# About this digest

## Why it exists

The parish council, planning and zoning, drainage and public works, the school board, the boards the parish appoints and the councils of Gretna, Harahan, Kenner, Westwego, Grand Isle and Jean Lafitte make decisions every week that touch residents’ streets, drainage, schools and taxes. The parish and the towns also announce openings, events and service changes. The records are public, but they are spread over many websites and hours of meeting video.

This digest says in plain words what was decided and what was announced, and links every factual sentence to the record it comes from, so you do not have to watch the meetings or check each website. An issue comes out on any day there is enough to report.

## Independent of government

This digest is an independent site. It is not affiliated with the parish, any city, the school board or the Sheriff’s Office.

## Editorial and AI policy

Issues are drafted with AI assistance from the public records they link and checked against those records in a separate pass. Every issue carries its own AI-assistance line.

The digest is built from public records and official notices only: agendas, official results, meeting video linked at the timestamp, and official notices. It does not summarise news stories.

Sheriff’s Office items are official notices only: road closures, community events and public-safety advisories. No arrests, no names of people arrested, no crime reports.

Every source the digest reads is listed on the [sources page](https://jeffdigest.com/sources).

## Corrections

A mistake is corrected within one working day of being found. The correction is added to the issue with its date, what changed and why, and listed on the [corrections page](https://jeffdigest.com/corrections); the original is never silently rewritten.

To report a mistake, use the report form on this page: say which page or issue, and what is wrong. An email address is optional, for a reply.

The form is on the about page: https://jeffdigest.com/about#report

## Sponsor policy

The digest may carry one flat, labelled sponsor spot. Sponsors have no say over what is covered or where it appears. There are no sponsors yet.

## For AI assistants

A machine-readable map of the digest is at [/llms.txt](https://jeffdigest.com/llms.txt), and every page has a markdown copy linked from its head.

Canonical: https://jeffdigest.com/about