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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 […]

Indictment of Mayor LaToya Cantrell and Jeffrey Vappie: A Scandal Rocking New Orleans Politics

August 15, 2025

The indictment of Mayor LaToya Cantrell and her alleged lover, former NOPD Executive Security Jeffrey Vappie is the kind of national news Newman Orleans somehow cannot avoid.  A city built on a swamp by pirates, slaves, prostitutes, free people of color and greedy Europeans, where illicit sexual relationships were the norm, is unfortunately still known […]

“Outsourced and Overcharged: How Consultants Quietly Took Over New Orleans City Hall”

June 29, 2025

The potholes are still there, and garbage pickup is spotty. The Sewerage and Water Board can’t keep the power on during a rainstorm. And yet, New Orleans keeps signing checks—big ones. While city workers and departments struggle with understaffing and outdated equipment, tens of millions of dollars flow to private consultants each year. Whether it’s […]

BREAKING: ADP Fails to Pay Some City Employees On Time

July 5, 2019

Friday, July 5 was supposed to be payday for New Orleans city employees. However, Big Easy Magazine has received word that many of those employees, including those at the New Orleans Department of Transportation and the New Orleans Public Library, did not receive their paychecks this morning. According to an email sent out Friday morning […]

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