New Orleans to take clerk fight to U.S. Supreme Court

⚖️ A lawsuit over the new state law merging New Orleans' clerk of court offices has run out of Louisiana highway after the state Supreme Court declined to reconsider last month's decision to uphold the new law. Now, Mayor Helena Moreno says the city will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take a look. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)

🎓 Ben Franklin High School is expanding its footprint with a 30-year lease on an LSU-New Orleans building. The space will allow the city's top public high school to make room for its largest-ever incoming freshman class, the school announced.

💰 Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed more than $33 million in funding for New Orleans projects, Moreno's office says. One of the biggest chunks of that — $16 million — was aimed at redeveloping the long-blighted Municipal Auditorium. (WWL)

🏀 Hoops news: St. Bernard Parish threw a parade for Chalmette High alumnus Mitchell Robinson, who was on the NBA championship-winning New York Knicks team. (Fox 8)

• And Jaron Pierre Jr. became the Pelicans first-ever New Orleans native draft pick. (Fox 8)