A federal lawsuit alleging retired Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Laurie White sexually harassed and retaliated against a former employee has been dismissed with prejudice.
Jeffrey Dunlap, a Slidell-based contractor who had been the first to plead guilty in the long-running First NBC Bank fraud case, was sentenced by a federal judge this week to
The City Council has issued a halt to renewals of existing permits and those in the application pipeline. The moratorium, which could begin as soon as Nov. 3, would phase out nearly all 1,300 residential short-term rentals.
New Orleans tried to limit short-term rentals by requiring license holders to live full-time in the lots they rent – but the court said that violates the Constitution.