Helena Moreno

Only a few candidates have thrown their hat into the ring. Why is there so little interest in running?

New Orleans' mayoral election is fast approaching, with voters set to choose a successor to Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who is term-limited and ineligible for re-election in 2025.

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.

“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.”

After more than a year of constant pressure from a group of Gordon Plaza residents, the New Orleans City Council and the Cantrell administration say relocation from the toxic landfill site is closer than ever. But the crucial questions of when and how remain unanswered.

A comprehensive plan for hardening New Orleans’ electrical grid and enhancing climate resilience will take more time than initially suggested, according to Entergy New Orleans staff.

After a feisty debate, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to rezone parts of the city and incentivize developers to create multi-unit homes with affordable housing apartments, even after several Council members voiced their concern with the move.

New Orleans City Council signed off on a $2.1 billion budget for 2022 on Wednesday, altering just some of what Mayor LaToya Cantrell proposed to the council last month.

Residents of Gordon Plaza will continue their decades-long fight for relocation from their homes that sit on top of a former landfill known to cause cancer after city officials moved forward with a plan to assess the site rather than fund the residents’ move.

The New Orleans City Council is freezing Entergy’s rates for customers’ electricity bills for the next five months in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The council passed the legislation on the same day it approved Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s proposed 2021 budget.