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Next April, you’ll be able to check with the city to see if your neighbors are renting through Airbnb

The city will post names and addresses online.
by Charles Maldonado December 8, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

The top pick for a post at the 911 center is a cop who was suspended for getting medical treatment on the clock

The board overseeing the center could vote to hire Sgt. Willie Davis at its meeting Friday.
by Charles Maldonado December 8, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Former official at 911 call center says she was fired for criticizing deputy mayor

Frith Malin says her employment ended because she clicked “reply all.”
by Charles Maldonado December 1, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Trump and the GOP hate New Orleans — let’s hate ’em back

Forget 'reaching out.' It's time to acquaint Trump's America with 'New Orleans values.'
by C.W. Cannon November 28, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Is it time to junk identity politics? Or did Trump just play the same game more cleverly?

A scholar says it's time to move on. A TV producer does a powerfully slow burn.
by Jed Horne November 21, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

How did your neighbors vote in the presidential and U.S. Senate races? See on our election map.

No one else has this level of detail on the races.
by Steve Myers November 8, 2016 Updated November 8, 2016

Election Day 2016 peculiarities and irregularities in the New Orleans area

Our staff is collecting and catching up with any unusual reports today from the polls.
by The Editors November 8, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Many New Orleans voters are still driving farther to vote than before Katrina

Many polling places were flooded by the storm, so elections officials consolidated them. Ten years later, many of us are still driving farther to vote than we did before the storm. The average distance to a voting location in the core of the city has increased 50 percent since 2004.
by Charles Maldonado November 8, 2016 Updated December 16, 2019

“The nutria did it!” and four other reasons lawmakers are letting Big Oil off the hook

Committee members attack the governor, rather than the problem.
by Anne Rolfes November 4, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

Former coworker says there were plenty of reasons to fire city’s parking director

Zepporiah Edmonds claims she was forced out because she blew the whistle on corruption.
by Charles Maldonado October 28, 2016 Updated November 7, 2019

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