Kristin Gisleson Palmer

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.

A divisive measure that could bring more affordable housing, or even more short-term rentals, to New Orleans will be heard at the City Council meeting Thursday.

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.

New Orleans-born actor Anthony Mackie is trying to raise his Esplanade Avenue home to avoid floodwaters and give his family more room, he said in a letter to the City Council on Thursday.

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.

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.

Two candidates running for a hotly contested City Council seat have unusual endorsements for their campaigns: each other.