City leaders are weighing the first permit fee hike for Mardi Gras in decades to help cover rising safety and cleanup costs.

The State Board has tapped Monty Sullivan, a Louisiana higher-education veteran, as acting head of North Carolina's 58-college system while the legislature weighs confirmation.

NOPD floated a plan to move several Uptown parade kickoffs and shift two starting points ahead of Carnival 2027. The changes would need City Council approval.

City Council is weighing a major rewrite of the carnival code that would require harnesses on floats, cap throws and raise fines for early 'ladder camps'.

An Orleans judge dismissed Bill Hammack's defamation suit against Sen. Royce Duplessis, saying Hammack failed to show likely success and ordering him to pay fees.

Interim Slidell police chief Daniel Seuzeneau has launched a bid for St. Tammany Parish sheriff, stepping into a race opened by Randy Smith’s resignation.

The Fifth Circuit voted Monday to rehear United States v. Squire en banc, vacating a June panel opinion and raising fresh questions about 18 U.S.C. §922(g).

Federal regulators reached a $103,449.50 settlement with Mosaic and Tampa Port after anhydrous ammonia releases at the Faustina plant exposed workers and prompted new oversight.

The City of New Orleans is raising boot and towing fees to match a state‑prescribed schedule. New rates take effect Monday, July 27.

ASAP told Mayor Helena Moreno it will stop new enrollments and withdraw from New Orleans' monitoring program by Aug. 1, saying court practices have made the program unsustainable.

A federal appeals court has dissolved a 60‑year desegregation decree in Concordia Parish, returning control to local officials amid a heated debate over equity and oversight. State leaders hailed the ruling while civil‑rights advocates warned of persistent disparities.

A Baton Rouge court order pauses a law that would have erased three Orleans judgeships, keeping Judges Fuller, Levine and Goode‑Douglas on the bench while the state appeals.

St. Tammany Parish approved one‑pay‑level raises for certificated and support staff for 2026–27 and expanded bereavement and personal leave across the district.