The city council voted unanimously to overrule the mayor's veto of an ordinance that would adjust the responsibilities of the ...

New Orleans officials scramble to recover court records dumped in landfill, sparking outrage and calls for accountability and ...

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday unanimously defeated Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s veto of a measure that proposed a ...

The New Orleans City Council Aug. 7 overrode Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s veto of a plan to allow voters to weigh in on a change barring the city attorney from representing either the mayor or council in ...

New Orleanians will get to cast three votes for the New Orleans City Council: one for who will represent their specific ...

Councilwoman Helena Moreno speaks during a mayoral forum Tuesday evening alongside State Sen. Royce Duplessis, retired Judge ...

New Orleans clerk of court staff are digging ankle-deep through mounds of landfill trash to salvage court records that the city erroneously discarded.

So far, about 60 cases of court files have been recovered from the landfill and are being returned to the Public Works site; however, the total amount dumped is unknown. Lombard believes there are ...

Clerk Darren Lombard confirmed his team went to the Gentilly Landfill on Almonaster Avenue on Monday and Tuesday, where they worked with landfill staff to hunt for paper court records that were ...

New Orleans has launched a program offering discounted parking for hospitality workers beginning Monday, Aug. 4.

Between the lines: More than 40 other cities have municipal ID programs, according to the ACLU of Louisiana, whose political ...