student athletes. But how much is Garrett Nussmeier making from LSU? What are other schools paying? We filed records requests with every college in the state. They won’t give specifics:

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Louisiana colleges have started paying athletes millions. They won’t say who gets how much.
College sports powerhouses have guarded athlete salary records from the public and their competitors, blocking open records requests.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Trees in New Orleans often carry memories of hurricane damage. But as @sam-karlin.bsky.social explores in his series on rising summer temps and heat deaths in Louisiana, trees can make a huge difference in cooling down cities. Still, our canopy is sparse
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Hurricane-prone New Orleans is lacking trees. They could help with rising heat.
A contractor cut down 107 trees in New Orleans that were planted by a nonprofit. Here's why it's emblematic of larger challenges in the fight against extreme heat.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Early morning news: New archbishop of New Orleans has been named, one of Pope Leo's first appointments.
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Pope Leo XIV names next Archbishop of New Orleans, a NJ bishop who spent years at Vatican
The 50-year-old New Jersey native will succeed Archbishop Gregory Aymond, who submitted his retirement to the Vatican last fall but offered to stay on until the bankruptcy is resolved.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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As summers in Louisiana get hotter, heat-related deaths are soaring.
But it’s a quiet disaster, @sam-karlin.bsky.social
reports in his new deep dive. No blue taped roofs or spray painted homes that show the true toll.
Louisiana is doing little to prevent it.
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In Louisiana, heat-related deaths have soared. The quiet disaster is ‘going to get worse.’
Extreme heat is a silent threat, one that experts warn could become more deadly as temperatures continue to rise.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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September 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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News: Louisiana Supreme Court DENIES Ed Orgeron's application for rehearing on his divorce settlement. He remains on the hook for more than $8 million for his ex-wife, Kelly Orgeron. Details here:
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Louisiana Supreme Court rules that Ed Orgeron's ex-wife deserves $8 million from LSU buyout
The state's high court said Kelly Orgeron deserves half of the former LSU coach's $17 million buyout.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Judges showing up late, then leaving before noon.
An endless cycle of continuances for reasons that include attending a Mardi Gras ball.
Victims & defendants trapped in limbo for years.
Welcome to New Orleans criminal court.
Part 2 of our Longing for Justice series:
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Inside the 'dysfunctional' New Orleans court plagued by murder case delays: 'Like the Wild West'
Judges clocking out before noon. Lost evidence. A request for a delay in a murder case so a lawyer could attend a Mardi Gras ball. Inside Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, hearings and trial da...
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September 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Louisiana death penalty watch: AG's office is arguing that the state should be allowed to sentence minors to death. The state argues that SCOTUS got it wrong in their 2005 decision in Roper v Simmons, when they held 5-4 that it's cruel & unusual punishment
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State chipping away at SCOTUS ruling that outlawed death sentences for juvenile offenders
Dale Dwayne Craig was 17 -- a week shy of his 18th birthday -- when he shot and killing an LSU freshman at point-blank range in 1992. The state wants to get his execution sentence restored, despite a ...
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September 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures swallowed New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, leaving behind ruin that stunned the world. Our photographers were there — in boats,
Photos: Hurricane Katrina then & now from Times-Picayune staff photographers
Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures swallowed New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, leaving behind ruin that stunned the world. Our photographers were there — in boats,
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August 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Brittany Lane felt like she couldn’t do it anymore.
She was diagnosed with postpartum depression, struggling with 5 kids.
Here’s her journey through getting impatient mental health treatment in a new unit in Louisiana:
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Hospitalized with postpartum depression, how a Louisiana mom learned 'it's O.K. to talk about it'
“A lot of times, people are like, ‘I don’t want to talk about it because motherhood is supposed to be all peaches and cream and roses,’” she said. “But like anything, it takes time, it takes work, it ...
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August 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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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:
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They came to rebuild New Orleans after Katrina. Under Trump, ICE is trying to deport them.
Two cousins came from Guatemala to rebuild New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Twenty years later they're in Louisiana ICE detention, awaiting deportation.
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August 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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A federal grand jury has indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
Federal grand jury indicts New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell after years-long investigation
A federal grand jury has indicted New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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20 years ago this month, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. For so many New Orleanians, our lives are demarcated by this moment. If someone ask you about an event or memory from the past, we say “was it before or after the storm?” On this twentieth anniversary, I wrote about going back home.
Twenty Years After the Storm
What home meant before, and after, Hurricane Katrina
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August 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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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
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Louisiana in talks with Trump to run immigration jail inside Angola, sources say
Kristi Noem recently said she was having conversations with other Republican governors about opening facilities in their states modeled after "Alligator Alcatraz." But the potential immigration locku...
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August 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Her grandchildren were there when their dad was shot and killed, his blood coating their hair. Would they testify at the trial for his accused killer? The toll of Lurline LaBeaud-Duncan's six-year-long wait for justice as part of our series today:
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Inside a New Orleans mother's 6-year wait for justice in son's murder: 'Anything to end this'
Lurline LaBeaud-Duncan waited more than five agonizing years for justice after the murder of her son, Gregory Heisser III, and his fiancée in 2018. Here’s a look at the case, from start to finish.
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July 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Our latest @nolanews.bsky.social project from Jillian Kramer and @jadelson.bsky.social. Murder cases in New Orleans move through court at a slower pace than nearly anywhere else. Families are trapped in a never-ending cycle of grief. Why is it this way?
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Murder cases in New Orleans take longer to resolve than almost anywhere in the country
New Orleans murder cases take nearly three years, on average, to close its cases from arrest to resolution. The painstaking delays keep families of victims back to the courtroom, leading to frustratio...
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July 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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News: Ed Orgeron has filed an application for rehearing with the Louisiana Supreme Court, asking that they reverse their recent decision to award his ex-wife $8 million of his LSU buyout. His lawyers warn of "absurd and unjust consequences" from the ruling
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Ed Orgeron fights back against Louisiana Supreme Court ruling that he owes ex-wife $8 million
Ed Orgeron's lawyers warned that the ruling will have "absurd and unjust consequences with wide-ranging implications."
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July 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Day after the CEO of the company that LSU planned to use to build a new arena on campus is indicted, LSU says they are "evaluating the implications" and emphasizes that there is no finalized agreement in place yet for Oak View Group to build the arena.
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LSU 'evaluating' arena project after developer indictment
After Oak View Group CEO Timothy Leiweke was indicted Wednesday, LSU Athletics officials are evaluating how the charges might impact the project in Baton Rouge.
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July 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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LSU said they want their new arena project to follow the example of UT's Moody Center. We got records last year that showed Oak View Group is a finalist. Lawyer also said LSU wasn't planning to use public bids for this project. Head of OVG indicted today:
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Finalist for LSU arena project indicted in federal case saying he rigged bids at UT Austin
LSU had previously said they did not plan to use a public bid process to build their new arena.
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July 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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News: Louisiana Supreme Court drops a major ruling that Ed Orgeron's ex-wife, Kelly, is entitled to *half* his buyout money from LSU. They award her $8 million and some change. Orgeron filed for divorce 43 days after inking his LSU contract extension.
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Louisiana Supreme Court rules that Ed Orgeron's ex-wife deserves $8 million from LSU buyout
The state's high court said Kelly Orgeron deserves half of the former LSU coach's $17 million buyout.
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June 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Louisiana AG Liz Murrill has asked state supreme court to intervene in 5 death penalty cases. When the state's execution chamber was dormant, many post-conviction capital cases languished. Murrill argues some of those defendants are now out of time:
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AG Liz Murrill asks Louisiana Supreme Court to speed up death penalty cases
"Victims’ family members are left...waiting for finality for decades," Murrill said.
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June 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Years before 10 inmates broke out of the New Orleans jail, the sheriff eliminated a high-risk security unit. That now appears to have been a critical misstep that helped to allow for last month’s escape.

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The Orleans Parish jail abandoned its high security unit. Years of violence, trouble followed.
Most jails segregate their most problematic detainees. The New Orleans jail abandoned that years ago.
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June 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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