After several recent building collapses left New Orleans residents bewildered and calling for action, New Orleans City Council members say they're working to more tightly review the city’s ...

New Orleans City Council members are seeking solutions to an issue that has long riled the city’s property owners: the cumbersome process of obtaining building permits in New Orleans. In a ...

A $3.6BN flood barrier is quietly taking shape in New Orleans to protect the city from future climate disasters #floodprotection #neworleans #climateresilience ...

City’s efforts to address corruption, building collapses and issues with third-party inspectors contributing to 6-month backlog of thousands of construction permits New Orleans’ permitting and ...

The city had been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. It was an early hotspot for the virus. And Black residents, who comprise about 60% of the city’s population, were disproportionately impacted, ...

On May 16, 10 men escaped from the Orleans Justice Center, the main jail in New Orleans. The manhunt to catch the escapees has cost the city of New Orleans alone $500,000.

Tulane and New Orleans City Council settle Wisner Trust dispute with $20M deal tied to Charity Hospital redevelopment plans. ... Tulane University reaffirmed its commitment to occupy an anticipated ...

The agency later said he was captured in the New Orleans East area of the city. On Tuesday, May 20, at 7:53 p.m., the state police posted to social media that a fifth inmate, Corey Boyd, 19, was ...

NEW ORLEANS CITY INSPECTOR SUSPENDED. HER ATTORNEY SAYS SHE IS BEING PUNISHED FOR BEING A WHISTLEBLOWER. THE CONTROVERSY COMES AFTER WDSU INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AUBRY KILLION UNCOVERED AUDIO FROM ...

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from an audacious jailbreak, they are also confronting entrenched mistrust in law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Nearly a week after 10 ...

Sterling Williams, inset, on Tuesday was charged in Friday's escape of 10 inmates from a New Orleans jail, also pictured. Brett Duke/The Advocate via AP/Louisiana Attorney General's Office ...