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🌱 'Smart Cities' Investigation Subpoena + Expensive Trash Collection

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Shannon Denney, Neighbor
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Hi all. It's me, Shannon Denney, your host of the New Orleans Daily — back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening locally.

First, today's weather:

A severe afternoon t-storm. High: 90 Low: 79.

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Here are the top three stories in New Orleans today:

  1. As the city begins to get closer to closing in on a deal for a new trash collection service, it seems like this new contract will be costing the city and NOLA residents even more than before. The previous deal cost the city $6 million and this new contract rings in at $11 million. You can expect to see the $24 monthly sanitation fee to climb even higher if this deal goes through. (WWLTV.com)
  2. A judge has ruled that the Cantrell administration must hand over the records subpoenaed by city council amid the 'Smart Cities' investigation. Cantrell's 'Smart Cities' startup, which was intended to bring wifi across New Orleans, is currently having the origins of its funding investigated. (WDSU New Orleans)
  3. Two separate shootings left two men dead on Wednesday afternoon. The first incident occurred around 3:30 on Trapier Street where one victim was shot and taken to the hospital where he later died. Around 5:30 p.m. the second shooting occurred on Josephine Street where police found one victim suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital where he died. (WWLTV.com)

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Today in New Orleans:

  • Art Exhibition at the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce (7 p.m.)
  • Live Music at the Pontchartrain Hotel (7 p.m.)
  • Mysteries On The Move Scavenger Hunt in NOLA (7 a.m.)

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That's it for today! See you all tomorrow for another update.

— Shannon Denney

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