Owen Courreges: Will the U.S. Supreme Court end New Orleans’ ban on stun guns?

Sell, manufacture, purchase, possess or carry any blackjack, sandclub, metal knuckles, switchblade knife or spring knife, iron buckle, zip gun or stungun; Use any device or attachment of any kind designed, used or intended for use in silencing the noise of any firearm, rifle or shotgun. The first thing you notice about this ordinance is that it is terribly written.

Senate passes bill to bar public funding to abortion providers

Planned Parenthood has an abortion clinic under construction on Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans that would replace its current clinic, shown in this file photo. A bill passed the Senate on Monday that would ban public funding for entities performing abortions.