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Moreno's 2027 budget proposes a $100 million fix: cuts, one-time money, and a possible millage hike
City Hall on Perdido Street. The mayor's proposed 2027 budget would cut total spending 7.6 percent, to $1.471 billion.
City Hall

Moreno's 2027 budget proposes a $100 million fix: cuts, one-time money, and a possible millage hike

The mayor's first spending plan closes a nine-figure gap with about $77 million in proposed cuts and $22 million in one-time sources. The council decides this fall.

Delphine Rousseau, City Hall reporter · Sep 24, 2026

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The millage decision: hold the rate or raise $26 million
City Hall

The millage decision: hold the rate or raise $26 million

The council's annual property tax vote is the revenue side of the mayor's budget math.
Delphine Rousseau, City Hall reporter · Sep 25, 2026
City Hall

Moreno's 2027 budget proposes a $100 million fix: cuts, one-time money, and a possible millage hike

The mayor's first spending plan closes a nine-figure gap with about $77 million in proposed cuts and $22 million in one-time sources. The council decides this fall.
Delphine Rousseau, City Hall reporter · Sep 24, 2026
City Hall

Trash bills rise $8.25 a month under sanitation reset

The city says collections cover only $37.7 million of $62.5 million in costs. The council approved the reset on Sept. 3; the new rate takes effect Oct. 1.
Delphine Rousseau, City Hall reporter · Sep 22, 2026
Tulane's Future of Energy Forum wraps Wednesday after three days of grid, data center and affordability talks
Utilities

Tulane's Future of Energy Forum wraps Wednesday after three days of grid, data center and affordability talks

More than 150 energy leaders, policymakers and researchers spent Sept. 28 through Sept. 30 on Tulane's uptown campus, with the Tuesday session on power prices, data centers and grid affordability landing squarely on questions New Orleans is already debating.
Odile Castille, Infrastructure reporter · Sep 30, 2026
Utilities

November ballot asks voters to let public money replace private lead pipes

SB 228 would amend the constitution to allow public funding for finding and replacing lead service lines on private property.
Remy Thibodeaux, Environment & Coast reporter · Sep 26, 2026
Utilities

Council committee backs 4-year extension of Entergy's rate formula

The plan would run through 2030 annual filings, alongside a $29 million battery-storage program and $13 million in Francine storm costs.
Delphine Rousseau, City Hall reporter · Sep 23, 2026
One year out: holding the NOPD's reforms without a federal monitor
Public Safety

One year out: holding the NOPD's reforms without a federal monitor

The consent decree ended Nov. 19, 2025, after 12 years and $20 million in monitoring costs. The test now is durability.
Desmond Olivier, Public Safety reporter · Sep 27, 2026
From working wharves to civic stage: the riverfront's next act
Neighborhoods

From working wharves to civic stage: the riverfront's next act

The six-acre Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park opened April 16 on the old Governor Nicholls wharf, linking the Quarter, Marigny, and Bywater to the river.
Claire Fontenot, Neighborhoods reporter · Sep 25, 2026
Neighborhoods

Fortified roofs, local money: council advances $1.9M for roofs and homeownership

The city's $635,375 in gap grants pair with a $100 million state fortified-roof push. Orleans Parish is among the top recipients.
Claire Fontenot, Neighborhoods reporter · Sep 23, 2026
Holywater opens on Conti Street, bringing an oyster bar to an 1837 chandlery
Business

Holywater opens on Conti Street, bringing an oyster bar to an 1837 chandlery

Brothers Alex and Miles Pincus opened the 3,500-square-foot French Quarter restaurant Sept. 23.
Josie Arceneaux, Food & Culture writer · Sep 26, 2026
Business

A brutal summer for hospitality: fewer shifts, fewer tips, emptier rooms

June hotel occupancy sat near 55 percent. International arrivals fell off. Workers felt it first.
Odette Sinclair, Business & Tourism reporter · Sep 24, 2026
Saints fall 35-27 to Raiders; Dome's 20th anniversary arrives with Atlanta
Culture

Saints fall 35-27 to Raiders; Dome's 20th anniversary arrives with Atlanta

Four fourth-quarter takeaways erased a 27-16 Saints lead. Next: the Falcons, near the 20th anniversary of the post-Katrina reopening.
Gabe Doucet, Sports writer · Sep 28, 2026
Culture

Jazz Museum to honor Donna's Bar and Grill with 'Brass Band Headquarters'

The Oct. 29 exhibit remembers the Rampart Street club that ran from 1993 to 2010.
Andre Baptiste, Music writer · Sep 28, 2026
After Mid-Barataria: $600 million spent, and the coast debate starts over
Coast

After Mid-Barataria: $600 million spent, and the coast debate starts over

The canceled sediment diversion leaves disagreement over its science and governance, and a search for what comes next.
Remy Thibodeaux, Environment & Coast reporter · Sep 25, 2026
Coast

Legislature unanimously adopts $1.54B coastal plan for FY2027

143 active projects, 70 in construction, and 18 dredging jobs moving 52.6 million cubic yards of sediment.
Remy Thibodeaux, Environment & Coast reporter · Sep 24, 2026
A budget is a biography
Opinion · Editorial

A budget is a biography

The 2027 spending plan will tell New Orleans what its new government believes.
The Editorial Board · Sep 28, 2026
Opinion · Column

The city that budgets in public

New Orleans does its hardest math where everyone can watch. That is a feature, not a bug.
Vivienne Laurent, Opinion editor · Sep 27, 2026