Pelicans power forward Zion Williamson warms up before a Jan. 7 game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Photo: Derick E. Hingle/Getty Images
🤦 Zion Williamson got benched for one game after showing up late to a team flight last week. (ESPN)
🧑⚖️ State police can move forward with their Gov. Jeff Landry-backed efforts to clear New Orleans encampments of unhoused people, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled, overturning a lower court decision blocking the move. (WWL)
🚧 City Hall officials are furious after a judge signed a temporary restraining order preventing them from working to secure Plaza Tower. The move came hours before contractors, who were flown in, were due to inspect the building. (Fox 8)
👀 NOPD's federal consent decree goes before U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan today. The city, which was asking to move to the final phase, on Friday said it wants to end it outright. (The Times-Picayune🔒)
🚐 The RTA tapped former Baton Rouge and Chicago transit leader Brian Marshall as its new chief transit officer. (Press release)
🏠 John Goodman, a part-time New Orleans resident, lost a home in the Los Angeles fires. (People)
