Jessica Williams
NOLA.com
New Orleans, LA, United States
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New Orleans City Council violated state law, but Entergy power plant still OK, judges rule
New Orleans City Council members violated state law at a hearing two years ago on the controversial Entergy power plant in New Orleans East, but the plant can still be → Read More
This Alabama housing official is top choice for New Orleans housing authority director job
After a selection process that took place almost entirely behind closed doors, the head of the Montgomery, Alabama, Housing Authority has emerged as the top choice for executive director of → Read More
New Orleans to get $150K to create employment plan for disadvantaged youth
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration will get up to $150,000 and other support in the coming months to create an employment plan for disadvantaged youth, city officials have announced. → Read More
What happens when homeless people die? New Orleans looking into better way to track deaths
The scene has become all too familiar to Terry Johnson. → Read More
Deeper dive needed on juvenile crime data in New Orleans, some juvenile advocates say
New data on juvenile crime in New Orleans show more kids are breaking into cars this year than last year, but overall youth arrests so far in 2019 are down → Read More
Mayor LaToya Cantrell dumps controversial effort to skim tax receipts from other city entities
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on Friday pulled the plug on a controversial effort to increase the fee the city charges other local governmental entities for collecting their taxes, citing → Read More
After compromise, New Orleans City Council approves Bywater affordable housing deal
In a win for advocates of affordable housing, the New Orleans City Council on Thursday approved plans for a mixed-income housing development in Bywater that would bring 82 affordable units → Read More
After late compromise, Bywater affordable housing complex gets council approval
The City Council unanimously backed a zoning change for the development, one that both reduces its potential unit count and that allows for further public comment on its design down → Read More
New Orleans owes millions to its school board, officials say, and they're suing to get it
The city of New Orleans has unlawfully withheld more than $7.6 million in tax revenue from the Orleans Parish School Board in recent years to cover city pension debt, according → Read More
LaToya Cantrell's first year as New Orleans mayor: See breakdown of her wins and losses
For generations, the mayor of New Orleans was supposed to be a native, a smooth political operator and, it almost goes without saying, a man. → Read More
New Orleans voters overwhelmingly approve parks and recreation millage
New Orleans voters on Saturday roundly endorsed a new financial plan for parks and recreation in the city that will boost services but not taxes. → Read More
Mayor Cantrell hopes to ease the road for all travelers with new transportation strategy
New Orleans would offer twice as many public bikes and increase bus service under a long-range "transportation strategy" released Thursday by Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration. → Read More
Mayor Cantrell defends New Orleans traffic camera speed change: 'I stand by it 100%'
Digging in her heels despite public uproar, Mayor LaToya Cantrell this week defended her surprise move to reduce the speeds that prompt traffic camera tickets in New Orleans, saying her → Read More
Bids advance for two private firms vying over next New Orleans RTA contract
Two companies vying to manage a portion of New Orleans’ public transit system this fall pit experience against enthusiasm in presentations to local transit leaders Wednesday. → Read More
New Orleans African American Museum gets another fresh start; take a look inside
The line went down the steps, cut left along the tree-lined sidewalk and stretched halfway to where Gov. Nicholls and North Villere streets meet in historic Treme. → Read More
New Orleans handed $5M Entergy check. But council, Cantrell at odds over who gets it ...
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the City Council are at odds over how to spend the $5 million the city demanded from Entergy following the paid-actors scandal that came → Read More
Want a say in New Orleans new bike safety rules? These 7 community meetings seek input ...
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration is seeking public input this week as it shapes a bicycling plan aimed at promoting safer commutes. → Read More
These 2 firms vying to run New Orleans RTA's operations under new management plan
Two private transportation firms are vying to manage most of the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority’s operations beginning this fall. One is the company that now runs almost all facets → Read More
New Orleans traffic cams triggering school zone tickets for lower speeds, but change unannounced
New Orleans officials have lowered the speeds that trigger traffic camera tickets, ensnaring an unknown number of drivers who thought they were abiding by well-publicized rules for what to do → Read More
More property tax relief for New Orleans residents? City could decide who needs a tax break
For the second time in as many years, Louisiana voters could be asked to amend the state's constitution to provide property tax relief. But this time around, the tax break → Read More