🌱 Recall Campaign Failed + Call For Investigation Into Youth At Angola

Hi, everybody! I'm back in your inbox this spring morning with everything you need to know about what's happening in New Orleans. In today's issue, you'll find:

• The recall petition for Mayor Cantrell does not have enough valid signatures
• Shooting on Chef Menteur Highway
• Letter asks for federal investigation into the Bridge City Youth who were transferred to Angola

But first, today's weather:

Partly sunny and nice. High: 79 Low: 61.

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Here are the top stories today in New Orleans:

1. There will be no recall election for Mayor Cantrell. The Governor announced that the recall petition only had 27,000 valid signatures, when the threshold needed to trigger an election was 45,000. In total around 67,000 signatures were submitted, with only 34,625 being submitted by the actual deadline. The rest were rejected due to not being from valid and qualified electors. (WWLTV)
2. A shooting on Chef Menteur Highway left a 63-year-old man dead on Monday night. Just before 10 PM, police responded to the scene where a man was found and later pronounced dead by EMS. His identity and official cause of death will be released after an autopsy. (WDSU New Orleans)
3. Multiple Civil Rights groups have signed a letter asking the U.S. Department of Education to begin a federal investigation into the move of inmates from the Bridge City Center for Youth to Angola. The letter says that the Orleans Juvenile Justice Department Angola have a history of not providing consistent education and respecting civil rights. The letter also alleges that two of the youth inmates involved in a lawsuit against the move are being kept in poor conditions.(WDSU New Orleans)

Today in New Orleans:

• Story Time at the Rosedale Branch Library (11:00 AM)
• Poetry Club at the Harahan Library (6:00 PM)
• Tulane University Baseball at Washington (8:05 PM)

From my notebook:

• The New Orleans Jazz Museum and Blue Bikes are partnering on March 28th for a free 30 minute ride for "Bike to the Balcony" for the Jazz Museum's Balcony Concert. You can use the Promo Code BALCONY23 in the app or online (New Orleans Jazz Museum via Instagram)
• Bidding is live for NOMA's Art in Bloom silent auction now through March 27th (New Orleans Museum of Art via Facebook)
• The deadline for the 2023 Lousiana Landmarks Society Excellence in Historic Preservation Award nominations has been extended to March 22nd (Louisiana Landmarks Society via Facebook)

That's it for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

— Shannon Denney

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