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A Spending Dashboard Is Useful Only If Residents Can Read the Machinery Behind It The City of New Orleans has launched a Real-Time Budget to Actuals Dashboard, allowing residents to compare department budgets with year-to-date spending and...
The Hardest Surveillance Evidence to Find May Be the Evidence That Disappears A surveillance system can shape a criminal case long before a prosecutor describes it as evidence. A license-plate reader may place a vehicle near a location. A...
When a Court Case Becomes a Question About Who Controls the Court The indictment of Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, followed by a stay from the Louisiana Supreme Court, is being discussed as a political confrontation. That descript...