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Defying New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the New Orleans City Council voted on Thursday (April 10) to dedicate $10 million to New Orleans public schools — partly fulfilling the terms of a legal settlement that Cantrell rejected.

New Orleanians could have a chance this fall to expand the municipal bill of rights — by amending the home rule charter to prohibit any laws that arbitrarily and unreasonably discriminate against someone based on conviction history.

The move seems likely to face a challenge from Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who pushed back on the proposed November agreement because she didn’t believe that the city budget could shoulder the costs, she said.

“We need to get back to the basics,” Helena Moreno said in a video shared on Facebook. “I believe we need a leader who’s there 24/7, someone who’s ready to roll up their sleeves and get things done. It’s time to make the people of New Orleans the top priority once again.”

New Orleans is set to join a growing list of cities across the country that offer municipal identification cards to residents.

The attorney of the woman trying to open the museum told Verite News that they will appeal the council’s decision in court.

The city wants to reverse the trend of rising roadway deaths, but some critics say it could be doing more to prevent it.

The city of New Orleans is in the midst of an unusual budget dilemma. It has more money than it can spend, and officials say that’s a problem.

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.

City Council leaders threatened to cut Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s salary amid an ongoing spat involving the mayor’s use of city funds to cover travel expenses.