+3 Politics Desiree Charbonnet eyeing run for another New Orleans office? 'Looking at all the options' Advocate staff reports Mar 4, 2018 In one of her first public interviews since losing the Nov. 18 New Orleans mayoral runoff to LaToya Cantrell, former Municipal Court Judge Des…
Courts Judge denies motion to recuse Orleans court in LaToya Cantrell credit card probe Advocate staff report Dec 8, 2017 Judge Laurie White has denied ¶¶Òõh Attorney General Jeff Landry's motion to recuse the Orleans criminal court from the probe into New Orleans mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell's credit card usage.
Stephanie Grace Stephanie Grace: New Orleans has reason to be skeptical of Jeff Landry's investigation of LaToya Cantrell BY STEPHANIE GRACE | sgrace@theadvocate.com Dec 7, 2017 Ever since last month's runoff, New Orleanians have been waiting for word of incoming mayor LaToya Cantrell's first big hire.
News Leslie Jacobs defends hardball tactics in attack on former mayoral front-runner Desiree Charbonnet Andrew Vanacore | avanacore@theadvocate.com Dec 5, 2017 A few months ago, it would have been hard to imagine how Leslie Jacobs, godmother of the local charter school movement, could make herself a m…
Stephanie Grace Grace Notes: Key Charbonnet backer Cedric Richmond sends warm greetings to LaToya Cantrell BY STEPHANIE GRACE | sgrace@theadvocate.com Dec 4, 2017 'Tis the season for office parties, packed malls and high-stakes football, as usual. But for the first time in modern New Orleans history, 'ti…
Stephanie Grace Grace Notes: LaToya Cantrell can't stop credit card probe, but she can reassure New Orleans voters BY STEPHANIE GRACE | sgrace@theadvocate.com Nov 28, 2017 The criminal complaint into New Orleans Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell's use of her city council credit card — based on opposition research by op…
News AG Landry seeks LaToya Cantrell's City Council credit card records as judge signs subpoenas BY JEFF ADELSON AND JOHN SIMERMAN| jadelson@theadvocate.com jsimerman@theadvocate.com Nov 27, 2017 An Orleans Parish Criminal District Court judge signed subpoenas Monday for credit card accounts that Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell has controll…
News Cross-racial coalition, grass-roots tactics swept Cantrell to victory in historic New Orleans mayor's race BY JEFF ADELSON | jadelson@theadvocate.com Nov 19, 2017 LaToya Cantrell rode to her resounding victory in the New Orleans mayor’s race by emotionally connecting with a cross-racial coalition of vote…
+19 News LaToya Cantrell to become New Orleans' first female mayor, says 'Let's go get 'em' BY JEFF ADELSON AND JESSICA WILLIAMS | jadelson@theadvocate.com, jwilliams@theadvocate.com Nov 18, 2017 LaToya Cantrell soared past Desiree Charbonnet on Saturday to become the first female mayor of New Orleans, winning in a landslide after a har…
Elections Live election video: Watch WWL-TV's coverage of New Orleans-area races Advocate staff report Nov 18, 2017 The polls across ¶¶Òõh close at 8 p.m. Saturday as New Orleans will elect its first female mayor in the city's history.