ESSENCE joined New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell as she was sworn in for her second term last week, promising a renewed commitment to the city.

LaToya Cantrell, left, leads her inauguration parade from the stage with her daughter RayAnn, right, after she was sworn in as the first female mayor of New Orleans at the Mahalia Jackson in New ...

More than 900 miles down south, New Orleans Democrat LaToya Cantrell is potentially facing a reckoning of her own in a deep-blue enclave where she was once welcomed as a rebuke of the city's ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has not made any in-person, public comments about the second-line shootings that killed two and injured 11. Why it matters: It continues her pattern of stepping ...

WDSU’s investigation also showed Cantrell’s trip to Switzerland in June to promote a New Orleans Jazz-Fest type of event cost the city more than $16,600 for airfare and hotel for the mayor and ...

Cantrell and other local leaders, including New Orleans City Council members and Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman, were sworn in at the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts at 10 a.m.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has been busy leading a recovery and review of the Hard Rock Hotel construction site on Canal Street since its tragic partial collapse on Oct. 12.

WATCH: New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell on the city’s infrastructure Article continues after video. “This administration has fought hard for our fair share,” proclaimed Cantrell.

Reporting from NEW ORLEANS — LaToya Cantrell, a City Council member who first gained a political following as she worked to help her hard-hit neighborhood recover from Hurricane Katrina, won a ...

As her husband Jason cheers, New Orleans mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell hugs her daughter RayAnn as she celebrates her victory Saturday (Nov. 18) at the New Orleans Jazz Market in Central City.