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People who work and live in the French Quarter say crime is out of control.

New Orleans has some of the strictest COVID-19 guidelines in the south, but it also relies on its multi-billion-dollar tourism industry. The city's tourism group says the reactions to the mandate have been polarizing.

The first week of vaccine mandates in New Orleans offered a glimpse at how to implement them and how customers will react.

French Quarter Task Force future still stalled as safety concerns continue Quarter-cent sales tax passed last month will fund the supplemental police program French Quarter Task Force future still stalled as safety concerns continue By Kaitlin Rust | May 3, 2021 at 10:17 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 10:17 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Supplemental police patrols in the French Quarter, funded by the sales tax that passed last month, still hang in limbo as violent crime persists and the City calls i...

Quarter-cent sales tax for French Quarter on ballot again Saturday Revenue would fund French Quarter Task Force supplemental police patrols French Quarter security vote By Kaitlin Rust | April 22, 2021 at 10:12 PM CDT - Updated April 22 at 10:12 PM NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In order to fund the “Blue Light Patrols” in the Quarter, the reinstatement of the quarter-cent sales tax is back on the ballot after the initial renewal failed in December. Because of pandemic losses, the hospital...

French Quarter task force is working to earn money for the blue lights patrol in order to keep the quarter safe. “We know that supplemental security is critical for the quarter and so we are really trying to figure out what that path forward looks like,” Author: Paul Murphy / Eyewitness News Published: 6:32 PM CST December 11, 2020 Updated: 6:32 PM CST December 11, 2020 NEW ORLEANS — The future of the French Quarter task force is limbo.  Vi...