New Orleans City Council President Jean-Paul Morrell is warning the public about what he calls a blatant scam involving a self-proclaimed Mardi Gras krewe promising a grand parade through the French Quarter and Downtown in 2026. In a video posted to social media, Morrell directly accuses the Mystic Kings Krewe — led by Cecil […]
Editor’s Note: Our first piece, Who Really Owns New Orleans Now, sparked a strong response — not just in readership, but in what readers asked for next: more depth, more evidence, and more answers. While that article was designed as a broad overview of a long-standing problem, it quickly became clear that a deeper investigation […]
On Sunday, April 6, 2025, New Orleanians packed Lafayette Square to protest the mounting threats to public services, civil rights, and working-class communities. The event was part of a national ‘Hands Off!’ day of action, and the message was aimed squarely at state and federal leaders: keep your hands off our schools, our healthcare, our […]
New Orleans was built on a dream—and on a swamp. And in 2025, that dream is collapsing under the weight of cracked asphalt, sunken sewer lines, and a city government that keeps digging holes deeper than it knows how to fill. At the heart of the New Orleans infrastructure crisis: an $800 million budget shortfall […]
On Thursday, New Orleans City Council President JP Morrell and Council Vice President Helena Moreno introduced legislation to ban all non-commercial short-term rentals (STRs) in New Orleans residential areas.
An investigation done by the New Orleans City Council found that Mayor LaToya Cantrell's Office of Communication deliberately ignored city procurement rules and violated state law when it sent out anti-recall fliers earlier this year.
The City Council's Community Development Committee will meet Monday, June 26 and receive input from citizens regarding permitting and unlicensed street vendors. Unpermitted vendors pop up throughout the city and often take customers away from small businesses which follow the city's rules. It's never easy or quick to get a permit for renovation, signage or […]
Though officials pledged that the audio tapes from the investigation of NOPD officer Jeffrey Vappie were secure, a city employee in the Law Department mistakenly handed a flash drive containing 11 interviews of Vappie and other officers to an unidentified member of HANO's board of directors earlier on Monday, March 13. Though the investigation is […]
City of New Orleans CAO Gilbert Montano provided a partial response Friday, February 24, to questions posed by City Council President J.P. Morrell and Vice President Helena Moreno regarding Mayor Cantrell's recent 2022 recap brochure which the Cantrell administration selectively sent to 106,633 "fellow New Orleanians who actively participate in our local democracy" in late […]
The New Orleans City Council is considering a collaboration with the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) to create a new city-wide truancy center. Hailed as an anti-crime measure, the truancy center would be available to the growing number of juveniles who have drifted away from an in-school education since the pandemic began.
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