LaToya Cantrell Archives

Cantrell Indictment, Unpacked: What Each Federal Count Alleges, and How Prosecutors Say the Scheme Worked

September 10, 2025

As Mayor LaToya Cantrell heads to federal court for arraignment, the charging document against her reads like a roadmap of overlapping theories of public-corruption: a fraud scheme built on taxpayer-funded travel and on-duty hours for her then, police bodyguard, and an obstruction campaign that allegedly used disappearing messages, misleading sworn statements, and pressure on subordinates […]

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 […]

State Senator Royce Duplessis Says New Orleans Can’t Wait

July 3, 2025

Playing on his youthful enthusiasm, State Senator Royce Duplessis told an overflow crowd of family and friends that he is the mayoral candidate that can best lead New Orleans into the future. Duplessis made his remarks during his campaign kickoff Tuesday, July 1, which was held at Ashe Powerhouse Theater located in his state senate […]

Trash, Turf, and Power: How a French Quarter Sanitation Contract Became a Political Proxy War

May 2, 2025

The fight over who picks up the garbage is really a fight over who runs New Orleans—and what happens when emergency powers replace public process. What began as a routine contract in the French Quarter has spiraled into a deeper battle over transparency, authority, and political influence. In New Orleans, even the garbage is political. […]

Sweeping for the Spotlight: Why New Orleans Cleared Homeless Encampments Before the Super Bowl

March 25, 2025

It’s been just over a month since New Orleans hosted Super Bowl LIX — and while the stadium is quiet again, the controversy surrounding Governor Jeff Landry’s decision to clear New Orleans homeless encampment sweeps near the Caesars Superdome is still stirring debate. In the weeks before the event, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry ordered the […]

Judge Harry Cantrell Being Sued for Son Jason’s Debts

September 26, 2024

When Jason Cantrell, husband of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, passed away in August 2023 he was saddled with debt, according to his succession and other documents recently filed in Civil District Court. Now his father, retired Judge Harry Cantrell, is being forced to pay off several loans the senior Cantrell personally guaranteed on Jason’s behalf. Jason […]

Is Real Change on the Way for Louisiana's Democratic Party?

March 21, 2024

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are expected to easily win Louisiana Democratic and Republican presidential primaries on Saturday, March 23. Yet there are many livelier contests underway some too close to call – for seats on the two state central committees and 39 parish executive committees. The March 23 election is what […]

Recall Legislation Making Incremental Progress at Louisiana Legislature

May 19, 2023

While supporters of the effort to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell might not have met their goal, they are making progress in changing the rules under which recalls operate in Louisiana.

Belden Batiste: New Orleans Needs New Leadership; Rebuffs Response to NOLA Tribune

September 7, 2022

Editor’s note: Belden Batiste and Eileen Carter filed a petition with the Secretary of State to recall Mayor LaToya Cantrell. The petition has received overwhelming response from New Orleanians voters, many of whom are upset with Cantrell's lack of leadership in New Orleans politics. The Tribune newspaper recently published an editorial in support of Cantrell. […]

Mayor Shuts Down Bars After a List of Seemingly Conflicting Messages Throughout COVID Period

February 7, 2021

After pictures began circulating on social media over the last few days of unmasked crowds and close activity at The Red Eye Grill, Mayor LaToya Cantrell has decided she has had enough. In a Facebook post, the Mayor said, "The City of New Orleans overnight shut down several bars across the city for failure to […]

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