Kaylee Poche is a staff writer at The Gambit. She covers a diverse range of topics including regional interest, world news, government and politics, as well as arts and entertainment, with a particular focus on Latin America and legal affairs. Kaylee's work has also been featured in NOLA.com.
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By: Kaylee Poche
The New Orleans City Council unanimously passed an ordinance that would give teeth to the “ban the box” law it passed in 2018 banning city government and its contractors from asking about criminal records on job applications for city positions.
By: Kaylee Poche
The Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors is running the election for a seat on the board. This is the first election of its kind in the district.
By: Kaylee Poche
Louisiana hospitals are regularly dropping dozens of unhoused people a month at New Orleans shelters unequipped to meet their often critical medical needs, according to officials with Ozanam Inn and New Orleans Mission.
By: Kaylee Poche
The New Orleans City Council June 18 shot down the idea of permanently turning Bourbon Street into a pedestrian mall but may still expand the hours the street is closed off to cars as part of their on-going efforts to increase safety on the popular stretch following the New Year’s Day terrorist attack.
The forum featured the three major candidates in the race so far: City Council Vice President Helena Moreno, Council Member Oliver Thomas and former Orleans Parish Criminal District Court Judge Arthur Hunter.
By: Kaylee Poche, John Stanton
While Louisiana lawmakers did little to make your life better this year, they made sure to protect themselves and big business interests. Here are the changes they made to health, education, insurance and more.
By: Kaylee Poche, Sarah Ravits
The vice president of the New Orleans City Council says she will focus on blight, infrastructural woes and public transit, and praised New York Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani for his push for toll-free buses
By: Kaylee Poche
The New Orleans City Council July 10 unanimously overrode Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s veto of a $20 million payment to redevelop the long abandoned Charity Hospital — part of an ongoing fight over who should get the profits from the Wisner Trust.
By: Kaylee Poche
The New Orleans City Council July 10 voted to end Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s emergency trash declaration just one day after she announced it. The declaration was part of Cantrell’s attempt to hand over trash operations in the French Quarter to Henry Consulting after cutting short an emergency contract with IV Waste.
By: Sarah Ravits, Kaylee Poche
Qualifying for mayor, council seats and a handful of other local seats ran from Wednesday, July 9 through Friday, July 11, and like years past it was basically a cattle call for serious politicians, wannabes, eccentrics and randy Uber riders alike.
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