Two New Orleans City Council members and a retired judge are vying to replace term-limited Mayor LaToya Cantrell. A recent poll shows City Council Member Helena Moreno with a significant lead, but ...

But New Orleans City Council members questioned management of the jail last week during a tense meeting and argued the sheriff's office requires greater transparency and accountability.

New Orleans City Council pushing for more oversight of Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office spending Donald Trump freezes all new student visa interviews: Report Medicare recipients face a growing ...

Sawed pipes and taunting messages: How a mass escape exposed a New Orleans jail's security failures The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues ...

The path to freedom began behind a toilet. After midnight on May 16, inmates at the New Orleans city jail forced open the door of a first-floor cell and crammed inside.

NEW ORLEANS — Last year, a high-ranking city official raised concerns about payroll fraud inside Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s signature Summer Youth Employment Program. Now, that official, Sunae ...

The New Orleans City Council is meeting Tuesday morning to hold a public hearing in the aftermath of a brazen Orleans Parish jail escape that saw 10 inmates break out of the 9-year-old facility.

Jay Batt – lifelong New Orleans resident, business, civic leader, and city council member whose public service helped communities recover from Hurricane Katrina – passed away in his sleep on May 18, ...

New Orleans’s use of automated facial recognition has not been previously reported and is the first known widespread effort by police in a major U.S. city to use AI to identify people in live ...

One of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s most outspoken critics, Ald. Andre Vasquez, is the newly elected chair of the City Council’s 14-member Latino Caucus — and promises to turn up the heat on the ...