Mayor LaToya Cantrell

New Orleans received nearly $388 million in ARPA funds – among the largest allocations in the country for a city of its size.

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

Political and religious leaders from across Louisiana are paying tribute to Pope Francis who died Easter Monday at the age of 88.

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.

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.

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.