French Quarter businesses, proponents urge renewal of district’s additional sales tax

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Local voters return to the polls Saturday, Nov. 15, for runoff elections and ballot proposals, including the renewal of a sales tax some say is critical […]

Vendors, performers have seen a crackdown on Bourbon Street. Will it continue?

NOLA.com – As the clock ticked toward 8 p.m. one recent Friday, the entertainers of Bourbon Street began to scatter. Drummer kids hoisted stacks of buckets and sticks; brass players […]

NOLA.COM: Long a U.S. ‘murder capital,’ New Orleans is on pace for 50-year low in killings in 2025

NOPD data for the first half of 2025 suggest the city is on pace for its safest year statistically since the 1970’s. To read the full article, click here.

Governing.com: How New Orleans Is Leading the Nation in Violent Crime Reduction

The FBI’s quarterly data shows there has been a 23 percent decrease in murder nationally. New Orleans, however, has seen a sharper decrease, with a 39 percent drop in murders […]