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Mayor Mitch Landrieu announced July 8 that he ordered contractor A.M.E. Disaster Recovery Services off the job after the city found that, in addition to the countless other mishaps, its crews had cracked part of the Armstrong statue...
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Nearly five years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans East is finally slated to have a hospital. The announcement came after the mayor's office said it had to enter into some tough negotiations to undo a deal the Nagin administration had put together.
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu aides say the mayor will sketch out some of the "painful" steps City Hall will take to erase a 2010 budget deficit projected at more than $60 million, along with measures needed to bring order to what his staff has described as a "disorganized, dysfunctional municipal government."
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu requested a team from the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in a letter sent two days after he took office. Landrieu has also said he plans to announce his choice for a new police chief this week. Former chief Warren Riley resigned Monday with the advent of the new administration...
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New Orleans has a new mayor, his name is Mitch Landrieu. Surrounded by supporters he took the oath of office administrated by his father Moon Landrieu as his wife Cheryl looked on at his inauguration ceremony in New Orleans, Monday, May 3, 2010.
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Spike Lee is revisiting Hurricane Katrina’s impact on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, making another documentary for HBO, a follow up to “When the Levees Break: A Requiem in Four Acts.”
Lee and his crews have been seen around town and involved in all things New Orleans, filming a second line for Saints...
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Mitch Landrieu has met with plenty of U.S. government officials as Louisiana Lt. Governor. Today he renews ties with them as New Orleans Mayor-elect. He'll meet with some of the U.S. government's top officials...
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Mitch Landrieu hugs his wife, Cheryl, after being elected mayor of New Orleans on Saturday. His sister, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, is at left.
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On Monday, Jonah Bascle was joined by about 50 demonstrators who halted streetcar service along the St. Charles Avenue neutral ground at Martin Luther King Drive for several hours.Though the Canal Street line's red streetcars, in keeping with the Americans with Disabilities Act, are equipped with hydraulic pumps on both sides to accommodate wheelchairs, the St. Charles cars' historic designation trumps the ADA and prohibits the streetcars from obtaining modern features, including wheelchair lifts or air conditioning.
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Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard has offered up St. Elmo's famed shrimp cocktail with its fiery sauce as part of the city's wager on the Super Bowl. - Star file photo
In usual battle of the bets among mayor's of championship teams, Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin have made their wagers for the Super Bowl.
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