Lawyers Close to Cantrell Trying To Extend Big Ticket Contracts

August 12, 2025

  Belden Batiste, a candidate for the New Orleans City Council District D, said today that the City Council should not extend several multi-year no-bid legal contracts initially authorized by Mayor LaToya Cantrell more than five years ago. The Council’s Budget Audit Committee will review the proposed contract extensions as part of a long agenda […]


“The Super 8” Mayoral Candidates Hosting Their Own Forum Tuesday

August 11, 2025

Though there are still 11 candidates in the race for mayor, only three of them – State Senator Royce Duplessis, City Councilmember Helena Moreno and City Councilmember Oliver Thomas – are garnering major attention. To remedy that situation, the remaining candidates – known collectively as “The Super 8” – have put together their own campaign […]


Morrell Seeks To Tighten Regulations on Council-Driven Vehicles

July 24, 2025

City Council President J.P. Morrell will introduce a motion at the council’s July 23 meeting which, if approved, will eliminate councilmembers’ staff from the list of authorized drivers of the City Council’s take-home vehicles and require that each operator have a valid driver’s license. This action comes after complaints from members of the public including […]


Legal Challenges May Reduce the Number of Candidates in October Election

July 14, 2025

As most Saints fans know, there is a time each season when weaker players are eliminated before the roster is complete. In politics, that time is this week.   Now that qualifying for the fall elections has ended, candidates are being scrutinized by their opponents and election experts to determine if they meet all the qualifications […]


Donna Kashanian Isn’t Public Enemy Number One

June 26, 2025

To her family and friends, Lakeview wife and mother Madonna “Donna” Kashanian is a kind and caring neighbor always ready to cook a meal. To U.S. immigration authorities, Kashanian is a criminal, perhaps even a terrorist. Currently locked up in Basile, Louisiana’s ICE Processing Center, Kashanian is caught in the crosshairs of America’s war with […]


Good-Bye Churchill Downs; Hello Gayle Benson? (Update: Gayle Benson Releases Statement)

June 11, 2025

Editor’s note: Following the publication of this article, Gayle Benson has released the following statement through Saints and Pelicans Executive Greg Bensel regarding the sale of the Fair Grounds: “With the recent news generated by Churchill Downs concerning their continued racing at Fair Grounds, we have had numerous calls regarding our interest in purchasing the […]


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