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Reversing a 4th Circuit Court of Appeal decision in June that blocked the case from going forward, the Louisiana Supreme Court voted 5-2 that the council is an independent body with special powers under the New Orleans Home Rule Charter, allowing it to sue the mayor, unlike legislative bodies in other Louisiana cities.

The majority ruling, written by Justice Scott Crichton, sends the lawsuit back to Reese.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration improperly paid a city contractor tasked with cleaning up blighted lots and then tried to rush through a renewal of the contract, according to a report

The grant money came from the Wisner Trust, a 110-year-old charitable donation, for the city to fund community beautification, education and recreation projects.

A watchdog is accusing the City of New Orleans of spending Wisner Trust funds on blight abatement work that wasn't properly tracked or proven to be completed.

New Orleans City Council members unloaded on City Attorney Donesia Turner on Friday, in the latest eruption of an ongoing feud over legal strategies and the council’s right to help guide them, specifically when it comes to the NOPD consent decree.

Last Thursday, after WVUE-TV released another installment of its “Outside the Office” series, about Mayor LaToya Cantrells use of an “extensive police security detail” during Essence Festival, the mayor’s office

Its hardly unusual for New Orleans mayors and City Council members to find themselves at odds. But the bad blood between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the current City Council is

The money-grubbing New Orleans City Council is fighting a court case against the Wisner Trust, says Charles Marsala, for no good reason.

City Councilman Joe Giarrusso said the council disagrees with the latest ruling and will likely take the case to the Louisiana Supreme Court.