Ryan Nelsen
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With Saturday's election producing six races without a clear favorite, voters have less than a month to decide their stances on candidates, including a divisive sheriff's election that could give the city its first female sheriff.
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After four battle-tested years, LaToya Cantrell won another term as the mayor of New Orleans. Cantrell has been declared the winner by receiving 57% of the vote with 52% of the votes reported, according to WWL-TV.
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The hotly-contested At-Large Division II race was almost projected to be a runoff between former State Rep. JP Morrell and City Council member Kristin Gisleson Palmer until the very end, when all precincts were reporting and Morrell inched his way to the needed 51% of the vote.
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is attempting to give leaders of certain municipal offices the authority to ticket residents and companies that violate "quality of life" ordinances.
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Just two days after giving a budgetary outlook for the New Orleans Public Library to the City Council, the library director resigned Wednesday after WWL-TV inquired about his residency in the city.
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A tax renewal for the New Orleans Public Library that would impact the department’s budget for the next year and its ability to afford new projects will soon be up for vote, the library’s director said Monday during the beginning of city budget discussions.
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The FBI entered the New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board main office building Friday and conducted "law enforcement activity," according to a report.
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A poll conducted among New Orleans voters shows that residents approve of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, but a large number of voters are undecided for a key City Council seat in the Nov. 13 election.
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The United Nations’ Climate Change Conference kicked off Sunday, with Louisiana leaders present in Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss the effects in their own backyard, including Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
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Campaign fliers are in mailboxes, yard signs endorsing candidates are popping up on lawns and phone banks are dialing every 504 phone number they can: it's election time in New Orleans.