NOLA Tribune https://nolatribune.com/ Straight news with the city's distinct voice. en-us Saints fall 35-27 to Raiders; Dome's 20th anniversary arrives with Atlantahttps://nolatribune.com/culture/saints-raiders-dome-20/https://nolatribune.com/culture/saints-raiders-dome-20/2026-09-28T06:00:00-05:00Four fourth-quarter takeaways erased a 27-16 Saints lead. Next: the Falcons, near the 20th anniversary of the post-Katrina reopening. Jazz Museum to honor Donna's Bar and Grill with 'Brass Band Headquarters'https://nolatribune.com/culture/donnas-bar-grill-jazz-museum-exhibit/https://nolatribune.com/culture/donnas-bar-grill-jazz-museum-exhibit/2026-09-28T06:00:00-05:00The Oct. 29 exhibit remembers the Rampart Street club that ran from 1993 to 2010. A budget is a biographyhttps://nolatribune.com/opinion/editorial-budget-is-biography/https://nolatribune.com/opinion/editorial-budget-is-biography/2026-09-28T06:00:00-05:00The 2027 spending plan will tell New Orleans what its new government believes. One year out: holding the NOPD's reforms without a federal monitorhttps://nolatribune.com/public-safety/nopd-after-consent-decree/https://nolatribune.com/public-safety/nopd-after-consent-decree/2026-09-27T06:00:00-05:00The consent decree ended Nov. 19, 2025, after 12 years and $20 million in monitoring costs. The test now is durability. The city that budgets in publichttps://nolatribune.com/opinion/column-city-that-budgets-in-public/https://nolatribune.com/opinion/column-city-that-budgets-in-public/2026-09-27T06:00:00-05:00New Orleans does its hardest math where everyone can watch. That is a feature, not a bug. November ballot asks voters to let public money replace private lead pipeshttps://nolatribune.com/utilities/lead-service-lines-ballot-amendment/https://nolatribune.com/utilities/lead-service-lines-ballot-amendment/2026-09-26T06:00:00-05:00SB 228 would amend the constitution to allow public funding for finding and replacing lead service lines on private property. Holywater opens on Conti Street, bringing an oyster bar to an 1837 chandleryhttps://nolatribune.com/business/holywater-opens-french-quarter/https://nolatribune.com/business/holywater-opens-french-quarter/2026-09-26T06:00:00-05:00Brothers Alex and Miles Pincus opened the 3,500-square-foot French Quarter restaurant Sept. 23. The millage decision: hold the rate or raise $26 millionhttps://nolatribune.com/city-hall/millage-vote-2026/https://nolatribune.com/city-hall/millage-vote-2026/2026-09-25T06:00:00-05:00The council's annual property tax vote is the revenue side of the mayor's budget math. From working wharves to civic stage: the riverfront's next acthttps://nolatribune.com/neighborhoods/goldring-woldenberg-riverfront-park/https://nolatribune.com/neighborhoods/goldring-woldenberg-riverfront-park/2026-09-25T06:00:00-05:00The six-acre Goldring Woldenberg Riverfront Park opened April 16 on the old Governor Nicholls wharf, linking the Quarter, Marigny, and Bywater to the river. After Mid-Barataria: $600 million spent, and the coast debate starts overhttps://nolatribune.com/coast/mid-barataria-aftermath/https://nolatribune.com/coast/mid-barataria-aftermath/2026-09-25T06:00:00-05:00The canceled sediment diversion leaves disagreement over its science and governance, and a search for what comes next. Moreno's 2027 budget proposes a $100 million fix: cuts, one-time money, and a possible millage hikehttps://nolatribune.com/city-hall/moreno-2027-budget-proposal/https://nolatribune.com/city-hall/moreno-2027-budget-proposal/2026-09-24T06:00:00-05:00The 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. A brutal summer for hospitality: fewer shifts, fewer tips, emptier roomshttps://nolatribune.com/business/hospitality-summer-slump/https://nolatribune.com/business/hospitality-summer-slump/2026-09-24T06:00:00-05:00June hotel occupancy sat near 55 percent. International arrivals fell off. Workers felt it first. Legislature unanimously adopts $1.54B coastal plan for FY2027https://nolatribune.com/coast/coastal-annual-plan-fy2027/https://nolatribune.com/coast/coastal-annual-plan-fy2027/2026-09-24T06:00:00-05:00143 active projects, 70 in construction, and 18 dredging jobs moving 52.6 million cubic yards of sediment. Council committee backs 4-year extension of Entergy's rate formulahttps://nolatribune.com/utilities/entergy-formula-rate-extension/https://nolatribune.com/utilities/entergy-formula-rate-extension/2026-09-23T06:00:00-05:00The plan would run through 2030 annual filings, alongside a $29 million battery-storage program and $13 million in Francine storm costs. Fortified roofs, local money: council advances $1.9M for roofs and homeownershiphttps://nolatribune.com/neighborhoods/fortify-nola-roofs/https://nolatribune.com/neighborhoods/fortify-nola-roofs/2026-09-23T06:00:00-05:00The city's $635,375 in gap grants pair with a $100 million state fortified-roof push. Orleans Parish is among the top recipients. Trash bills rise $8.25 a month under sanitation resethttps://nolatribune.com/city-hall/sanitation-fee-reset/https://nolatribune.com/city-hall/sanitation-fee-reset/2026-09-22T06:00:00-05:00The 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. Rust in the siphon bells: the pump question hanging over hurricane seasonhttps://nolatribune.com/utilities/drainage-pump-corrosion/https://nolatribune.com/utilities/drainage-pump-corrosion/2026-09-21T06:00:00-05:00Assessments of the aging drainage machinery fit inside the current budget. Repairs could run to $15 million.