Carly Berlin
New Orleans Metro ReporterCarly Berlin is the New Orleans Reporter for WWNO and WRKF. She focuses on housing, transportation, and city government. Previously, she was the Gulf Coast Correspondent for Southerly, where her work focused on disaster recovery across south Louisiana during two record-breaking hurricane seasons. Much of that reporting centered on the aftermath of Hurricanes Laura and Delta in Lake Charles, and was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Carly grew up in Atlanta and earned a BA in English with a Creative Writing concentration from Bowdoin College in 2018.
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Historic, mixed-used zones include many areas that function like neighborhood main streets. The council's move comes as the city prepares to pass new laws governing residential short-term rentals before the end of the month.
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The Gulf South is not known for its great public transit systems. Some believe Bus Rapid Transit could solve lingering issues and lead to a better future.
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Lona Edwards Hankins was selected for the agency's top job, after serving as interim CEO since December. But some transit leaders said the agency's hiring process lacked transparency.
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The council must pass a new law governing the controversial vacation rental industry before the end of the month, after a federal court found the city’s current law unconstitutional last year.
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The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will receive $500,000 for Claiborne from the Reconnecting Communities program, a new federal initiative that aims to bridge disadvantaged neighborhoods cut off by past infrastructure decisions. But that's far less than what the state has envisioned for the project.
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Mardi Gras in New Orleans is back in full swing this year. Hundreds of thousands of revelers will be in the city as local businesses are still dealing with the volatile post-pandemic economy.
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The council plans to hold a series of meetings about new short-term rental regulations next month, before a court-ordered deadline to pass a new law by March 31.
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Plans for a faster bus line that could connect New Orleans East to the west bank were dealt an early blow on Tuesday, after a city council committee moved to delay a vote on the rapid transit proposal.
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By most accounts, Mardi Gras is back to pre-pandemic normalcy this year. But it's not business as usual for some New Orleans shops.
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As parades pick up, we polled our newsroom staff on their best advice for navigating the alternate universe that is New Orleans during Mardi Gras.