Carly Berlin

New Orleans City Council approved a nearly $1.5 billion city budget for 2023 on Dec. 1. We took a look at the housing and transportation priorities for the new year.

For the first time since 1976, the French President visited the European nation’s former colony Louisiana for a day with an agenda that focused primarily on energy transition and Francophone preservation in the Pelican State.

As the city prepares to overhaul its short-term rental rules, city council could move to effectively ban short-term rentals in residential areas at its upcoming meeting Thursday, after months of rule changes and moratoriums that have wreaked confusion on the controversial vacation rental industry.

Even before the pandemic and Hurricane Ida, the city was experiencing an affordability crisis. But the pressures of the last few years have made the situation worse, according to HousingNOLA.

New Orleans City Council members said that bills have hit “unaffordable levels,” and vulnerable and elderly residents are subject to dangerous temperatures if they can’t pay.

The city didn’t have enough time to order a citywide mandatory evacuation before Hurricane Ida. Now it’s altering its plans.

The city-funded right to counsel program ensures anyone facing eviction can get access to legal representation.

We caught up with food vendors to hear about their return to Jazz Fest for the first time since 2019.

There’s one item on the ballot for New Orleans voters on April 30. Here’s what you need to know.

The transit agency lifted its mask mandate after a federal judge voided a nationwide mask mandate for public transportation on Monday.