New Orleans city officials and employees won't be able to spend city money on travel and entertainment through the end of April, amid Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration's claims the city is in a financial crisis.

Multiple New Orleans Police Department officers are being promoted after a months-long pause. On Monday, Feb. 17, the NOPD hosted a promotion ceremony with New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick at Gallier Hall.

Is the city of New Orleans facing a fiscal cliff? City officials disagree. Photo courtesy DepositPhotos. Earlier this month, when New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell announced that she intended to renege on a $20 million settlement with the Orleans Parish School Board,

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration closed part of the Benson Canal Bridge Wednesday after assessing its structural condition, the city said in a press release.

Weeks after Mayor LaToya Cantrell backed out of a settlement that was poised to deliver millions of dollars to New Orleans schools, the City Council responded by banning travel by the mayor and other city officials.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell said the removal of the memorial was done in coordination with victims of the New Year's Day terror attack as well as family of the victims who died.

Local transgender rights activist Mariah Moore, who was appointed by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, was sworn in to the board at the beginning of the monthly commissioners meeting for February on Tuesday (Feb.

The vote follows an effort by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to renege on a multimillion settlement with the school board.

Weeks after Mayor LaToya Cantrell backed out of a settlement that was poised to deliver millions of dollars to New Orleans schools, the City Council responded by banning travel by the mayor and other city officials.

New Orleans city officials and employees won't be able to spend city money on travel and entertainment through the end of April, amid Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration's claims the city is in a financial crisis.

Arthur Hunter, who parlayed a stint as a New Orleans police officer into more than two decades as an Orleans Parish criminal court judge, plans to run for New Orleans mayor, he said Thursday, Feb. 27. The field of candidates battling to succeed LaToya Cantrell as New Orleans' mayor is growing.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell told allies in a private meeting before the Super Bowl that she was weighing whether to close Bourbon Street off to cars in the aftermath of the New Year's terror attack.