Landry supports effort to eliminate Orleans criminal clerk post; Duncan pushes back

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry says he will sign a bill that would eliminate the Orleans Parish Criminal Clerk of Court position if it clears the Louisiana House.

That bill, sponsored by Monroe Senator Jay Morris, cleared the Senate on a Republican party-line vote and awaits action in the House. It’s one of several bills that Morris is carrying to drastically overhaul the Orleans Parish court system.

Gov. Landry says New Orleans needs to function more like the rest of the state…

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