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.

French Quarter Task Force member Bob Simms said from a safety standpoint, the city must do something to secure Bourbon Street.

The New Orleans City Council is pushing back on claims by the mayor that the city's finances are in trouble. Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s decision to cancel a financial settlement with

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

Faced with delays and cost overruns on repairs to hundreds of New Orleans streets, Mayor LaToya Cantrell and top city officials say they have a plan to rush one of the administration's signature projects to the finish line.

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.

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.

New Orleans teachers, students and parents plan to protest Thursday against Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s refusal to sign an agreement that would provide $90 million for schools over the next decade.

Faced with delays and cost overruns on repairs to hundreds of New Orleans streets, Mayor LaToya Cantrell and top city officials say they have a plan to rush one of the administration's signature projects to the finish line.

Carl Dean, Dolly Parton's devoted husband of nearly 60 years who avoided the spotlight and inspired her timeless hit “Jolene,” died Monday. According to a statement provided to The Associated Press by Parton's publicist, Dean died in Nashville, Tennessee. Parton met Dean outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat the day she moved to Nashville at 18.

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.