Gordon Russell
Baton Rouge Advocate
New Orleans, LA, United States
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Political rainmaker, restaurateur Fouad Zeton set to plead guilty in fraud scheme
Fouad Zeton, a restaurateur and former owner of a Lower Garden District mansion that has played host to a slew of New Orleans political fundraising events, is set to plead → Read More
Federal judge orders Ray Nagin to boost monthly restitution from $500 to $1,200
A federal judge has ordered former Mayor Ray Nagin to boost his monthly payments to the federal government from $500 to $1,200, a compromise decision that falls about midway between → Read More
Baton Rouge prison contractor Michael LeBlanc sentenced in Mississippi corruption probe
Michael LeBlanc Sr. built a big business catering to prisons systems in Louisiana and Mississippi, sometimes with bribes. → Read More
Former state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson sentenced to 22 months in prison
Longtime former state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson was sentenced Wednesday to 22 months in prison after pleading guilty to taking more than $140,000 from the state Democratic Party’s coffers and → Read More
Former state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson faces sentencing in wire fraud case
Longtime former state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson will be sentenced in federal court at 10 a.m. Wednesday, more than five months after she pleaded guilty to taking more than $140,000 → Read More
French president Emmanuel Macron plans visit to Frenchmen Street. What's with that name?
Perhaps it’s no surprise that French President Emmanuel Macron is planning to take a stroll down Frenchmen Street at the end of his visit to New Orleans Friday evening. → Read More
Hurricane Ian didn't come anywhere near Louisiana. But it could still roil our insurance market
Hurricane Ian, 2022’s first killer cyclone, missed Louisiana by hundreds of miles. But the devastating Category 4 storm, which caused damages estimated in the tens of billions of dollars, could → Read More
Jeff Landry must release records on aide, as judge rules in favor of Advocate reporter
A Baton Rouge judge has ordered the release of public records related to a sexual harassment investigation of one of Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry's top aides, in an unusual → Read More
Attorney General Jeff Landry sues Advocate reporter over public-records request
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry on Friday sued a reporter for The Advocate and The Times-Picayune over a public-records request she filed, asking a judge to issue a declaratory judgment → Read More
Testing lags at Louisiana nursing homes likely increased deadly toll of coronavirus
Charles Brown will never forget the date his mother, Hazel Dean, was diagnosed with the coronavirus: June 2. → Read More
This Louisiana architect paid $17,216 to settle ethics case
Modest renovation morphs into deal to design new $100 million prison → Read More
Person who attended NICAR journalism conference in New Orleans tests presumptively positive for coronavirus
At least one person in attendance at a national journalism conference held in New Orleans last week has tested presumptively positive for the novel coronavirus, organizers said. → Read More
Plans to revive this special part of New Orleans, cradle of jazz, is starting to take shape
It doesn’t look like much now: a collection of surface parking lots, boarded-up buildings and a pizza joint, spread over a few hundred feet of pavement. But the 400 block → Read More
Listen: Two linchpins of Gov. Bobby Jindal's tenure re-examined: Ep. 30 of 'The Neutral Ground'
The 30th episode of the New Orleans Advocate's weekly podcast, "The Neutral Ground," is available for download. → Read More
Listen: LaToya Cantrell's eventful first year as New Orleans mayor: Ep. 29 of 'The Neutral Ground'
The 29th episode of the New Orleans Advocate's weekly podcast, "The Neutral Ground," is available for download. → Read More
Listen: What's behind Chris Roberts' sudden resignation? Ep. 28 of 'The Neutral Ground'
The 28th episode of the New Orleans Advocate's weekly podcast, "The Neutral Ground," is available for download. → Read More
Listen: Mayor Cantrell defends secret traffic-camera tweaks: Ep. 27 of 'The Neutral Ground'
The 27th episode of the New Orleans Advocate's weekly podcast, "The Neutral Ground," is available for download. → Read More
Bribery lawsuit involving landfill owners, ex-New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin gets new life
Seven years ago, West Bank landfill owner Fred Heebe and his stepfather, Jim Ward, pulled off a stunning coup, exposing an online-commenting scandal in U.S. Attorney Jim Letten’s office as → Read More
Listen: What a drag it is getting old -- just ask Mick Jagger: Episode 25 of 'The Neutral Ground'
The 25th episode of the New Orleans Advocate's weekly podcast, "The Neutral Ground," is available for download. → Read More
Louisiana jury case revives long-running Supreme Court debate over reach of Bill of Rights
Calvin Duncan was soaking in the sun outside the federal courthouse in New Orleans about a year ago when the subject turned to Greek mythology. → Read More