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In the weeks since the attack, city officials have pushed back on the idea it was preventable.
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The City of New Orleans and two contractors are being sued by seven victims of the New Year’s Day truck attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens of others on Bourbon Street.
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As concerns have mounted over the city’s anti-terrorism protocols in light of last week’s deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street, local and state officials have both promised official investigations.
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The New Orleans City Council is poised to pass Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s $1.78 billion budget for 2025 at its regular meeting on Thursday (Nov. 21) – but with some notable additions.
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The issue came up during the council’s budget hearings on Monday (Oct. 28) after New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick confirmed that her agency does not have a written agreement with the Louisiana State Police.
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A New Orleans woman has taken up residence atop a decades-old tree in her yard to protest its removal after city officials informed her it was permanently damaged during street construction.
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The City of New Orleans and the Department of Justice asked a judge to move toward ending consent decree after years of federal oversight.
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New Orleans City Council members plan to investigate the impacts of a new Louisiana law that will restrict common pregnancy medications that can also induce abortions.
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The measure, passed on Thursday (April 6), means that all existing residential permits will sunset at the end of August – regardless of the expiration date stated on the permit.
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Community advocates called on the City Council to spend some of the millions of dollars in federal pandemic aid sitting in city coffers on affordable housing and youth development programs, which are aimed at easing the structural problems at the root of the city’s struggle with violence and crime.