Former Vice President Kamala Harris swore in Mayor Helena Moreno as the 63rd mayor of New Orleans on Monday, marking the start of her term. Moreno, who won the election with 55% of the vote, takes over...

City councilmember and former TV journalist  Helena Moreno took home 55% of the vote this past Saturday, securing her position as New Orleans’ next mayor. Moreno’s term will start in January....

In the race for New Orleans mayor, three candidates lead the 11-person race: Councilmember Helena Moreno, state Sen. Royce Duplessis and Councilmember Oliver Thomas. Currently, Moreno leads. The Tulane...

On Thursday, March 23, Governor John Bel Edwards announced the effort to recall New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell had failed.    The movement netted 32,000 documented signatures, of which...

Tulane University students have likely seen signs reading “Recall Cantrell” or “NOLAtoya” around New Orleans neighborhoods since returning to the city this fall. The visible emergence of the...

When LaToya Cantrell was elected mayor of New Orleans Nov. 18, she became the first woman to hold that position in the city's 300-year history. Cantrell's gender is not the only thing that sets her...

In Saturday's primary for the New Orleans mayoral election, City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell led the field with 39 percent of votes. Following Cantrell was Municipal Court Judge Desiree Charbonnet, who...

During his sophomore year at Birmingham Southern College, Hashim Walters decided to run for mayor of New Orleans. Two years later, the 22-year-old is the youngest candidate in the 2018 mayoral race and...

Mayoral candidate and current New Orleans City Council member LaToya Cantrell held a Q&A for the Tulane and Loyola communities Wednesday about her political and personal history and hopes for the...