New Orleans City Council

The ordinance, which passed unanimously on Thursday, orders the Department of Public Works to return MacArthur Boulevard and Newton Street to their previous configurations within 60 days.

On Thursday, Sept. 15, the City Council will vote on an ordinance that would order the removal of the protected elements out of the protected bike lanes in two areas of Algiers.

For months, residents of the development built atop a toxic landfall have pressed city officials and contractors to use a metric known as “replacement cost” for determining how much the city will pay them out. They argue that other, more traditional appraisal metrics would be discriminatory.

New Orleans City Council enacted a temporary moratorium on residential short-term rentals as it goes back to the drawing board to craft new rules.

The push to relocate New Orleans residents off the former site of a toxic landfill hit a snag on Wednesday, leading to a fiery meeting between residents, city council and a law firm hired by the city to mediate the process.

New Orleans City Council members said that bills have hit “unaffordable levels,” and vulnerable and elderly residents are subject to dangerous temperatures if they can’t pay.

The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously to set aside $35 million to relocate residents living in homes built on top of a toxic landfill on Thursday.

Top officials in the Mayor LaToya Cantrell administration faced scrutiny from New Orleans City Council members Monday over the relocation of residents living on top of a hazardous waste site known as Gordon Plaza.

New Orleans’ crime surge has been felt by most residents, including the city’s high school students, who told the City Council earlier this week they felt the government had failed them.

New Orleans’ City Council unanimously approved $4.6 million in funding for three public school programs for at-risk students at its meeting Thursday after the funds were withheld from the district by the previous Council, resulting in a public plea from school leaders.