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New Orleans Urges Visitors To Avoid Bourbon Street Crime Scene

Mayor Cantrell warns against visiting Bourbon Street due to ongoing crime scene. Stay updated for further developments.

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Cam Jordan Clings to Revenge Mode Amid New Uncertainty

In the first installment of an occasional series, Greg Bishop checks in with the Saints defensive lineman, who is focused on winning a Lombardi Trophy in a city that adopted him.

Sports Illustrated

New Orleans civil rights icon Tessie Prevost dead at 69

Funeral services will be held Saturday for one of four Black women who helped integrate New Orleans public schools when they were girls in 1960

The Independent UK

Essence Festival wraps up a 4-day celebration of Black culture

The Essence Festival of Culture is ending in New Orleans with performances by Janet Jackson and a special tribute to Frankie Beverly & Maze

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30th annual Essence Festival of Culture kicks off in New Orleans

The City of New Orleans welcomed thousands of people descending on the Big Easy for the 30th annual celebration of the Essence Festival of Culture

The Independent UK

Brickbats: December 2023

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Reason

Saltwater intrusion in NOLA water supply

Mayor LaToya Cantrell signed an emergency declaration on Friday as preparations are made to secure clean water

Salon

Police veteran hailed for reform efforts in Washington, California nominated to be New Orleans chief

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Monday that she has chosen Anne Kirkpatrick, a former chief of police in Spokane, Washington, and Oakland, California, to head the New Orleans Police Department

The Independent UK

Brickbat: Shameful Indeed

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell recently vetoed a bill that would order the owners of an apartment building to rent out a city-owned unit. After the city council overrode her veto, Cantrell said it is "shameful" that the city will not lease a suite in Caesars Superdome, home of the…

Reason

New Orleans mayor’s husband dies

First Gentleman Jason Cantrell was a well-known lawyer

The Independent UK

Tourist shot and waiter killed in New Orleans restaurant shooting during Jazz festival

A waiter at a well-known New Orleans restaurant was killed and a customer who was a tourist visiting the city for the Jazz festival injured in a shooting.

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Uniquely New Orleans mayoral recall effort fails

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said a “great weight” has been lifted from her with the failure of a recall petition drive that began in August

Ballotpedia

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell Challenges Lowered Signature Requirement in Recall Effort

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell (D) filed two lawsuits on March 14, 2023, to challenge a consent judgment that was agreed upon by Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin (R) and the organizers of the recall effort against Cantrell. The consent judgment, announced by Ardoin on March 1, 2023, revises…

The Independent UK

Effort to recall New Orleans' first female mayor fails

The effort to recall New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has failed

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New Orleans mayor fights lowered recall signature threshold

The mayor of New Orleans is challenging a court settlement that significantly lowered the number of petition signatures her opponents need to force a recall election

The Independent UK

Judge with key role in recall fight had signed petition

A judge who recently approved a court settlement lowering the number of signatures needed on a recall petition against New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell had signed that petition in December

The Independent UK

Mardi Gras ebullience intersects with crime worry, politics

It's Mardi Gras — or Fat Tuesday in New Orleans — and the annual, ebullient climax of the city's Carnival season comes this year with some political intrigue

The Independent UK

Spreading the joy: Longer parade routes OKd for Mardi Gras

COVID-19 precautions wiped out most New Orleans’ Mardi Gras festivities in 2021, and a shortage of police officers forced the city to shorten routes for some of its lavish seasonal parades in 2022

The Independent UK

Crime worries underpin celebration as Carnival season begins

New Orleans is kicking off its annual Carnival season

Reason

Brickbats: January 2023

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Reason

Brickbat: Living Large

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been living in an apartment in a city-owned building without paying rent, and city officials said that appears to violate no policies. The apartment in the historic Upper Portalba building has a rent of $2,991 a month. But no rent on the apartment was…

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