Some personal news — excited to say I'll be heading down to Louisiana to join the team at The Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate as their first Report for America corps member! I'll be covering Bossier City and Bossier Parish government, and I can't wait to get to work! #RFADay.

entire gang sitting dumbstruck at the rehearsal finale. ive never felt these feelings before

Anyone know if Erie County ever made good on its promise from last year to build a dashboard for tracking opioid settlement spending? I can't find anything. They also stopped publishing their harm reduction activity reports.

The Chicago Tribune is offering buyouts to our journalists. This move by Alden Global Capital, our rapacious ownership group, shows a total lack of vision and respect for the newsroom and the city we serve. We will do whatever we can to support our members. (1/4)

BREAKING: Explosions rang out across Iran’s capital as Israel claimed it was attacking the country. apnews.com/article/iran-e…

this is like the platonic ideal of a bad new york times story

i definitely have to wait til at least next month but i am so so so beyond tempted to go adopt this guy who kinda looks like a little baby oreo oreo 🌈 & monkey

#LSU has found a power bat out of the portal to replace Jared Jones and Ethan Frey (assuming they sign). Yorke, a 1B, blasted 13 homers with a 1.079 OPS last season at GCU.

Candidates for the October special election to fill the Bossier Parish Police Jury's District 1 seat were finalized last week. Take a look at who's running and learn about their priorities. shreveportbossieradvocate.com/news/beaty-mor…

In a few weeks I'll be starting a Substack, some news, some look back at stories known, not so known, and plain weird. August will be a few, as I relax a little, then September will be more regular. There will be a subscriber cost - not much - once it becomes more frequent. (1/2)

Longing for Justice: in print today in NOLA.com. Read it here: …la.cms.us-corp-qa-4.vip.tnpreprod.net/interactive/lo…

For three years, Eric Adams and his technology and police departments have planned to use a free internet program to expand surveillance at NYCHA. We could not find a single instance of them telling anyone — not NYCHA residents, not the City Council, and perhaps not NYCHA itself.