New Orleans City Council slams mayor's trip to D.C

New Orleans city employees could be called to answer council questions about Mayor Cantrell’s travel
Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration has not explained who paid for her travel to Washington D.C. during a ban on city-funded travel.
LaToya Cantrell travels to Washington, defying New Orleans council's ban on official trips
Days after the New Orleans City Council passed a law barring Mayor LaToya Cantrell from traveling on taxpayers' dime, Cantrell has traveled to Washington, D.C. for a national mayors' conference.
New Orleans City Council pushes to extend travel ban after Mayor Cantrell’s trip to D.C.
T he New Orleans City Council plans to extend its controversial travel ban after Mayor LaToya Cantrell's recent trip to Washington, D.C., which took place just one day after the b
City council ‘grounds’ Mayor Cantrell; truck parking problem; Lenten season reflections
Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn why the New Orleans city council is aiming to restrict Mayor Cantrell’s travel. We also hear about potential solutions to the lack of adequate truck parking spaces,
Mayor Cantrell faces backlash for traveling to DC despite council’s ban
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is under fire from City Council leaders after traveling to Washington, D.C., this week for a conference, despite a recent ordinance restricting non-essential city-funded travel for city officials.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell faces backlash for attending D.C. conference amid city travel ban, fiscal crisis
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is under scrutiny for attending a Washington, D.C., conference despite a city ordinance banning non-essential travel and expenses.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell defies New Orleans City Council, heads out of town for D.C. junket
Mayor LaToya Cantrell is continuing her jet setting ways, heading to the nation’s capitol for a junket sponsored by Yale University, in apparent defiance of a new city ordinance banning most city-funded travel – including trips booked or planned prior to its passage.
New Orleans council members want answers on who paid for Mayor Cantrell’s travel amid ban
New Orleans City Councilmembers say they want Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration to explain who paid for her travel to Washington D.C. this week while non-essential city travel is banned. The city council unanimously passed the ban for employees and elected leaders in February after Cantrell’s administration argued the city could not afford a $90 million settlement deal with New Orleans Public Schools.
New Orleans City Council considering extending travel ban after mayor's recent trip
The ban was initially enacted after the administration backed out of a funding deal with the Orleans Parish School Board.
New Orleans City Council President JP Morrell slams Mayor Cantrell's 'illegal' D.C. trip
New Orleans City Council President JP Morrell slammed Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s apparent decision to violate a new ordinance banning city-funded travel as “illegal,” arguing it is “beyond the pale” given her push to withhold funding for city schools based on an alleged fiscal crisis facing New Orleans.
Mayor Cantrell pleads the Fifth in closed hearing: sources
NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell used her 5th Amendment right not to incriminate herself to avoid answering questions ...
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City council meets today amid latest Cantrell kerfuffle
The New Orleans City Council meets today, for the first time since Mayor LaToya Cantrell jetted off to Washington, DC for the ...
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Stephanie Grace: Mayor LaToya Cantrell is grounded, and other tales of checks and balances
In revoking Mayor LaToya Cantrell's right to travel on the public dime, the New Orleans City Council surely embarrassed her - ...