Jonah Meadows

A federal appeals court has rejected Airbnb's challenge to New Orleans' short-term rental regulations, allowing the city to keep its tough rules limiting the number of vacation rentals in residential neighborhoods.

Downtown Development District Executive Director Seth Knudsen delivers opening remarks at a Urban Land Institute Louisiana event on Monday, June 17, 2026, in New Orleans.

Newer concrete electrical poles stand near Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home s Entergy hardens its distribution network in New Orleans, Friday, July 31, 2026.

A pedestrian crosses Magazine street in front of the former SnoWizard in the 4000 block of Magazine Street in New Orleans, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune)

of 3 Entergy Louisiana executives and Jefferson Parish Council members gathered Thursday to tout an ongoing grid-hardening project to replace

of 3 Three months after community backlash torpedoed plans to demolish the Ted's Frostop to make way for student housing, developers have revised their plans for an apartment building on the South Claiborne Avenue site.

State Bond Commission approval is needed by next week for Omni developers to stay on schedule for an August groundbreaking.

A tasting of single-barrel whiskeys is offered at Sazerac House, 101 Magazine St., in New Orleans in a 2025 file photo.

The New Orleans-linked firm paid just $20 million for a distillery whose owners promised $250 million in investment but folded after 15 months.

About a dozen people protested outside the meeting, calling for an outright ban on new data center development in New Orleans.