The tequila they gave Mayor Ray Nagin at the Mexican consulate in New Orleans must have packed quite a punch. Ted Jackson / The Times-PicayuneMayor Ray Nagin in 2008It was a glittering occasion, but Nagin appears to have forgotten all...
John Raoux / The Associated PressSpace shuttle Atlantis lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on Monday. The crew is headed to the international space station. The frequent-flyer miles keep piling up for Mayor Ray Nagin....
Calling the ruling "huge," New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday reacted to a federal judge finding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' failure to maintain a shipping channel led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina.
Less than a month after he jetted off to Cuba on a fact-finding mission, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is planning another tropical junket: a four-day, taxpayer-financed excursion next month to Merida, Mexico , featuring a private tour of ancient ruins.
Delving into many rarely explored nooks and crannies of the city's budget, the New Orleans City Council spent most of Monday trying to figure out how the Nagin administration plans to spend more than $400 million allocated to the mayor's...
He went to China, South Africa and Panama in 2008. This year he's been jet setting even more. He went back to China in June, then hopped over to Australia. July took him to Mexico City, and he went on a so-called fact-finding trip to Cuba in October.
Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux has asked Mayor Ray Nagin and the City Council to delay approval of a redevelopment proposal for the Morris F.X. Jeff Municipal Auditorium -- including a 50-year lease of the city-owned facility to a private operator...
The city plans to hold its first bond sale in two years next month though the outcome of three high-stakes meetings with rating agencies could push it back again. Mayor Ray Nagin wants to use the proceeds from the $40 million sale to help keep New Orleans'... New Orleans - Ray Nagin - United States - Mayor - Louisiana
Mayor Ray Nagin's press office sent out a statement today from the president of Nature Tours, the outfit arranging the mayor's upcoming getaway to Merida, Mexico, saying a recent Times-Picayune article about the trip contained several "errors and misconceptions."
NEW ORLEANS -- A candidate who would widely be considered a front runner is once again thinking about a run for mayor. Eyewitness News has been told that Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu is re-evaluating the race. Landrieu said a few months ago that he would not be a candidate. In addition to discussions about his possible entry into the race, a poll was commissioned on his behalf as a ...
