NEW ORLEANS,LA - The New Orleans City Council applauds the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals for upholding the City’s regulations for non-commercial short-term rentals (“NSTRs”) and the City’s platform verification system that requires platforms to verify that listings are properly permitted through the City before booking for all types of short-term rentals (“STRs”). This ruling from the Fifth Circuit confirms the ruling from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, which dismissed all but one count in September 2025. 

NEW ORLEANS, LA — Today, a joint City Council committee took the first step in reforming the governing structure of the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS, LA — The New Orleans City Council will discuss a proposed ordinance establishing a new governing structure for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans at a joint committee meeting Thursday, July 30.

On Monday, July 27, 2026, the Criminal Justice Committee convened to receive a presentation on the effects of poverty on crime by Director of U.S. Public Policy Brian Brox's class at Tulane University for its U.S. public policy summer class.

NEW ORLEANS, LA — The New Orleans City Council has issued a joint statement on the City's decision to withdraw the application from the State Bond Commission.