Second-Line organizations along with Social Aid and Pleasure clubs are in a nasty battle with Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration, the outcome of which might have long-term negative impacts on the city’s cultural scene. The NOPD has proposed new rules that would add to the costs of holding a parade by requiring increased insurance for trolleys […]
Parents, Students To Protest Thursday on City Hall Steps Concerned teachers, parents, students and their allies—frustrated by the Cantrell administration’s ongoing refusal to make good on millions in payments owed to the Orleans Parish Public Schools—will rally on the steps of City Hall Thursday March 6 at 9 a.m. According to organizer Erin Canfield, an […]
Representatives of the taxicab industry are asking the New Orleans City Council this week to create a more even playing field between taxis and ride shares in advance of Super Bowl 2025. As debate around New Orleans taxi regulations intensifies, taxicab industry spokesperson Jason Coleman is on the Council’s Consent Agenda Thursday, November 21, to […]
Though Civil District Court Judge Loria Jupiter temporarily slowed down Governor Jeff Landry’s plan to consolidate all the unhoused in one central location, New Orleanians would be foolish to think the battle is over. While the courts might insert some qualifiers, Landry will eventually get his way. Why? He is bound and determined to reshape […]
“Chief Anne Kirkpatrick is double-talking. She said she is ‘all-woman and this is her department’ but now she is cow-towing to Mayor LaToya Cantrell,” said Belden Batiste, community activist and declared candidate for mayor in 2025. Batiste was referring to Kirpatrick’s recent decision to put the brakes on promotions for key NOPD personnel. Kirpatrick admitted […]
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has ordered the closure of homeless encampments across New Orleans, including the city’s largest encampment located at Calliope Street and Loyola Avenue. This move, which comes just days before Taylor Swift’s highly anticipated three-day concert at Caesar’s Superdome, has ignited strong opposition from local officials and homeless services advocates. They argue […]
When Mayor LaToya Cantrell presents her annual 2025 budget address to the City Council on Tuesday, October 1, many New Orleanians will be looking askance at a woman in whom they have lost faith. Most disappointed could be the Black women voters who didn’t sign the recall petition because they couldn’t bear to see the […]
On Thursday, August 22 the New Orleans City Council voted to pay tens of millions owed to plaintiffs whose decades-old judgments against the city have never been collected. Among the types of cases lining up for payments include disputes over city contracts, accidents involving police vehicles, Uber lawsuits, and wrongful death judgments. The estimated amount […]
With his first appearance before Judge Wendy Vitter on Wednesday, August 7, Jeffrey Vappie Jr., former NOPD executive security officer and close companion to Mayor LaToya Cantrell, is squarely under the thumb of federal prosecutors. Although Cantrell has not been indicted in Vappie’s case, she is under intense pressure for her own behavior which, according […]
The usually gregarious Mayor LaToya Cantrell – who can often be found at a second line parade or dancing at a local nightclub – has become nearly invisible ever since word began circulating about the federal indictment of Jeffrey Vappie, Jr., her former personal executive security officer, as well as her own possible indictment for […]
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