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When New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell backed out of a $90 million legal settlement with the Orleans Parish School Board earlier this year, her administration pointed to the city’s own troubled finances.

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.

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.

“The problem in our city is not that we’re too high tech,” tech entrepreneur and philanthropist Matt Wisdom said. “It’s that we don’t have enough technology in infrastructure.”

The City of New Orleans won't have to pay a $90 million settlement to its school board, though it does have to honor the first payment, a judge ruled on Wednesday.

“The city’s financial positioning has taken a major shift,” Chief Financial Officer Romy Samuel said at a special meeting to discuss the school board settlement on Feb. 11.

Many departments will see cuts, though employees will receive 2.5% raises.

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.

Election Day is here, and up for vote are several important municipal elections in New Orleans and a handful of statewide amendments.

In order to help businesses affected by COVID-19, New Orleans is waiving all fines, fees, interest payments and penalties on sales tax payments for the…