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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell speaks at the police headquarters in New Orleans about the uptick in crime around the city, Feb. 2, 2022. Cantrell said Wednesday, March 22, 2023, that a “great weight” has been lifted from her with the failure of a recall petition drive that began in August. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

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Uniquely New Orleans mayoral recall effort fails
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Wed,03/22/23-5:19PM , 106 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Because it happened in New Orleans, an effort to oust the mayor over typical big city complaints — high crime rates, slacking services, alleged misuse of taxpayer property — was anything but typical.
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell presents her 2023 operating budget to the New Orleans City Council, Oct. 25, 2022, at New Orleans City Hall. A court settlement that significantly lowered the number of petition signatures Cantrell's opponents need to force a recall election was challenged by Cantrell and one of her supporters in two state courts Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

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Judge who signed recall petition won't quit related lawsuit
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Fri,03/17/23-4:03PM , 114 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge presiding over a case related to recall efforts against New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell wants another judge to decide whether she should be removed from the case, now that a newspaper has reve
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New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell presents her 2023 operating budget to the New Orleans City Council, Oct. 25, 2022, at New Orleans City Hall. A court settlement that significantly lowered the number of petition signatures Cantrell's opponents need to force a recall election was challenged by Cantrell and one of her supporters in two state courts Tuesday, March 14, 2023. (Chris Granger/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File)

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New Orleans mayor fights lowered recall signature threshold
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Tue,03/14/23-11:22AM , 126 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A court settlement that significantly lowered the number of petition signatures New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell's opponents need to force a recall election was challenged in two state courts Tuesday by Cantrell and one
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Stephen and Rae Ann Gruver sit in a House committee room behind a photo of their son, 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver, a Louisiana State University freshman who died with a blood-alcohol content six times higher than the legal limit for driving in what authorities say was a hazing incident, in Baton Rouge, La., on March 21, 2018. A jury’s decision that Gruver's family is entitled to $6.1 million for Maxwell's hazing-related alcohol death in 2017 sends a powerful message, the family’s attorney said Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

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Lawyer: Over $6M verdict a powerful anti-hazing message
By KEVIN MCGILL - Associated Press
Mon,03/13/23-6:55PM , 243 Reads
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A jury’s decision that a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge’s family is entitled to $6.1 million for his hazing-related alcohol death in 2017 sends a powerful message, the family’s attorney said Monday.
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