MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS

Parades, Photos & Carnival News

The roommates do Mardi Gras. Do you think they did Carnival season justice? Full story »

Ryan and Preston take reality series to nauseating new lows. Will you continue watching? Full story »

Lapsed benefits restored after months of stalemate Full story »

Remarks on race condemned based on video  Full story »

Mardi Gras float builder Blaine Kern was in typically irrepressible form when he appeared before the City Council last week seeking permission to demolish a badly deteriorated house on Slidell Street in Algiers Point. The house was supposed to be relocated to make way for a large residential complex, but Kern said he was "stopped by crooked politicians and... Full story »

The Louisiana Board of Regents has approved plans that would allow the recently enacted tuition flexibility plan to go into effect for the fall semester. Meeting that ambitious time line will allow state schools and colleges to raise base tuition by as much as 10 percent for the coming school year. The Legislature had already approved 5 percent increases.... Full story »

Orleans Parish School Board puts it up for auction Full story »

Krewes fail to meet city's standards on parades Full story »

Jerelyn “Pixie” Hall Naquin, who rose from secretary to executive vice president of Blaine Kern Artists during a 47-year career in which she became a Carnival mainstay, died Tuesday of cancer at her Terrytown home. She was 63. “When things needed to get done, she was the person to make it happen,” float designer Henri Schindler said. “She never... Full story »

Brass band supporter's Facebook page gets hundreds of followers in just one day Full story »

Revised bill applies only to insurance policies of homeowners, not businesses Full story »

City can't afford the $100,000 bill for staging, security, cleanup, officials say Full story »

While President Barack Obama was headed from Washington to New Orleans on Friday, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., was headed from New Orleans to Washington. Landrieu said she wanted to be with the president on his third inspection visit to monitor the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But, first things first: Landrieu had to be back in Washington to host... Full story »

Count House Speaker Jim Tucker among those who have had a change of heart about government's role in regulating tobacco smoke. Four years ago, Tucker, R-Algiers, was among the 33 House members who voted against the Louisiana Smokefree Air Act, which banned smoking in restaurants and most other indoor workplaces but exempted bars and casinos. At the time, Tucker... Full story »

Tensions between the House and Senate over the state budget escalated Monday, with leaders trading barbs as the major spending bills of the session remained stuck in a House committee. The impasse may come to a head as early as this afternoon. That's when the state forecasting panel at the center of the controversy is scheduled to hold a... Full story »