New Orleans City Council | Audacy

Newell: LaToya Cantrell’s budget veto is the final spite-fueled act of her 8-year, spite-fueled tenure; New Orleans City Council should be proud to override it "I read newspapers from major cities across this country every day. I’m not being rhetorical when I say New Orleans may have the single most ignorant mayor in the entire country..."

December 15, 2025
“It was almost malfeasance that our mayor, this term, had no legislative agenda at all,” says JP Morrell… Next wave of New Orleans leaders lay out plans to heal city's financial wounds

December 12, 2025
Moreno: 700 rolling furloughs, parking ticket clampdowns, and a per-rider Mardi Gras fee; hear the mayor-elect unpack New Orleans "Grim" 2026 budget See which departments will receive the most cuts, which ones will stay whole and which are getting increases for 2026

November 25, 2025
2 weeks left for NOLA council to figure out next year's budget

November 17, 2025
District A Runoff Debate: Friedman, McCarron discuss New Orleans' shambled budget, failing infrastructure

October 23, 2025
Pre-Katrina, New Orleans delivered better city services with less cash and a larger population; where did we go wrong? In-depth with mayoral candidate Oliver Thomas. “Somebody's going to have to make me believe we can't perform with seven or eight times the money with 150,000 fewer people."

October 3, 2025
Morrell: Political commentary on Cantrell indictment 'kind of ghoulish'

August 20, 2025
New Orleans Emergency Preparedness Dept. on hiring freeze by order of Cantrell administration, leaving pivotal positions unfilled for hurricane season

July 21, 2025
Newell: The city attorney shamelessly prioritizes Mayor Cantrell's interests above New Orleanians. It's 'nauseating,' says Councilman JP Morrell

July 18, 2025
Newell: Cantrell’s manufactured ‘state of emergency’ is an admission of her own crooked leadership; the French Quarter Trashpocalypse continues…

July 10, 2025