NEW ORLEANS — Last year, a high-ranking city official raised ... a businessman who chairs the board’s finance committee, said at the May board meeting, the first held after Villavaso and ...

The city has yet to finalize agreements with the Orleans Parish School Board, the Archdiocese of New Orleans and a handful ... the state at the committee meeting on Monday. Citing sharp declines ...

It's among the stricter anti-encampment deterrents proposed by elected officials since the Supreme Court in 2023 made it ...

WELL, LAWMAKERS IN BATON ROUGE HONORING A WELL-KNOWN VOICE IN NEW ORLEANS POLITICS AND BUSINESS. JAY BHATT UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY LAST NIGHT AT A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND LONGTIME GOP ...

and as president of the board overseeing New Orleans City Park. His death represents “a profound loss,” said City Council member Helena Moreno in a prepared statement. “Jay Batt genuinely ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO ... by the death of our good friend and dedicated board member Jay Batt. Jay was a longtime and steadfast supporter of City Park and was instrumental in guiding us through ...

SIX. BACK TO YOU. SHAY. THANKS. AND NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL IS CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING TODAY TO CHANGE HOW THE ORLEANS PARISH SHERIFF’S OFFICE BUDGET IS PROCESSED AND MONITORED. WELL ...

“People who had no agency over themselves.” In 2023, the University of Leipzig in Germany reached out to the City of New Orleans to find a way to return the remains, Guillory said. The ...