City Council, LaToya Cantrell

New Orleans City Council moves to ban city employee travel
The proposal, sponsored by City Council President JP Morrell, was introduced Wednesday and will be considered Feb. 27. If approved, it would ban through April all travel to conventions, festivals, conferences and anything else that isn’t necessary for legal proceedings or required by a contract.
Cantrell administration stuns city council after refusing payments to school board
NOLA Public Schools leaders say Mayor LaToya Cantrell is withholding $20 million dollars to fill a hole in the schools' budget.
New Orleans City Council, Cantrell administration clash over withdrawn school-funding deal
She described the money owed as “not a gift or consolation prize.” Orleans Parish School Board finance chair Olin Parker told reporters in a news conference earlier in Februar
New Orleans City Council takes steps to end Mayor Cantrell's travel plans
The New Orleans City Council has taken the first steps towards zeroing out Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s travel and entertainment budget after her administration claimed city finances are so dire it must impose a new period of austerity and budget cuts,
City Council spars with Mayor Cantrell over school funding
City Council members are expected to tighten the city's purse strings Tuesday after Mayor LaToya Cantrell backed out on a $20 million funding deal with the Orleans Parish School Board. Why it matters: Things are about to be tit-for-tat in the long-running spat between Cantrell and the council.
NOLA Public Schools brace for layoffs & cuts unless Mayor LaToya Cantrell pays up
The ongoing funding battle between New Orleans Public Schools (NOLA-PS) and Mayor LaToya Cantrell leaves educators and ...
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City Council members grill New Orleans officials about nixed school board deal
If the deal falls apart, the results could be disastrous for schools, district officials and school leaders said Tuesday.