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The Advocate mentions two new City Council candidates in today's political blurbs. The candidates are new to this race but the names a...

This was an enjoyable bit of background on our old friend Stuart "Neil" Fisher. The fact that he finally agreed to an extended i...

Democrats should know they are not gonna be able to Ossoff their way through this. Naturally, they have no clue. It is unclear, however,...

Did you buy your J.P. Morrell special customized Nyx license plate yet? They're only $25 and all proceeds go back to the krewe which is ...

Court Watch NOLA writes in response to Cannizzaro's outbursts this week. As one member of the business community said in the aftermath...

Another grand experiment failed . In 2015, Grover Norquist, who has successfully defined unconditional opposition to taxes as the defini...

As the road work along St. Charles between Louisiana and Jackson has progressed these last few months, I've noticed they've also...

So let's see. You may recognize this scenario.  It's the last day of legislative session in Louisiana and the House is in chaos. Mon...

Comically corrupt businessman's administration hires comically corrupt businessman .  (Again.) Bruce Greenstein, the former Louisiana ...

I think Stacy Head might be trolling municipal employees in addition to trying to steal their modest retirement savings . NOMERS isn't...

What is up with Leon Cannizzaro? It's strange that he'd be picking public fights like this right now . It's especially strange t...

Comey is talking right now. Check your nearest internet for updates. It's all fun and games until nobody impeaches anybody because the R...

This is... actually I don't know what this is yet. But here it is . A familiar name has emerged as a possible opponent for Orleans Par...

The VCC is supposed to keep entitled real estate dickheads like Sidney Torres from doing whatever they want to do.  But for some reason, the...

It's almost as if nobody thought this through . (Although we know that not to be the case since this is exactly what opponents of this ...

It is this Thursday.  Have fun ! Prepare for much tweetings of the game theory and such. Of course, if the guy really wanted to help, he...

Le plus ca change, right ? The left lies sputtering on the mat, unable to maintain its ground, much less make any material gains. It’s ha...

It used to be a public ferry. Commuters would use it. You could bring your car. It was a dollar to take it into town and free on the way ba...

Here's a look at everything the Advocate can compile for us about the City Council races right now . The most interesting ones so far:...

The Legislature is a total mess. Everybody knows that.  But it's worth pointing out that they did accomplish something truly meaningful ...

Billy Nungesser, ladies and gents . NEW ORLEANS -- Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser says Mayor Mitch Landrieu is moving too slowly in ...

We're almost to the end of the legislative session which means it's getting more difficult to ignore the massive amount of nothing t...

President Trump, as expected, is dumping the Paris accord on climate change . Or maybe he's working on a better "deal." Here a...

Happy Hurricane Season. Here's wishing you and yours and "above normal" year. Oh wait. That's the bad kind . Forecasters...

It's fun when the press participates in the creation of this phony suspense . Everyone can get super excited wondering what will happen....

So much work done on these criminal justice reforms. Might be derailed by just some guy who wants to be smug. Rep. Sherman Mack, R-Albany...

Neil Abramson's Constitutional Convention isn't going to happen . Can't blow it all up and start over. Still have to fix a budg...

New Orleans's favorite self-proclaimed "Superkrewe" is back in the news on a rainy afternoon in late May. The soon to be 7 ye...

In this cautionary tale, Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto slowly realizes he's made a huge mistake by giving Uber everything it wants from i...

These guys. Who knew? Why? Who knows? A Louisiana Supreme Court officer shot and wounded a man during a fight outside of the French Quarte...

News is starting to break this week about the future of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad and the Port of New Orleans.  Apparently the ma...

It's remarkable the degree to which things that are evil on their very face get glossed over.  As this article points out , the scheme ...

All Mitch has to say is that he appreciates the attention his speech received and that, as mayor, he tries to represent the city well on the...

It's just the first day of OTAs but Adrian Peterson has already committed his first fumble as a Saint . While players were in shorts ...

If you do this you absolutely have to put her up in the Circle . Take 'Em Down organizer Malcolm Suber said the administration should ...

Whatever this means . Forecasters Thursday (May 25) at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  predicted an above-normal 2017...

This is a small matter but it should probably be noted. I'll try to quickly explain the very dry nuts and bolts of it so you'll unde...

You know things are weird when Republicans agree to raise taxes on wealthy constituents on the condition that nothing good comes out of it ...

He is not turning 300. Our city is. We should all get to talk about what to do with our public space. Take ‘Em Down NOLA opposes Mayor Mit...

As far as the Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives are concerned, it's still probably too good for you . To date, 29 ...

Is there anything in this city we aren't trying to "improve" by letting some grifter hack off a little private scratch from it...

John Conyers wants Democrats to be for a single payer health care system. He's slowly getting through to some of them. House Democr...

Sometimes that's all there is to i t. President Donald Trump repeatedly addressed the possibility of a U.S. nuclear attack on North...

The Fox Sports article cited here is just a clickbait list the object of which was to say the snarkiest thing possible about every NFL stad...

Immediately after the 2015 statewide elections I went with this. Countdown to Jeff Landry's accidental scandal — skooks (@skooks) N...

Of course it's bad. It's a very bad budget proposal. President Donald Trump 's proposed fiscal year 2018 budget "robs Lou...

The Night Owl or the um .. However, hospitality workers who attended an RTA board meeting on Tuesday (May 23) said the three RTA represent...

So many things Democrats "should" do that they really don't want to do on account of the way their party funds itself. Often, ...