Joseph Cranney
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Investigative reporter, The Times-Picayune | @LMattersNews founder | "My journalistic range is a catalyst for change." – @blackthought
New Orleans
Joined October 2010
By the end of 2025, research shows a third of U.S. local newspapers will be closed for good. Many remaining are broke and understaffed. But local newsrooms are still a vital force for good in communities across the country. Proof, just in the last year, of what we stand to lose:.
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RT @robertsnellnews: Scoop.Ex-Pistons player Malik Beasley's money problems ran so deep he pledged his current and future NBA contracts as….
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RT @Laranicholson_: After Bogalusa's mayor was caught in a drug trafficking investigation, a local accountant appointed by the state took o….
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RT @rjamesfinn: NEWS: An Iranian immigrant who has lived in New Orleans for nearly 50 years was detained outside her Lakeview home Sunday,….
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RT @aegallo: Years before 10 inmates broke out of the New Orleans jail, the sheriff eliminated a high-risk security unit. That now appears….
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One of the only Katrina reforms was consolidation of a smattering of local levee boards, ending an era of politics & patronage. How's that going, 20 years later? . “I’m in the Bahamas on my big yacht. I had no clue there was a meeting.". By @alexlubben:.
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Read Jennifer's book.
Today is the 10th anniversary of the Emanuel AME Church massacre, a racist attack that killed 9 innocent people at their Bible study. An assault like this harms so many. It also leaves many lessons to be learned, if we are willing to learn them.
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RT @davidhammerWWL: Convicted child molester priest denied parole. Patrick Wattigny appears before parole board and reveals how he promised….
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RT @Temple_MCrew: Excited to publicly announce that the Owls will be taking the trip across the pond to compete in the prestigious Henley R….
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RT @mahoneysthename: The power of public backlash: . Last summer, golf resort Cabot Citrus was poised to get 324 acres of state forest, to….
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The hunt to recapture 10 jail escapees, down to 2, is expected to cost New Orleans around $250k a week.
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Just how chaotic was the New Orleans jail before May's escape? . Guards are attacked, spit on, harassed, etc. at a rate of 3x a week. Fewer than 5% of daily cell-by-cell checks are actually done. Inmates jam cell locks, are "emboldened" to defy security.
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RT @NOLAnews: Pelicans star Zion Williamson has been accused of rape in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles
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RT @kenvogel: SCOOP: Weeks before Trump pardoned Paul Walczak, his mother, Elizabeth Fago, attended a $1M/head fundraiser with Trump. Walc….
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RT @IanMcNultyNOLA: I've heard lots of great feedback on the story about enduring Leidenheimer Baking Co. and its roll in New Orleans food….
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One of the escaped New Orleans jail detainees was actually a state inmate who was supposed to be there temporarily. He was awaiting transport to a state prison. A repeat offender and accused murderer, he remains at large.
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RT @PatSloanTurner: Last year, the Louisiana’s auditor began investigating an orphan well program. Now, new details in a 170 page report r….
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RT @BrettMmurphy: Read our full story here, with @js_kaplan @JustinElliott and @Amierjeski. And if you have a tip about conflicts of intere….
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New Orleans Sheriff Susan Hutson, facing three early challengers to her re-election in November, suggested late Friday that the jailbreak could have been a result of political meddling. "We think this was intentional. There is much more than meets the eye in this investigation.
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Update: One man at large is also facing 1st degree murder charges. Another is wanted for kidnapping and rape. 1 convicted murderer.6 others charged with 1st degree, 2nd degree or attempted murder.2 charged with felony violence, including rape.1 facing drug and weapons charges.
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