ESSENCE joined New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell as she was sworn in for her second term last week, promising a renewed commitment to the city.

But New Orleans Chief Administrative Officer Gilbert Montano told CNN affiliate WVUE the mayor’s first class airfares cost the city nearly $30,000 and is still reviewing whether the city will ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, left, and outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, are pictured. On Tuesday, Lightfoot became the first incumbent Chicago mayor to lose her seat in four ...

Ten people have died and dozens are injured after a car plowed into a crowd of New Year revellers in New Orleans, officials have confirmed. The FBI is investigating after a vehicle drove into a ...

New Orleans is a city where someone like Nelson Williams should thrive. An upright bass player with a degree in music from Louisiana State University, Williams moved to New Orleans in 2020 at the ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's second term was marked with challenging obstacles including Hurricane Ida, rising crime rates and deteriorating quality of life in the city.

Mayor-Elect LaToya Cantrell, left, talks about race issues in New Orleans as Mayor Mitch Landrieu, right, listens during the Renwick Lecture, put on by Loyola University's Institute of Politics ...

Mayor Ray Nagin also apologised for saying in a speech on Monday New Orleans would be rebuilt as a "chocolate" city. This comment struck a nerve, as racial tensions and concerns loom over proposed ...

Nagin was convicted Wednesday on 20 criminal counts stemming from his two terms as New Orleans mayor from 2002 to 2010, including the recovery that followed Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He is scheduled ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell told reporters over the weekend that she wanted to use a “tactical expert” to review the city’s security capabilities prior to the Super Bowl LIX, which ...

It's time for us to be one New Orleans." Nagin won with 52.3 percent, or 59,460 votes, to Landrieu's 47.7 percent, or 54,131 votes.