A top safety and permit employee with the city of New Orleans is now on emergency suspension with no pay. It comes after a WDSU investigation. Audio obtained showed the employee voicing concern ...

State Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, discussed the bill with both the S&WB and Gov. Landry, but said she is filing it ...

A New Orleans commission has ordered the city council to rehire a clerk who had been fired over alleged sexual harassment in the workplace because it determined her actions didn’t harm the ...

New Orleans pulses with a rhythm all its own—jazz spilling from street corners, the scent of gumbo wafting through the air, and the constant hum of ...

New Orleans City Council members are seeking solutions to an issue that has long riled the city’s property owners: the cumbersome process of obtaining building permits in New Orleans.

The Bureau of Governmental Research issued a report Monday outlining concerns with the city of New Orleans' finances. According to the report, the city needs to create better financial management ...

New Orleans City Park offers a lovely respite from the city and is a great place to spend an afternoon. Take a nature stroll through the 10-acre New Orleans Botanical Garden (which boasts 2,000 ...

Conceived by New Orleans City Councilman Sidney Story to confine city-wide vice it to a single district for easier containment and control, Storyville was shut down by the US Navy at the beginning ...