New Orleans could have right-sized its courts, and now it’s happening the hard way

By: Greg LaRose

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: August 18, 2026

Words: 665

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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An inconvenient truth is being overshadowed by an increasingly tedious melodrama between Gov. Jeff Landry and Mayor Helena Moreno, and not many of my fellow New Orleanians are willing to admit it.

It’s that the city’s court system is long overdue for a right-sizing to adjust for its roughly 25% population loss since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Until Landry and the Republican-dominated legislature forced the issue this year, status quo was permitted for …

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