Exoneree assumes elected clerk office after judge blocks law eliminating position

NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana man who spent decades in prison for a wrongful conviction began work Monday overseeing the criminal court in New Orleans after a judge temporarily blocked the state from eliminating the position. Calvin Duncan won 68% of the vote to serve as Orleans Parish criminal court clerk. But at the urging … Read more

Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take office

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana Republicans have eliminated an elected position days before an exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based clerk seat was set to take office. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry quietly signed legislation abolishing the longstanding Orleans Parish clerk of criminal court position into law Thursday, according to Louisiana Secretary of State spokesperson … Read more

Big companies position themselves for payday from $50B federal rural health fund

Tory Starr is worried about the people who get medical care at Open Door Community Health Centers along California’s North Coast. “They’re the folks that work at restaurants. They’re the teacher’s aides,” said Starr, a registered nurse who became Open Door’s chief executive more than six years ago. Those patients, he said, are “really the … Read more

Poll position: Where Trump stands among Americans as he faces the nation in primetime

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump goes before the nation in prime time on Wednesday evening to deliver what the White House says is “an important update” on the war with Iran. The president’s address comes amid the month-long attacks by the U.S. and Israel on Iran, which polls indicate … Read more