Qualifying for mayor, council seats and a handful of other local seats ran from Wednesday, July 9 through Friday, July 11, ...

Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Orleans area.As thousands of architects and planners flocked to New ...

In his first interview on Thursday, he told WWL Louisiana he’s hoping to follow in the footsteps of the outgoing councilman, ...

A Louisiana law that creates criminal penalties for local law enforcement officers who do not fully cooperate with federal immigration investigations is putting the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s ...

Hutson was one of the final high-profile candidates expected to qualify for New Orleans' municipal election cycle this week.

Kimberly Thomas, who served a decade ago on the S&WB, was given nod by a council committee last week and was slated for ...

On July 10, the New Orleans City Council passed its first Building Energy Benchmarking ordinance (Ordinance No. 35,154), ...

U.S. Congressmen, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Louisiana representative Troy Carter, took the stage, ...

The New Orleans City Council voted to override the mayor's emergency trash contract for the French Quarter. Sources tell WDSU that New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell awarded an emergency sanitation ...

The New Orleans City Council voted Thursday to approve a plan to pay off nearly $90 million in court-ordered payments owed to ...

The New Orleans City Council voted Thursday morning to override two recent vetoes by Mayor LaToya Cantrell, restoring key funding for the redevelopment of Charity Hospital and French Quarter ...

The New Orleans City Council voted five to one to override Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s emergency declaration, allowing Henry ...