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Katie Jane Fernelius

Verified
(She/Her)
New Orleans
As seen in: Verite, The Guardian, Yahoo News, Associated Press, SFGate, Substack, Atlas Obscura, Chron, Yahoo, The Nation, Houston Chronicle and
Covers:  Local Government
Journalist in New Orleans for @veritenewsnola. Member of @dstodayunion. Also, writer and producer. 📧: kfernelius@veritenews.org

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Journalist, writer, and creative producer based in New Orleans.

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How are Louisiana sheriffs spending opioid settlement funds? We decided to find out.

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By Katie Jane Fernelius Verified, Alena Maschke Verified, Drew Hawkins Verified
| Verite Verified
Verite News worked with three other news outlets — KFF Health News, The Current and Gulf States Newsroom — to ask all 64 sheriffs in the state how they’ve spent their opioid settlement funds. The responses were shared and presented in a data table for all four newsrooms to use. The newsrooms also shared interviews with a three-person review panel, the executive counsel for the Louisiana Opioid Abatement Administration Corp. and the head of the Louisiana Sheriffs’ Association.
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Public Service Commission will vote on revised transparency rule at September meeting; some groups still have concerns.

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By Katie Jane Fernelius Verified
| Verite Verified
The Louisiana Public Service Commission plans to vote next month ona proposed rule that would require anyone who wants to formally intervene in a matter before commissioners — including corporations and nonprofit environmental and consumer advocacy groups — to disclose all out-of-state funding they receive.
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Civil rights leaders sound alarm over city’s potential application for grant from Trump’s Justice Dept.

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By Katie Jane Fernelius Verified
| Verite Verified
New Orleans Mayor Helena Moreno’s administration is considering applying for a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Justice through its Model Cities Initiative that, if awarded, could provide tens of millions of dollars to support public safety programs and strategies at a time when the city is in desperate need of additional money.
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