The New Orleans City Council is intervening in the Orleans Parish School Board's long-running lawsuit against Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration, the latest development in the controversy over Cantrell’s decision to back out of a settlement agreement announced three months ago.

New Orleans City Council members are expected to decide Thursday whether they will sue Mayor LaToya Cantrell in an effort to force her administration to pay NOLA Public Schools $20 million. Why it matters: Cantrell's administration appears to be backing out on an agreement that the council says was already a done deal to avoid staffing cuts.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell backed out of a school funding deal despite her Chief Administrative Officer approving it.

The New Orleans City Council has taken the first steps towards zeroing out Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s travel and entertainment budget after her administration claimed city finances are so dire it must impose a new period of austerity and budget cuts,

City Council members are expected to tighten the city's purse strings Tuesday after Mayor LaToya Cantrell backed out on a $20 million funding deal with the Orleans Parish School Board. Why it matters: Things are about to be tit-for-tat in the long-running spat between Cantrell and the council.