New Orleans Metropolis Council warns of year-end money crunch
KEY TAKEAWAYS: Metropolis officers warn of potential payroll shortfall earlier than yr’s finish. FEMA funding delays and weaker income pressure New Orleans’ finances. Additional time overruns in police, fireplace, and particular occasions worsened the deficit. Emergency spending cuts and hiring…
New Orleans Council calls emergency funds listening to
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — An emergency funds listening to was known as by the New Orleans Metropolis Council. As of now, there is no assure that metropolis staff will receives a commission by way of the tip of the 12 months….
New Orleans Metropolis Council considers modifications for future carnival seasons
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — As New Orleans begins getting ready for subsequent 12 months’s Mardi Gras season, metropolis leaders are reflecting on what labored in 2025, and what may want to alter shifting ahead. At Tuesday’s Governmental Affairs Committee assembly,…
Council pushes mayor to institute a 60-40 city-school cut up for school-zone ticket income
The New Orleans Metropolis Council will introduce an ordinance right this moment to allot 40% of the town’s school-zone ticket income to the NOLA Public Faculties district. The ordinance institutes a 60-40 cut up between the town and colleges, lastly…
New Orleans Metropolis Council presses Cantrell administration on trash pickup dispute
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Throughout a public assembly on Monday, Council President JP Morrell spent a lot of the start sharing his ideas on the choice made by the Cantrell administration to position a discover of termination on IV Waste’s emergency…
New Orleans council votes to ship $10 million to metropolis faculties, once more defying mayor
Hearken to this text Defying New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the New Orleans Metropolis Council voted on Thursday to dedicate $10 million to New Orleans public faculties — partly fulfilling the phrases of a authorized settlement that Cantrell rejected. The…
Metropolis Council poised to ship $10 million to colleges, Cantrell may veto
With an upcoming funds modification, New Orleans Metropolis Councilmembers plan to ship an extra $10 million to NOLA Public Faculties, supporting the cash-strapped college district and honoring a purported November settlement torpedoed by Mayor LaToya Cantrell. All seven council members…
St. Tammany Parish Council approves pet sterilization ordinance
ST. TAMMANY PARISH, La. (WGNO) — Animal shelters in St. Tammany Parish are packed. “On this facility alone, there’s about 1500 to 2000 a 12 months. You have received an animal management, which is a municipal shelter, and there are a…
Gov. Jeff Landry appointed to president s Council of Governors New Orleans CityBusiness
Hearken to this text President Donald Trump has picked Louisiana’s Jeff Landry as one in every of 10 state leaders on his Council of Governors, the White Home introduced Thursday. The bipartisan group, established in 2008, strives to kind stronger…
Council condemns mayor’s menace to scuttle $20 million settlement with Orleans Parish College Board
On Monday morning, a crowd of 30 officers – together with state legislators, Metropolis Councilmembers, Orleans Parish College Board members, District Lawyer Jason Williams, and college leaders – condemned Mayor LaToya Cantrell for attempting to torpedo a $20 million settlement…