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  Mayor Helena Moreno presented her plan to the City Council on Sept. 22. I read the Moreno 2027 budget the way I read a contractor’s bid. Skip the cover letter. Go to the line items.

Donald Trump just made Black voters an offer. Five thousand dollars. One check. If Republicans keep Congress in November. He’s calling it the Trump $5,000 dividend. He announced it at the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas, standing in front of a crowd that erupted like he’d just handed out lottery tickets. Here’s the question nobody

Louisiana health disparities aren’t a mystery to anyone who has spent time in a New Orleans emergency room versus a clinic in the suburbs. Now there’s a national report putting numbers behind what Black residents already know.

New Orleans spent $300 million on a West Power Complex designed to finally give SWBNO’s ancient drainage pumps a reliable source of electricity. The project came online in December 2025. It uses

 If you’re 65 or older, disabled, and own your home in Orleans Parish, you may be paying more in property taxes than the law intended. Thousands of homeowners are

Qualifying has closed for the New Orleans judicial elections 2026 cycle, set for November 3rd. The races on your ballot look different than they ever have before. Now we know exactly who’s running

The New Orleans unpaid judgment list is one of the strangest lines you can stand in. You can sue the city, win your case, have a judge say New Orleans owes you money and still spend years waiting for the check. Some people on that line have been waiting so long that

Eight of New Orleans’s 13 recreation centers are supposed to double as cooling stations every summer, and all eight were closed at once. NORD’s explanation, delivered by public outreach director Emily Oliver, was that this happens every year — the centers close right after

Moreno created six deputy mayor positions that sit near the top of city government. Yet, most never faced the confirmation fight she once demanded not only for the Cantrell administration, but all future administrations.

Canal Street looks tired. Storefronts sit empty. Buildings look abandoned. Sidewalks that used to carry the weight of this city’s commercial heart now need real work just to be walkable again. Mayor Helena Moreno says she’s going to fix that. Her administration just