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State eyes 94-mile ‘land bridge’ along coast
Ankle monitoring companies under DA scrutiny Hillar Moore says data reporting inconsistent BY QUINN COFFMAN staff writer
person familiar with the status of negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly. The sides have previously seemed close to a deal in recent weeks, only to falter.
When Austin Jackson, a Baton Rouge rapper who goes by BBE AJ, traveled to New York City to perform Tuesday night, he allegedly did so without getting the necessary approval from a judge. Jackson was out on bail following his arrest in April on a count of aggravated assault with a “It’s all firearm. A condition of because his release was having his phone tracked by we’re Bound Monitorrelying on Home ing, which uses ankle civilians monitors and other deto do what vices to keep tabs on defendants. maybe After Jackson failed to should be respond to multiple locagovernment tion checks, East Baton work.” Rouge Parish District HILLAR MooRE, Attorney Hillar Moore on Wednesday filed a East Baton motion to have that bail Rouge Parish revoked. district attorney But beyond Jackson’s case, Moore is scrutinizing local ankle monitoring companies to see if they are slow to report violations to authorities or are allowing their subjects to bend the boundaries of their bail agreements. Moore said monitoring companies routinely fail to keep authorities aware of the locations of those surveilled. But when those companies have been scrutinized — and subpoenaed for their location data — their reporting becomes more responsive. “It’s all because we’re relying on civilians to do what maybe should be government work,” Moore said. While companies are required to report when a violation occurs, data on the defendant’s specific location is being delivered to the District Attorney’s Office only after a subpoena is filed, which can take days, Moore said. “I then probably have to go issue another subpoena for the actual raw data,” Moore said, which is often held on a separate company’s servers. “I want everything; I don’t want just what (the
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The sun hangs low over Barataria Bay near Port sulphur. A plan being pursued by the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority would create a 94-mile ‘land bridge’ aimed at protecting the Barataria Basin, south of New orleans and west of the Mississippi River, as well as Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.
But idea to rebuild wetlands filled with complications, uncertainties BY MIKE SMITH staff writer
Deep in St. Bernard Parish, with newly restored marsh in the distance, Gov. Jeff Landry’s point man on coastal projects talked up his vision for addressing the state’s land loss crisis. “It’s about building projects. We don’t need to study anything,” said Gordon Dove, the former Terrebonne Parish president and state legislator who chairs
the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority. “If we have to study something, I ought to be run off, and a lot of other people ought to be run off. We know what to build now, and we’re going to go in building projects.” His comments were well-received by a friendly audience at the recent event in Delacroix, but they have met skepticism elsewhere — much like the strategy he wants to pursue.
Since it controversially canceled two unprecedented river diversion projects aimed at rebuilding lost wetlands, the Landry administration has been working out plans for alternatives. Those plans are beginning to come into view, and a key component involves what would on paper seem eye-popping: a “land bridge” patched together across 94 miles along the state’s coast,
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Trump says deal with Iran won’t be rushed The agreement would not be But contends negotiations proceeding in ‘constructive manner’ signed Sunday, according to a
BY SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press
CAIRO — The United States is close to reaching a deal with Iran that would end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and
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see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, regional officials told The Associated Press on Sunday, though President Donald Trump said he told representatives “not to rush into a deal.” Trump said negotiations
were “proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner,” and the relationship with Iran was becoming “much more professional and productive.” He pushed back against criticism by some fellow Republicans seeking a tougher approach.
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