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George Clinton and members of Parliament Funkadelic perform on July 5 at the Essence Festival.

Essence Festival may face competition Steering committee considers new selection process BY BLAKE PATERSON Staff writer

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Guests watch a video announcing the planned SpaceX Starbase Louisiana facility at an event Tuesday in Abbeville.

Experts say spaceport’s success depends on many factors BY ALEX LUBBEN

Staff writer

SpaceX’s plan to build what it calls the world’s largest spaceport on Louisiana’s coast is stunning in its ambition, but questions remain over the timeline, potential litigation, permitting and whether Elon Musk can achieve his lofty goals. If Musk accomplishes what he has set out to do, the new spaceport along an eroding stretch of coastline in Vermilion Parish will represent one of the largest and fastest expansions of space launch capacity in the history of spaceﬂight. In his announcement on Tuesday, he said the site will launch 30 rockets a

“What they say they want to do, they usually end up doing. It usually takes them a lot longer than they say, but they eventually do it. I wouldn’t bet against it.” JONATHAN MCDOWELL, astrophysicist who retired from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics day — as busy as a commercial airport. But while Musk has set a goal for the ﬁrst launch to take place in 2029, close watchers of the aerospace industry said that they anticipate the project will take longer to develop.

Meta settles suit over social media addiction

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BY BARBARA ORTUTAY, KELVIN CHAN and KAITLYN HUAMANI Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calif. — Meta agreed Wednesday to pay up to $18 billion and add stronger child-safety measures to its Facebook and Instagram platforms as part of a landmark legal settlement that ended a trial over teen social media addiction and settled claims ﬁled by nearly every state. The settlement resolved a pivotal case years in the making that sought to hold the tech giant accountable

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ple’s attention. The agreement “institutes real change, real transparency, real protections for children and teens across the country,” California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. If approved by the court, the deal will stop an avalanche of litigation by states against Meta, although the company still faces lawsuits from individuals and school districts throughout the U.S. For the states, the settlement delivers money for mental-health programs for kids, including after-school

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“What they say they want to do, they usually end up doing,” said Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist who retired from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and tracks the commercial aerospace industry. “It usually takes them a lot longer than they say, but they eventually do it. I wouldn’t bet against it.” Gov. Jeff Landry and Musk laid out the plans for the new site this week. SpaceX paid $100 million to buy 125,000 acres from the state — land that had been donated by ExxonMobil as part of a settlement in coastal litigation that accused the company of polluting

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For 30 years, the July Fourth weekend in New Orleans was the sole purview of the Essence Festival of Culture. This year, with its contract with the city up for renewal, Essence may face competition. In a letter sent to Essence officials last week, a steering committee appointed by Mayor Helena Moreno said that the event’s request for $10 million to $12 million in annual incentives from the city and state was “simply unfeasible in the current environment.” Given the city’s financial constraints, the committee, which includes former Mayor Marc Morial and former U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, said it is considering recommending “a competitive selection process be initiated to solicit proposals from any interested and qualified festival organizers.” A spokesperson for Essence confirmed in a statement Tuesday that it had received the letter, adding that they value “the ongoing dialogue with the City of New Orleans and Mayor Moreno’s office.” “We remain fully engaged in that process and continue to work

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La. strengthens anti-hazing policy

Move made in honor of Caleb Wilson BY HALEY MILLER Staff writer

Louisiana’s higher education board strengthened the anti-hazing policy for college campuses across the state Wednesday, including a requirement that any organization connected to a hazing incident that leads to a student’s death be permanently banished. “It’s really hard because STAFF PHOTO By PEARL SPURLOCK we don’t want to see another Urania Wilson attends a Board of Regents meeting child’s life taken or even hurt for that matter,” Caleb Wilon Wednesday where the board approved an son’s mother, Urania Wilson, anti-hazing policy that Wilson had advocated for said to the board. on behalf of her son, Caleb Wilson, a Southern “I know Louisiana can be University student who died in an alleged fraternity the leader for the country in hazing ritual in 2025. this bill, and I just want to

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thank you all.” The Board of Regents amended its uniform antihazing policy to incorporate the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act, passed by the Legislature this spring. Wilson, 20, was a Southern University student who died in an alleged fraternity hazing ritual in February 2025. He had been pledging the Omega Psi Phi fraternity chapter at Southern, his parents said. As part of the ritual, pledges were said to have been lined up to receive punches from fraternity brothers, police said. Wilson was reportedly hit four times before seizing

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Student killed after he went to wrong house

A 22-year-old college student killed by Pennsylvania police responding to a possible burglary had just realized he was at the wrong home and was waiting for friends to come get him when he was shot, his father said Wednesday. Police in Upper Pottsgrove Township, northwest of Philadelphia, responded around 12:30 a.m. Sunday to a 911 call about a possible break-in attempt, according to the Montgomery County district attorney’s office. The office said in a statement that police found Glenwood Pysher IV at the rear of the home and ultimately shot and killed him. Pysher’s father, Glen Pysher, said his son and his friends had visited several bars earlier in the evening and were splitting up to spend the night in two homes when his son took a wrong turn in the woods. Based on what he has been told by his son’s friends, Pysher believes his son mistakenly tried to enter what he thought was his friend’s house. He wasn’t carrying any weapons, just a phone and backpack containing clothing and a few beers, he said. “He tried to open the doorknob and obviously startled the homeowner,” he said. “From what we understand, he announced, ‘Hey! Open the door!’ because he thought he was at his friend’s house.” Pysher then sat down on the back porch and contacted his friends, who realized he was in the wrong place and started to go find him. But minutes later, they saw police and emergency vehicles and figured their friend would be arrested for public drunkenness. Instead, he was shot. A Montgomery County Department of Public Safety dispatch record shows police were dispatched at 12:30 a.m. and arrived at 12:34 a.m. Upper Pottsgrove Township Police Chief Al Werner declined to release any information, including the names of any officers involved in the shooting, until the investigation is complete.

Secret Service officials placed on leave Three U.S. Secret Service officials were placed on administrative leave Tuesday, pending the outcome of an investigation by the agency’s professional standards office. The three were operating in non-law-enforcement capacities and were being investigated for potential misconduct, the agency’s public information office reported. However, the cause for the action remained unclear as the Office of Professional Responsibility was beginning its review.

Cousin of 10-year-old pleads guilty to her killing MADISON, WIS. — The cousin of a 10-year-old Wisconsin girl killed in 2022 pleaded guilty to ﬁrstdegree intentional homicide on Wednesday and was sentenced to life in prison. Lily Peters was riding her bike home from her aunt’s house in Chippewa Falls on April 24, 2022, when Carson Peters-Berger persuaded her to leave a trail and explore the surrounding woods with him, according to the criminal complaint. The girl’s body was discovered the next day. An autopsy determined she had been beaten, strangled and sexually assaulted. Peters-Berger, now 18, was 14 at the time of the killing. Chippewa County Judge Steven Gibbs accepted his guilty plea on Wednesday and sentenced him to life in prison.

CORRECTIONS A story Tuesday about LCMC Health’s cancer center expansion misstated the organizations involved with applying for a National Cancer Institute designation. LSU Health New Orleans is leading that effort with LCMC. Another story misstated Second Harvest’s number of new locations over the past year. It has a new location in Houma. That story also misstated the organization’s hiring practices. It hired staff recently after past layoffs, with the help of donor support. The Times-Picayune regrets the errors.

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. government announced a drought disaster on Wednesday for more than two dozen cities and towns in Puerto Rico as water woes deepen across the U.S. Caribbean territory, with no relief in sight. More than 33% of Puerto Rico is under extreme drought, and another 30% under a severe drought. July was the driest month on record for San Juan in more than 120 years and the second hottest for the island’s capital. Gov. Jenniffer González said she had formally requested the declaration from the U.S. Department of Agriculture more than two weeks ago. “From the very beginning, we made clear the needs of our farmers,” she said. The declaration covers 26 of

Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities, including Cabo Rojo, Ponce, Yauco, Aibonito and Lares. The disaster declaration allows farmers and agricultural producers in those regions to access emergency loans. “This is an important step,” Puerto Rico Agriculture Secretary Irving Rodríguez said. “We urge all producers affected by the drought to document their losses.” Naia Seda is among the farmers anxious to apply for ﬁnancial help. She has a 15-acre farm on which she cultivates avocados, plantains, lemons, cassava and other crops. It hasn’t rained since April. Her farm, which she has cultivated since 2009, is crisscrossed with cracks several feet deep. “I’ve never seen something like this on my farm,” she said. Seda lamented how her crops are shriveling and fruits are dropping to the ground before they’ve ripened

because of the unrelenting heat. The irrigation canal that her farm and 300 others in the southwestern municipality of Lajas depend on used to supply water as requested. Seda received that supply three times a week. In June, ofﬁcials limited the amount to once a week. The persistent dry conditions have forced many farmers to halt production as early as May, said Fello Pérez, a Puerto Rico-based technical assistance provider for RAFI, a North Carolina-based nonproﬁt that serves small- to midscale farmers in the U.S. Southeast, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Pérez said in a phone interview that Puerto Rican farmers who work in hydroponics and grow vegetables in soil are among the most affected. Those who cultivate fruits, including coffee, cacao, plantains, and bananas, have seen them fall

“The harvest was ahead of schedule,” he said. Those who breed animals are also affected because they haven’t been able to feed livestock. In a bid to make money, they were selling young bulls at rock-bottom prices, but no one was buying them because of the ongoing drought, Pérez said. Farmers have been losing money since May. One was forced to resume work as a mechanic to make ends meet, he said. Puerto Rico’s governor had declared a state of emergency in late July because of the persistent dry conditions and activated the National Guard to transport, distribute, and purify water. In early August, she announced water rationing measures in certain neighborhoods of San Juan and six other cities. More than 180,000 customers are without water for 48 hours at a time as part of a rotating schedule.

Judge denies Minn. bid to extradite ICE officer from Texas BY VALERIE GONZALEZ

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Rescuers use an earthmover to carry a victim of flash flooding to safety along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Wednesday.

Hundreds missing after floods in Nepal, China At least 160 killed by surging waters BY NIRANJAN SHRESTHA and SIBI ARASU Associated Press

UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal — Massive flash floods in a border area of Nepal and China on Wednesday killed at least 160 people and left hundreds of tourists, workers and others missing after sweeping through communities and bringing travel in some areas to a halt. Experts said an avalanche from a glacier was the likely cause in the warming Himalaya region. Police in Nepal reported at least 157 dead. China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported at least three dead and 265 missing in the Tibet region’s Gyirong County near the border. Drone footage showed roads destroyed and buildings buried by thundering water the color of wet cement. State news agency Xinhua reported significant casualties. The region’s steep valleys are economic lifelines and travel corridors but precarious ones when disaster strikes. Images showed what appeared to be the second floors of buildings in Nepal’s hard-hit Nuwakot district slathered in mud after the torrent rushed by. Debris hung from tree branches and wires, vehicles were buried and some stunned survivors were caked in mud. There was little time for anyone to flee. “When I reached Dhunge bazaar, in half an hour, the flood came and damaged all the market. People were preparing to go to office then,” resident Shoyam Rajbhandari said. “How many people are

missing or dead, we don’t know.” Officials in Nepal said 403 people, including 341 foreign nationals, were reported missing. Sunil Sharma, a tourism board spokesperson, said 133 were from India on pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus. Also missing were 47 from the United States, 34 from Australia, 33 from Britain and 24 from Canada, he said. The State Department said it was aware of Americans affected. At least 62 missing Nepali citizens were among hundreds of locals trekking in the Gosaikunda Lake area in hard-hit Rasuwa district bordering Tibet’s Gyirong, coinciding with the local festival of Janai Purnima on Friday, Sharma said. Though the current monsoon season is less favorable for trekking in Nepal, it’s a major season for Kailash trekking, which follows the route in Nepal’s Rasuwa district. Nepal police spokesperson Abi Narayan Kafle told The Associated Press at least 28 police officials were missing. Officials warned residents in several districts to stay away from the banks of the Trishuli, Bhotekoshi and Narayani rivers. At least 19 bridges and nearly 25 miles of road were swept away. The Bhotekoshi flooded around 9 a.m. Wednesday, destroying several villages and hydropower projects, officials said. “We have asked both India and China to help us with the rescue efforts,” said government spokesperson Sasmit Pokharel. The U.S. Geological Survey first reported a magnitude 4.4 earthquake early Wednesday, about 41 miles north of Kathmandu, near the border. The USGS later updated to call the shaking a 5.2 magnitude landslide.

Pro-Russian hackers claim cyberattack on Norway’s public digital services By The Associated Press OSLO, Norway — A proRussian hacker group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that has affected multiple Norwegian government digital services over the past three days. The cyberattack has been ongoing since Monday, said Are Kvistad, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Digitalization Agency (Digdir), the state body in charge of making

Norway’s public services more digital and userfriendly, told The Associated Press. “It’s the biggest attack against Digdir solutions that we have ever experienced,” Kvistad said. The denial-of-service attacks meant that hackers pushed massive traffic toward the agency in order to block services, including one that enables citizens to use one login across multiple public services.

However, the Digdir spokesman said that the agency managed to keep the services running “practically all the time.” In a Telegram post on Wednesday widely reported by Norwegian media, the pro-Russian hacker group Server Killers claimed responsibility for the attack and said it had declared cyber war on Norway after the country renewed its security cooperation with Ukraine on Aug. 23.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A federal judge on Wednesday refused to order Texas to extradite an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ofﬁcer charged with shooting a man and lying about it during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. U.S. District Judge Fernando Rodriguez Jr. wrote in an order that he couldn’t prevent a county sheriff from releasing Christian Castro or order Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to sign his extradition warrant. The Cameron County sheriff said he would release Castro at midnight. Castro is charged in Minnesota with assault and falsely reporting a crime in the Jan. 14 shooting of 24-year-old Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis. Castro is accused of ﬁring a gun through the front door of a Minneapolis home, shooting Sosa-Celis in the leg. Prosecutors say

Castro also falsely accused Sosa-Celis and another man of attacking an ICE ofﬁcer with a broom handle and a snow shovel. After a Minnesota judge issued a nationwide warrant for Castro’s arrest in May, authorities, including Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, arrested Castro in Cameron County on May 29. Minnesota authorities have sought his extradition since his arrest, but he remains in custody in Brownsville, Texas, a city bordering Mexico. Under Texas law and barring extradition, Castro must be released after 90 days of detention, which is Thursday. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison ﬁled a request for a temporary restraining order last week seeking to block Castro’s release or to order his return to Minnesota. Texas attorneys on Tuesday argued the judge could not rule on a decision that’s still pending.

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Groundbreaking held for $3.7B ammonia plant Blue Point One facility expected to be ready in 2029

CF Industries’ decision to go forward with the project, first proposed in 2022. It is estimated to create 3,900 construction jobs over four years and 103 permanent full-time jobs. The project is a joint venture between CF Industries, JERA Co. and Mitsui & Co. JERA Co. is Japan’s largest power generation company and a major global energy provider involved in fuel procurement, electricity generation, and wholesale gas and power. Mitsui & Co. is a major Japanese general trading and investment company. CF Industries owns a 40% share, equal to 560,000 metric tons of ammonia, which could support up to 6.7 million acres of corn production to produce 1.2 billion bushels of corn in the United States. JERA Co. and Mitsui & Co. hold 35% and 25% shares in the joint venture.

BY ANNAKATE FREELAND

Staff writer

Dirt has ofﬁcially been turned on what CF Industries says will be the next generation of fertilizer production — a $3.7 billion ammonia plant designed to expand the nation’s domestic fertilizer supply while capturing the vast majority of its carbon emissions. Officials gathered Wednesday morning to break ground on CF Industries’ Blue Point One facility at the RiverPlex Mega Park, about nine miles up the river from its existing plant, which is the world’s largest ammonia and nitrogen production facility. The new project will use autothermal reforming and carbon capture and sequestration technology to produce low-carbon ammonia. It is expected to be operational in 2029. “Today, we stand on the ground of the next generation of nitrogen manufacturing,” said Chris Bohn, president and CEO of CF Industries. “This facility is built to serve people. It will grow access to reliable domestic nitrogen supply for American farmers to feed this world.”

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Carbon capture

U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow, R-Baton Rouge, right, speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for CF’s new facility in Blue Point One is expected to Donaldsonville on Wednesday. Blue Point Complex is a multibillion-dollar low-carbon blue ammonia production capture, compress and dehydrate approximately 2.3 million metric facility under development in Ascension Parish by CF Industries and international partners.

fertilizer production and reducing the nation’s reliance on imported fertilizer. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said Wednesday that the U.S. currently imports roughly 50% of the 20 million tons of fertilizer used each year. Ammonia is a key building block Why ammonia? of nitrogen fertilizer. Increasing The project comes as federal and domestic ammonia production state ofﬁcials have placed renewed could give American farmers emphasis on increasing domestic greater access to fertilizer pro-

duced in the U.S., reducing the country’s reliance on imports. “If we lose the ability to feed and fuel ourselves as a nation, we will no longer know freedom,” Rollins said. Rollins noted that the permitting process lasted only about 45 days, crediting the speed to the Trump administration. “The president has activated not just me on this issue, but our entire Cabinet, and this is a top priority

tons of carbon dioxide, a byproduct of most ammonia production. Blue Point One is intended to have the lowest environmental impact. More than 95% of the facility’s carbon dioxide emissions will be captured and permanently stored underground rather than released into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide captured annuJoint venture ally at Blue Point One will be transIn April 2025, Gov. Jeff Landry ported and permanently sequesand ofﬁcials from Louisiana Eco- tered by carbon capture company nomic Development announced 1PointFive.

to make fertilizer more affordable and more available for our nation’s farmers, both today with some short-term steps we’re taking but most importantly for the long term, which is what today’s groundbreaking represents,” she said.

Judge removes Trump mail voting order hurdle Administration can move forward with U.S. Postal Service rule

A worker sorts ballots at the L.A. County Ballot Processing Center during the California primary election on June 2 in City of Industry, Calif. A U.S. district judge has lifted an order prohibiting the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting.

BY NICHOLAS RICCARDI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press

A federal judge on Wednesday lifted a major obstacle to President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, even as Democratic state officials filed a new court challenge with the midterm elections fast approaching. The fresh round of legal wrangling comes just two days after the Supreme Court handed down a procedural ruling in Trump’s favor, and could mean the issue lands before the high court again before the pivotal contests for control of Congress. The first mailed ballots are set to be sent out next week. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston agreed to lift an order prohibiting the U.S. Postal Service from carrying out Trump’s order for November’s elections. She wrote that she was “compelled” to do so after the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled that a similar injunction she granted in a separate case was premature. Talwani nevertheless said the executive order could unleash “chaos” and referred to it as “likely unconstitutional.” The administration can now move forward and implement a Postal Service rule published late Friday. It would require states to

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follow a uniform envelope style the Republican administration isfor mail ballots and to give the sued a rule governing Postal SerPostal Service a list of voters eli- vice delivery of mail ballots. Election officials warn it will be gible to receive them. impossible to implement before A new chapter the first wave of mail ballots are The new lawsuit, filed by about sent out next week. “Across the country, states are two dozen Democratically controlled states against the U.S. already deep into preparations Postal Service, marked a new for the 2026 elections. Now, at the phase in the high-stakes litigation. last moment, the federal governIt came after the Supreme Court ment is attempting to meddle in ruled against them in a separate those preparations and potentially case, but did not say Trump’s or- threaten countless Americans’ right to vote,” New York Attorder was legal. The high court majority found ney General Letitia James, one of the initial Democratic lawsuit was 25 Democratic attorneys general premature, but that was before filing the lawsuit, said in a state-

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ment. “USPS has no authority to decide who can and cannot vote by mail.” The Trump administration plan faces a third lawsuit originally ﬁled in May in the nation’s capital, though courts there have so far declined to block it. All previous challenges were filed before the administration published its mail ballot rule Friday night. White House spokesperson Lauren Bis on Wednesday said the Postal Service’s proposals were “commonsense measures that protect the security of mail-in ballots” and that the administration

would continue to work to implement them to boost “the safety and security of our elections.” The Postal Service said it would not comment because of the pending lawsuit. National Democrats on Tuesday cited the rule in asking the federal judge in the Washington case to block Trump’s order after he declined to do so last spring, saying the administration at the time had not taken concrete action. In Boston, Talwani also found that the administration had violated a separate injunction she had placed on the Postal Service in drafting the new rule, although she did not take any action against the government. The League of Women Voters originally ﬁled that lawsuit, and on Wednesday they also asked for a new court order blocking the mail voting plan.

On Trump’s radar Trump has long targeted mail voting, which he falsely blames for his 2020 election loss and is disproportionately used by Democrats as a result of Trump’s condemnations. Since returning to power, Trump has tried to claim authority over election rules, saying he thinks Republicans should “take over” vote counting in Democratic areas. He issued his ﬁrst election executive order just months after retaking office, attempting to require documentary proof of citizenship to vote, among other changes. He has also been pushing a sweeping election bill that has stalled in the Senate amid opposition from Democrats and even some within his own party.

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Continued from page 1A wetlands and contributing to land loss. Musk said he intends to spend $100 billion to turn the site into a spaceport. The project will bring at least 3,000 permanent jobs, possibly as many as 10,000, to the region, according to SpaceX’s president and COO Gwynne Shotwell. The company said it intends to break ground in 2027. Landry compared the deal to the Louisiana Purchase in his remarks on Tuesday. “In 1803, Louisiana gave America a continent,” he said. “Today, Louisiana and SpaceX will give America the stars.” If it achieves what it sets out to do, it will be the busiest, if perhaps not the largest, spaceport in the world. “In terms of the number of launches per day, there’s no question,” McDowell said. He noted that by area, the Russia-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan covers far more ground, and that other spaceports have had more active launchpads operating in the past.

‘Launching a skyscraper’ The Vermilion site solves a problem for SpaceX, giving the company a launch pathway over the Gulf to put satellites into a northsouth orbit. That’s the orbit the company needs for some of the government satellites it transports, as well as for orbital data centers, which SpaceX has been promoting to provide computing power for artificial intelligence from space. The launch site would give SpaceX “what they desperately needed and didn’t have,” McDowell said. And the country’s two busiest spaceports, at Cape Canaveral in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, are running out of room. The site also has easy access to natural gas, which is necessary for rocket fuel, and has access to canals

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Continued from page 1A or summer activities and digital literacy counselors. Advocates cheered the new protections, including default time limits and the disabling of features such as “like” counts. But “we cannot truly protect all children and teens until these protections are required on every platform and are permanent — that’s something only Congress can do,” said Sacha Haworth, executive director of The Tech Oversight Project. The settlement will be paid out over 10 years. California will get the largest sum of at least $1.5 billion, but several other states will still collect hundreds of millions of dollars each over the decade. The settlement “will put an end to these dangerous practices and deliver meaningful relief that will protect children from online harm,” Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones said. Meta said in a blog post that it was “building on our longstanding efforts to empower parents and support teens.” “Ensuring teens have a safe and productive experience on our platforms is an absolute imperative for Meta,” the company said. “We want to get this right for parents and teens, and that’s why we partnered with state attorneys general to set a new industry standard.” The company urged competitors TikTok and YouTube to adopt similar safety measures. The $18 billion settlement is a fraction of Meta’s 2025 revenue of $201 billion. Meta shares closed up about 1% Wednesday, although they rose as much as 4% during the day. The agreement cuts short an ongoing court case involving California, Colorado, Kentucky and New Jersey, which were among 29 states that sued Meta in 2023. The federal trial kicked off last week in Oakland, California, where Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had been among

years from now,” if demand justiﬁes it.

What SpaceX’s Louisiana spaceport could look like

The regulatory process

Gov. Jeff Landry announced plans for Elon Musk's commercial aerospace company to build a massive spaceport in Louisiana. The project could reshape the coastline in lower Vermilion Parish. ROCKET SPECS: SpaceX’s Starship is the world’s most powerful rocket. Both of its rocket stages, the Super Heavy booster and the Starship spacecraft, are fully reusable. It is 400 feet tall.

FACILITIES: In Texas, SpaceX built a rocket assembly facility, called Starfactory, about a mile from the launchpad.

Lafayette area of Louisiana is about 50 miles inland

WHAT WE KNOW: SpaceX says it will invest $100 billion to build a spaceport in coastal Louisiana.

Five or more launchpads may be built.

LAUNCH PAD AREA: Launching Starship requires specially designed launchpads capable of handling the powerful rocket.

Rocket launches have an impact on the environment. Explosions and debris can damage fragile habitats.

The Gulf

The project is expected to create 3,000 permanent jobs over 10 years. Elon Musk said he wants to launch 30 rockets per day from the site.

Sources: SpaceX, staff research

Staff graphic by DAN SWENSON

that can be used to transport heavy equipment. But one limiting factor that could slow the project down: SpaceX’s largest rocket, which it calls Starship, is not operational yet. The rocket is a 400-foot-tall behemoth that is designed to carry over 100 tons of payload into orbit. “You can’t just look at Starship as just a rocket,” Kimberly Siversen Burke, director of governmental affairs with Quilty Space, a Florida firm that provides data and financial consulting services to aerospace

and defense companies. “It’s like you’re launching a skyscraper.” She called it “an engineering marvel.” SpaceX has conducted 13 test ﬂights so far, with another one planned for next month. Until the rocket is up and running, SpaceX can’t launch orbital data centers or a new version of its Starlink satellites into space, which beam internet access down to Earth. “There’s ‘space time’ and there’s ‘Elon time,’ ” Burke said. “You have to add the Elon factor to any timeline

the witnesses expected to take the stand. The lawsuit accused Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms and hiding them from the public. The case also argued that Meta violated federal laws by routinely collecting data on children under 13 without their parents’ consent. The cases in other states had been expected to go to trial later, but are now resolved. The settlement covers 48 states, as well as Washington, D.C., and some U.S. territories. The only two states to be excluded are New Mexico, which went to trial in its case against Meta and won earlier this year, and Florida, where the attorney general said the settlement was not tough enough on Meta. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wrote on X that the “payouts are peanuts compared to the profound harms Meta’s profitdriven addictive features inflicted on kids.” Louisiana was one of the plaintiff states in the lawsuit. “This is the largest consumer protection settlement for the state of Louisiana outside of the big tobacco settlement from the 1990s,” Attorney General Liz Murrill said Wednesday. Murill said the lawsuit asserted unfair and deceptive trade practice claims “that go specifically to how Meta’s algorithms worked and how they were targeting youth.” She said the settlement will result in “some very meaningful protections for kids” as well as a substantial payout. The first payment Louisiana gets will be about $17 million, out of a total of roughly $180 million coming to the state over nine years. Murill said most of those funds must be put toward “remediation” for harms caused by Meta’s “addictive applications.” She said she wants that money to be put toward law enforcement efforts combatting child sex predators online, educating parents and children about

online safety including social media addiction, and mental health treatment and research. Under the proposed settlement, Meta agreed to adopt a series of safety features, including two-hour daily time limits that can only be disabled with a parent’s permission and pauses for children using Instagram and Facebook. The company will eliminate push notifications during weekday school hours and bring in “robust” age-assurance measures and “ageappropriate” content controls to prevent bullying and harmful material about eating disorders and self-harm. There will be stronger and more user-friendly parental controls and limits on social comparison features such as “like” counts. An independent auditor will assess how Meta is implementing the safety features and how effective they are. The company said 30% of the settlement amount — about $5.3 billion — will be released to states only if rivals YouTube and TikTok meet two conditions: implementing similar safety features, including a one-hour daily time limit, a nighttime block and age-assurance measures; and paying the same amount, split between the two companies. Neither YouTube owner Google nor TikTok responded to requests for comments. Meta ofﬁcials declined to comment on whether they had conversations with their competitors about those conditions, but said they intentionally designed the agreement with the states to incentivize the rest of the industry to follow suit. Some of the safety measures Meta will implement, like disabling cosmetic surgery and extreme makeup ﬁlters, made sense regardless of whether competing platforms do the same, Meta said. Other features, like the overnight block, will function better if they are established across the board, the company said.

he gives you.” Musk is known for making overambitious pronouncements. In 2011, he said he hoped to put humans on Mars within 10 to 20 years. To McDowell, 30 launches a day, or nearly 11,000 a year, may be one such claim. The company performed a record number of launches of its workhorse rocket, the Falcon 9, last year: 170. “I’m still very skeptical they can do three Starship launches a day from the same pad,” McDowell said. “They’re a long way off from showing they can do

Burke also doubts that the first Starship launch from Louisiana’s spaceport will happen on schedule in 2029. “Will they start construction in ’27? I think that’s going to come down to where all of the litigation falls,” she said, referring to anticipated environmental lawsuits over the project. But President Donald Trump’s administration and the Louisiana Legislature have moved to limit how much litigation SpaceX could face. The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a rule change that would waive 13 federal environmental laws for commercial aerospace development, and Trump issued a memo last week promoting new launch sites. The Legislature passed a package aimed at courting SpaceX, including a law limiting citizens’ ability to sue space companies. Some locals and environmental groups are already beginning to mobilize to slow that rollback. “We need the process of permitting that the federal government offers,” said Rebecca Triche, executive director of the Louisiana Wildlife Federation. Her group submitted comments on the rule change, opposing it. McDowell recognizes the need for additional launch capacity and understands the demand that SpaceX is trying to address. But the lack of regulation and SpaceX’s cornering of the aerospace industry — the company did nearly 10 times as many launches as its closest competitor — makes him uneasy. “It’s a good capability for the nation and the world to have,” he said, “modulated by the concern of all of that power going to this one company, and the lack of regulation around it.”

that.” McDowell also questioned whether there would be enough satellites to fill all those rockets. It is not yet clear whether SpaceX and other companies can build satellites fast enough to justify that many launches. “In the next decade, I ﬁnd it hard to believe that the satellite production capacity, and the amount of money going in, will support payloads for 30 launches a day,” he said. He expects a slower buildup. The company might Email Alex Lubben at start with two pads, grow to alex.lubben@theadvocate. ﬁve, and reach 10 “maybe 10 com.

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General Mills ditches cereals’ artificial colors

General Mills said Wednesday it has removed artificial colors from all its U.S. cereals, including Lucky Charms and Trix. The Minneapolis company has shifted to fruit- and vegetablebased dyes as well as colors derived from spices like turmeric and paprika to give its cereals their customary bright colors. General Mills said 90% of its U.S. retail products are now free of artificial dyes. Products that still contain artificial colors, like some Betty Crocker cake mixes and Fruit Roll-Ups, will transition to natural dyes by the end of 2027, the company said. WK Kellogg, which makes Froot Loops and Apple Jacks, said earlier this month that it will remove artificial colors from all its U.S. cereals by the end of this year. Health advocates have long called for the removal of artificial dyes from foods, citing studies indicating they can cause neurobehavioral problems, including hyperactivity and attention issues, in some children, though the findings have been mixed. Retailers are also forcing companies to act. Earlier this year, Target said it would stop selling cereals that contain artificial colors by the end of May. Walmart has also said it will remove artificial colors from its store brands by January 2027.

FDA approves landmark pancreatic cancer drug WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a groundbreaking new drug for advanced pancreatic cancer, offering U.S. patients a more effective treatment against one of the deadliest types of cancer. FDA ofﬁcials gave expedited approval to the ﬁrst-of-a-kind pill, called daraxonrasib, which blocks a mutated protein that fuels tumor growth in more than 90% of pancreatic cancer cases. It’s an approach that previously eluded drugmakers for decades. The daily pills will be sold by Revolution Medicines under the brand name Rasonque. Patients taking the drug nearly doubled their survival time, with fewer severe side effects, in a study that randomly assigned them to receive the experimental treatment or more chemotherapy. The companyfunded study enrolled 500 patients whose metastatic, or spreading, cancer had quit responding to prior treatment. Patients getting the new treatment lived for a median of 13.2 months compared with 6.7 months for chemotherapy recipients. Side effects included skin rash, mouth sores, diarrhea and other digestive issues. “This is not a cure, it’s one more option for these patients,” said Dr. Pashtoon Kasi of City of Hope Orange County, a California-based cancer center. “But it’s the best option we’ve ever had.” The new drug targets mutations in the RAS gene family that normally regulates cell growth. What are known as KRAS mutations are especially critical in fueling pancreatic cancer. But a structure that made it hard for drugs to stick to the mutated proteins meant this cancer driver was long considered “undruggable.”

Uber adds parental monitoring of teens Parents and guardians can now access live video of their teens as they take an Uber. The San Francisco ride-hailing company has added the new feature to its teen accounts program, designed to ensure safety and transparency when younger riders are traveling alone. The video will be recorded using the driver’s front-facing phone camera, which offers a view of the backseat. The driver needs to have video enabled for the livestream to be available. Only the teen’s parent or guardian will have access to the video, Uber said, and it will not be available to view after the trip ends.

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Army to spend $2B on nuclear microreactors BY JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases as a reliable source of energy independent of the commercial electric grid. The announcement comes as the Trump administration pushes hard to develop the next generation of nuclear power, including billions in loans for large nuclear reactors to meet skyrocketing power demand from data centers and a pilot program to boost advanced reactor designs and projects for military and civilian use. No nuclear microreactors are supplying

power to the commercial electric grid in the United States today. Five companies selected by the Army will be awarded up to $2.2 billion in total over ﬁve years to own, construct and operate the microreactors, if they hit set milestones along the way for their performance. Army and industry ofﬁcials say microreactors offer a resilient power source for critical infrastructure at military installations in case the grid fails. Reactors can run for years without refueling. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said the awards will accelerate the military’s ability “to deliver safe, reliable baseload power directly to our installations. We are building the energy resilience necessary

to project combat power globally, without relying on potentially vulnerable external grids,” he said. The grants are part of the Army’s “Janus Program” launched last year to deliver next-generation nuclear energy. Officials hope to push nuclear development forward so that advanced reactor designs move beyond experiments and prototypes to provide power for years to come. This will be the “spear tip,” said Jeff Waksman, principal deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment. Critics of building more nuclear reactors say they’re too expensive and riskier than other energy sources. Waksman said these reactors will shut down safely in case

of a failure, they’re small and the Army wouldn’t add them to installations without being certain they are safe. He said the Army is working on a deal with the Energy Department to remove radioactive waste, and there won’t be any longterm storage on these installations. Ofﬁcials know that delivering nuclear power to a military base will be a challenge, so they picked ﬁve companies in case one or more fail, Waksman said. The selected companies are: Antares Nuclear at Fort Bragg in North Carolina; BWXT at Fort Campbell in Kentucky; General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems at Fort Hood in Texas; Radiant Industries at Fort Benning in Georgia; and Westinghouse Government Services at Fort Drum in New York.

U.S., Canada deeply intertwined on trade despite Trump comment U.S. president says country does not need its neighbor

BY ROB GILLIES Associated Press

TORONTO — U.S. President Donald Trump says his country does not need Canada. But every day, roughly 4 million barrels of Canadian crude oil flow south, helping fuel American cars, trucks and airplanes and supply U.S. industry. And oil is only the beginning. Canada also supplies aluminum, potash to U.S. farms and parts for an auto industry built on both sides of the border. “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!” Trump posted this week, repeating his long-running claim. Yet Trump has imposed a 50% tariff on Canadian aluminum while acknowledging this week that the United States badly needs the CANADIAN PRESS PHOTO By JACQUES BOISSINOT metal. “This country desperately needs aluminum,” Trump said. “We don’t have it. We Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, speaks at the Davie shipyard in Levis, Quebec, get it all from Canada for the most part, and on Monday. Joël Lightbound, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and we need it badly.” The contradiction underscores how deeply Procurement, left; Quebec Premier Christine Frechette, second from right; and Quebec the two economies remain intertwined — Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy and Minister Responsible for Maritime Strategy and how much could be at stake if Trump’s Bernard Drainville look on. trade war reaches more of the energy, maEnergy more than accounted for last rejected the approach, saying his province terials and supply chains that the U.S. still year’s $48.3 billion goods deficit. Without “cannot and will not support” export tariffs relies on Canada to provide. energy, the United States would have run a on resources. Moe said Saskatchewan is on Canada fuels American industry trade surplus. track to supply about half the world’s potash After trade talks collapsed last Friday, the and warned that taxing exports could cost Canada is the United States’ second-largest trading partner after Mexico and energy is U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 bil- Canadian jobs, raise fertilizer prices on both at the heart of that relationship. lion worth of Canadian goods. The measures sides of the border and push U.S. buyers toThe two countries exchanged about $872 cover only about 5% of Canadian exports to ward suppliers such as Belarus. billion in goods and services last year. Ca- the United States and exclude energy. “This would be a tremendously flawed polinadian crude imports equal nearly 20% of cy on behalf of Canadians,” Moe said. total U.S. petroleum consumption, according Energy exports considered as leverage Trump’s ambassador has disputed the idea to the U.S. Energy Information AdministraFor now, using oil as a weapon in trade that the United States needs nothing from its negotiations remains a remote possibility. neighbor. tion, part of the Department of Energy. “America has a tremendous amount of Daniel Béland, a political-science profes- Alberta Premier Danielle Smith opposes resor at McGill University, said Trump’s claim stricting energy exports, arguing that doing things where we have a need,” Ambassador Pete Hoekstra said in June. Pointing to Canathat the United States does not need Canada so would hurt her province. is “absolutely false,” citing U.S. reliance on But former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney dian fertilizer supplies, he added: “We need Canadian oil and natural gas and deeply in- said Canada should not rule out export taxes potash.” on oil, fuel or potash if Trump escalates furtegrated industries such as autos. Much of Canada’s crude flows to Midwest ther. Such retaliation “would affect Repub- Cars go back and forth in production refineries built to process its heavy oil into licans who drive F-150s and lay fertilizer on Then there are cars. Canada and the Unitgasoline, diesel and jet fuel. their farm fields,” Kenney said. ed States have built an integrated auto indusEnergy also explains much of the U.S. trade “They should be mindful that if they really try in which parts can cross the border up to deficit with Canada, which Trump frequently want to escalate, it will not end well for the six times before final assembly, according to cites as evidence of an unfair relationship. American economy two months before mid- the Canadian government. The White House this week portrayed the term elections,” he said. Trump said Monday that his administrarelationship in starkly negative terms, sayOntario Premier Doug Ford cited Canadian tion would impose 50% tariffs on Canadian ing Canada had taken roughly $50 billion a commodities as leverage, accusing Trump cars, trucks and auto parts starting Jan. 1 — year from the United States over the past of “putting out fake news” about the United after the November midterm elections. That means a tariff aimed at Canada can decade. Much of that gap reflects U.S. pur- States not needing Canada. He called potash chases of Canadian energy, which helps pow- used by U.S. farmers “one of the most pow- land in Michigan or Ohio. Tax Canadian aluer the U.S. economy. And Canada’s heavy erful tools we have” and said Washington minum and an American automaker may crude typically trades at a discount to U.S. would have to turn to suppliers such as Rus- pay more for metal. Tax Canadian parts and benchmark oil, according to the U.S. Energy sia if Canada redirected shipments. the cost of assembling an American vehicle Information Administration. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe strongly can rise.

Inflation gauge remains elevated during Iran conﬂict, trade fights Many Americans are still struggling with higher costs BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP economics writer

WASHINGTON — An inflation measure closely watched by the Federal Reserve stayed elevated last month in the latest sign that many Americans are still struggling with higher costs. Stubbornly high prices are shaping up to be a key issue in the midterm elections, now just 10 weeks away, particularly as the Iran war keeps gas prices high, President Donald Trump is threatening new

tariffs on Canada and China, and spending on AI infrastructure has pushed up the cost of computers, gaming consoles, and semiconductors. Inflation remained high in July even as gas prices fell, partly because the cost of services, including health care, utilities, and financial services, jumped. The Commerce Department’s Wednesday report showed that prices rose 3.7% in July compared with a year earlier, the same as June. Inflation has worsened since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February, when it stood at 2.9%. It’s noticeably above the Fed’s target of 2%. Wednesday’s figures are from the personal consumption expendi-

tures price index, a separate gauge from the more widely followed consumer price index, which was reported earlier this month. The PCE index is running hotter than the CPI, partly because it puts much less weight on rental costs, which have been cooling steadily in recent months. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core inﬂation was also unchanged at 3.3% in July. It had fallen to 2.6% before President Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs in April 2025. On a monthly basis, overall prices rose 0.2% from June to July, after declining 0.1% the previous month and jumping 0.5% in May. Core prices also moved up 0.2% from June to July, up from 0.1% in

the previous month. Many economists have noted that the PCE index has been pushed higher by the way it calculates the cost of ﬁnancial advice, as well as how it measures prices for software and computer accessories. At the same time, the PCE also likely captures some business-related spending on software, even though it should only focus on consumer spending, analysts say. As a result, the Commerce Department has said it plans to adjust those measurements, among others, starting next month. Economists, who largely agree with the changes, forecast that they will reduce annual PCE inﬂation by 0.2 percentage point or so.

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Judge suspends Iconic character actor Tim Curry dies charges against Star of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ ‘Spamalot’ was 80

BY MARK KENNEDY

AP entertainment writer Tim Curry, a character actor who created a gallery of delicious, very loony villains for stage and screen, including Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and the smug concierge in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” has died. He was 80. Curry, who suffered a stroke in 2012 that put him in a wheelchair, died Tuesday night at his home in Los Angeles, according to his longtime manager and friend Marcia Hurwitz. No cause was disclosed. Known for his arch humor, a puttylike face and gift with voices, Curry earned three Tony nominations — for “Spamalot,” “My Favorite Year” and “Amadeus” — and a Primetime Emmy nod in 1994. “I like playing the more curious corners of the human mind and human behavior, partly because they’re a tad more interesting,” Curry told The Associated Press in 1993. Curry burst onto the scene as the Transylvanian Frank-N-Furter in the sci-fi, cross-dressing rock musical “The Rocky Horror Show,” which premiered in 1973 at the Royal Court Theatre in London. He went with it to Broadway and then starred in the 1975 cult-classic movie alongside Barry Bostwick, Meat Loaf and Susan Sarandon. The show was ahead of its time in terms of its representation of LGBTQ+ characters and has entered the pop culture lexicon for its many iconic and memorable scenes, including the song “The Time Warp,” which has been covered by handfuls of artists, and the often-quoted phrase, “Dammit, Janet!” The show was twice revived on Broadway, most recently in 2026 with Luke Evans playing Frank-N-Furter. “He was a force, a bright fierce flame, an exquisite charm and that rich vocal tone,” Evans wrote on Instagram. “I hope, wherever you are, you’d approve of one more Frank having the time of his life in those heels.”

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Tim Curry, center, appears with cast members from nominated Broadway productions at the 2005 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New york on June 5, 2005. Curry played King Arthur.

Curry’s take on Frank-N-Furter Curry’s Frank-N-Furter had a posh British accent, but that almost wasn’t the case. He said he tried German and American accents but pivoted after he heard a British woman on a bus talking with her friend. “I met a woman on a bus who said, ‘Do you have a house in town or a house in the country’ and I thought, ‘That’s the voice!’” he told LA Magazine in 2015. For many years after the film’s premiere, the British-born actor declined to discuss it. He didn’t participate in activities promoting the film, which morphed into an interactive event at midnight shows. But he later warmed again to the project and embraced it at public events. Asked by LA Magazine how he viewed “Rocky Horror,” he responded: “With a sort of bemused tolerance. It’s neither a blessing nor a curse. I was lucky to get it.” Curry’s Broadway career included starring in Tom Stoppard’s “Travesties” in 1975-76, playing Mozart opposite Ian McKellen’s Antonio Salieri in Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus” and King Arthur in the 2005 production of “Spamalot.” The New York Times said his “stalwart, plummy-voiced Arthur wears a smile as inflexible as armor.” He also played Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol,” at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in 2001. His screen credits included star-

ring as the child-killing monster in the 1990 miniseries version of Stephen King’s horror novel “It,” as a medical ofﬁcer in “The Hunt for Red October” in 1990 and the double-dealing Cardinal Richelieu in 1993’s “The Three Musketeers” with Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen and Chris O’Donnell. “Tim Curry was someone I cared deeply about, he was someone I loved working with and I am so lucky to have these memories,” Sutherland said in a statement. In his 2025 memoir, “Vagabond,” Curry warned readers that while there were scraps of his nature in his characters, he was none of them. “The distinctions between who I really am and who I’ve pretended to be as an actor have proven to be a source of great disappointment to some audiences. It has not caused me much personal distress beyond the periodic necessity to deter stalkers,” he wrote.

Life and career began in England Born in Cheshire, England, Curry was the son of a Navy chaplain and a school secretary. He was 12 when his father died and his mother subsequently went to work. Young Tim learned to cook his own breakfast, resulting in a lifelong passion for cooking, and sharpened his humor muscles. “My father was a Methodist chaplain in the Navy, and we moved pretty much every 18 months,” he said. “So I had to make my mark in new

Kremlin says CIA director held talks with counterparts Details of Moscow discussions have not been revealed

By The Associated Press The Kremlin said Wednesday that CIA Director John Ratcliffe held talks in Moscow with his intelligence counterparts, a rare and secretive visit at a time when relations with Washington remain strained over Russia’s war in Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ratcliffe did not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was informed of the contacts that were “on the intelligence agencies’ level.” “Of course, President Putin is immediately informed of everything,” Peskov add-

ed, refusing to say what was discussed. Russian state news agencies reported a U.S. military plane landed in Moscow’s Vnukovo airport on Tuesday and departed later that day. U.S. President Donald Trump played down the significance of Ratcliffe’s trip, saying it was “sort of semiroutine.” “I hate to disappoint people,” he said on conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck’s radio show Wednesday. A senior Ukrainian official told The Associated Press that Washington informed Kyiv a delegation would be traveling to the Russian capital and asked it to suspend strikes until it left. The official said the request did not apply to all Russian territory, but specifically to Mos-

cow, St. Petersburg and some northern regions. Strikes on other parts of Russia continued, the ofﬁcial said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to talk publicly. CBS News first reported on the visit. Peskov said that “contacts between intelligence agencies are, in and of themselves, a positive phenomenon, a positive process,” but he stressed that Russia-U.S. relations remain in a “profound crisis.” He added that it was “too early to say” what impact Ratcliffe’s visit would have on the ties between the two countries. Andrei Soldatov, an expert on Russia’s security services, told AP that visits like the one by Ratcliffe do not “happen every year.”

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schools and new playgrounds pretty quickly. And a sense of humor is the best way to do that. I was always a kind of mimic, one of those awful, relentless children, I should think.” Acting did not occur to him until his middle teens, when he attended a school for the sons of Methodist ministers. “I was lucky that it was a liberal kind of school; many of them in England are rather Dickensian,” he recalled to the AP. “There was a lot of theater, and I sang, too; I had been singing in church from the age of 7. I had enormous opportunities to express myself in that way. I just got hooked, really.” His training continued in 1965 when he entered the University of Birmingham, at that time one of three English universities with a drama department. “I took an academic course, which I largely ignored, I’m afraid, and just acted all the time,” he said. He then went down to London and talked his way into his first job, “Hair,” in the West End. Curry went on to the more formalized theater of the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court Theatre, where he was enlisted for “The Rocky Horror Show.”

Other roles He went on to futilely try to stop Macaulay Culkin’s Kevin McCallister from taking advantage of New York’s swanky Plaza Hotel in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” Curry also was Wadsworth, the unhinged butler with a secret past, in the quotable “Clue.” He played a wealthy philanthropist in 1995’s “Congo” and a baddie opposite Carol Burnett in the movie “Annie.” “Nobody could play lovable villains better than he could,” Burnett wrote on Instagram. “He was a dear friend. I was blessed to know him.” In later years, Curry lent his baritone voice to many voice-acting roles in children’s TV series, including “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “The Wild Thornberrys” and “The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius.” He won a Daytime Emmy in 1991 for voicing Captain Hook in “Peter Pan and the Pirates” and earned a Grammy nomination in 2002 for the audiobook of the ﬁrst “Lemony Snicket” novel, “A Series of Unfortunate Events.”

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Continued from page 1A collaboratively on planning for the 2027 festival,” the statement said. The city hasn’t yet issued a request for bids, but the new stance from the steering committee potentially raises the stakes in the negotiations between the city and the festival as they try to lock down the event in New Orleans for the next several years. The letter gave Essence a deadline of Thursday to provide a summary of its 2026 marketing spending, sponsorship and promotional efforts and proof that it’s paid its vendors for this year’s festival. It also asks Essence to confirm in writing that it would agree to “produce certain deliverables to the City” if it is awarded a new STAFF FILE PHOTO By KEITH SPERA contract. Brandy performs on July 4 at the 2026 Essence Festival of Culture at the Caesars Superdome. Essence didn’t say Tuesday whether it had responded to those is working with Essence Fest “to would be strongly encouraged to festival found that there “was a requests. find a path for a successful festival participate and compete alongside significant improvement over the Major shift moving forward.” other interested parties.” documented 2025 issues” after the “We are deeply committed to prior year’s festival faced critiCutting ties with Essence, if it comes to pass, would mark a major New Orleans continuing to host an ‘Challenges and trends’ cism from attendees. change to New Orleans’ cultural annual, world-class celebration of But it also said it was “clearMoreno formed the steering Black culture, music and commu- committee in late March, after eyed about certain challenges and calendar. The summertime celebration of nity,” Leger said. The Times-Picayune in February trends highlighted in the report Black culture and empowerment The Moreno administration reported that Essence’s parent that call for an expanded level attracts tens of thousands of visi- pointed to Leger’s statement when company, New York-based Sun- of engagement correlated with tors to New Orleans each year and asked for comment. dial Media & Technology Group, specific festival production mileU.S. Rep. Troy Carter, D-New still owed the Convention Center stones going forward.” is widely viewed as an important economic driver during the city’s Orleans, a close Moreno ally, wrote nearly $400,000 for its 2025 festiThe letter also notes that much slow summer months. In 2023, the in an editorial for The Times-Pic- val and was past due on payments of the information sought by the five-day summit of music, culture ayune earlier this month that “we to at least one other major con- steering committee “was never and wellness at the Ernest N. Mo- simply cannot afford to take Es- tractor. Essence officials in early conveyed by Essence.” The letter was sent to Essence March announced that they had rial Convention Center and the sence for granted.” Caesars Superdome generated “We should be doing everything worked out agreements to pay its executives by City Attorney Char$345 million in economic activity we can to keep this Louisiana contractors and had “addressed all line Gipson on Aug. 17, along with for New Orleans, per one estimate treasure right where it belongs,” financial issues.” the post-festival report, which acMoreno tasked the steering com- cording to the letter, “summarizes by Dillard University. Carter wrote. New Orleans & Co. CEO Walt In its letter to Essence, the steer- mittee with ensuring that the 2026 what went well, identifies key gaps Leger, III, a member of Moreno’s ing committee wrote that if More- festival was a success. In its let- that remain for improvement and steering committee, said in a no decides to move forward with ter to Essence, the steering com- measures this year’s performance statement Tuesday that the group a competitive process, “Essence mittee said a review of the 2026 against historical benchmarks.”

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Continued from page 1A and collapsing to the ﬂoor. In the wake of Wilson’s death, ﬁve men were indicted on various charges connected to the incident, including one charged with manslaughter. The state established the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Task

Force in 2025 to evaluate the effectiveness of Louisiana’s anti-hazing law and how institutions can prevent and respond to incidents. In May, Gov. Jeff Landry signed the Caleb Wilson Hazing Prevention Act into law. The new law, now adopted into the Board of Regents policy, updated reporting and education requirements at the institutional level. Schools must work closely with

law enforcement following a credible tip regarding a hazing incident and provide an online reporting system that allows people to submit anonymous reports of suspected hazing. Student organizations must complete at least two hours of hazing prevention training each year. In addition, schools are required to maintain a webpage that informs the public which organizations are facing disciplinary

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sanctions and why they have been sanctioned. The policy also mandates that an incident leading to a student’s death results in the permanent banishment of the organization. The Board of Regents on Wednesday recognized Urania Wilson for working to change how the state addresses hazing. “We know it’s tough, but we want to thank you for continuing to be an advocate,” board member Dar-

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The Times-Picayune obtained a copy of the three-page letter but not the report. A public records request filed on Monday for the report is pending.

Contract terms Under its existing contract, set to expire in September, Essence is slated to receive $376,900 in direct payments from the city of New Orleans, the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Foundation and New Orleans & Co, as well as $600,000 from the Greater New Orleans Hotel and Lodging, for the 2026 festival. Essence sent a ﬁve-page proposal to Moreno late last year requesting that its new contract include $10 million to $12 million in annual incentives from the city, state and other entities, an increase it said was needed to cover rising operational costs and to expand its reach. The steering committee, in its letter last week, said that the Moreno administration “must be able to demonstrate to the public that the City supports a process that assures a maximum return on our collective investment.” It asks Essence to agree in writing that it would provide a business plan for future festivals with speciﬁc details regarding the talent budget, marketing budget and marketing plan, “with emphasis on how you will drive ticket sales and attract out-of-town visitors to New Orleans.” It also asks Essence to agree that it will announce with the city a “committed lineup of leading, toprated ‘A list’ musician artists by February 1” of each festival year. The steering committee said a future contract should also include benchmarks for tickets sales and hotel blocks, a minimum marketing spend and increased opportunities for local vendors and artists.

ren Mire said. Commissioner of Higher Education Kim Hunter Reed said Urania Wilson was a “steadfast champion” for the bill in honor of her son. “She’s been here every step of the way,” Reed said. “Showing up is hard, but it is necessary. When we see her, it reminds us of a higher calling to protect students.” Email Haley Miller at haley. miller@theadvocate.com.

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Cornerstone facility to cost $450M Fertilizer plant expected to bring 60 permanent jobs

BY GRACE MAYER and LARA NICHOLSON Staff writers

Industrial products maker Cornerstone Chemical said a planned project to build a fertilizer plant on its Waggaman campus will cost $450 million and bring several dozen permanent jobs to the area as it expands the number of tenants on the site. Two tenants, CHS Inc., a global

agricultural cooperative based in Minnesota, and OCP North America, an agriculture subsidiary of a Moroccan company, plan to build a phosphorus fertilizer plant on 30 acres of land that is expected to bring 60 permanent jobs to the area. The project leaders, who began brieﬁng Jefferson Parish ofﬁcials on their plans in recent days, provided the details at an event Wednesday that was attended by Gov. Jeff Landry, U.S. Secretary

Officials turn dirt following an announcement for a planned fertilizer plant at Cornerstone Energy Park in Waggaman on Wednesday.

of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, and other state and federal officials. The plant expects to manufacture 1.3 million metric tons of phosphorus fertilizer per year and will be the first of its kind to be built in the U.S. in 40 years, officials said. Once the project receives the necessary construction permits, the plant will take about two

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$1M in drugs, guns seized Metairie home was clandestine lab, police say

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

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Patrick Norton, senior vice president and chief operating officer of Tulane University, and Tulane President Michael Fitts learn about the dummies used in Tulane’s nursing program from Brenda Douglas, dean of the nursing program, at Tulane Downtown Campus in New Orleans on Wednesday.

‘An important moment’ Tulane University opens new nursing hub downtown

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

Tulane University has moved its fledgling nursing program into a newly renovated space in its Downtown Campus Center on Tulane Avenue, the university’s latest shift in its downtown expansion anchored by the Charity Hospital project. The new space will allow the program to take on more students, university ofﬁcials said, and help address the ongoing statewide shortage of nurses. “This really is an important moment for nursing, important moment for the whole medical complex at Tulane University … as well as the city of New Orleans and the region,” Tulane President Michael Fitts said at a ribbon-cutting for the new facility Wednesday. Tulane began offering a 16-month Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in 2024, with plans to expand that accelerated program, which is integrated in the Tulane School of

starting several times per year, said Brenda Douglas, dean of the nursing program. The renovated 25,000-square-foot facility, located on the fourth floor of the Downtown Campus Center, includes a 12-bed clinical skills laboratory where students can practice scenarios on lifelike patient simulators, large video displays to show faculty demonstrations of complex procedures and more classroom space. “Students will have the space, technology and support to develop their skills with confidence,” Douglas said, “while faculty and staff will have a Alexis Cook, nursing student in her flexible, first-rate environment that strengthens teaching, mentorship and third semester, takes part in the innovation.” ribbon-cutting ceremony for Tulane The program is partnered with University’s new home for the nursing LCMC Health, which has pledged to program at Tulane Downtown Campus cover tuition costs for some Tulane in New Orleans on Wednesday. nursing students who commit to working as a full-time registered nurse at an Medicine. The new space is equipped LCMC Health facility for at least two to serve cohorts of up to 72 students. years. The program started small, with coä See HUB, page 2B horts between seven and 20 students

Detectives with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce seized more than $1 million worth of narcotics and arrested a man accused of illegally cooking up steroids and a plethora of other drugs in his Metairie home. Anthony Caruso, 41, was booked Monday on a raft of charges including creation of a clandestine laboratory, illegal drug possession and gun charges. Sheriff Joseph Lopinto likened the large-scale operation to “Breaking Bad,” the popular television show featuring a teacher who manufactured methamphetamine in home labs. “This guy was literally making it out of his house,” Lopinto said. Authorities suspect Caruso was then repackaging the drugs for sale online and shipping them to customers across the country. “Hopefully, he mixed it properly. Probably, he did not,” Lopinto said. “He’s not a pharmacist. He doesn’t have a pharmacy license.”

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Multifamily projects big part of housing plan Budget crisis has affected voter-approved fund

BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer

pist. The privately-held spirits giant behind the Buffalo Trace, Weller, Fireball and Southern Comfort brands continues to expand in the bourbon sector, despite concerns of an oversupply of aging whiskey and declining demand from younger drinkers. Sazerac President and CEO Jake Wenz said the company currently has almost 3,000 workers based in Kentucky and plans to

New Orleans could spend its biggest chunk of affordable housing money next year on multifamily projects, a panel agreed Wednesday, a bid to honor commitments to developers even as critics urged support for smaller builders and homeowners. An advisory board that oversees the city’s Housing Trust Fund on Wednesday made its recommendations for the fund’s nearly $14 million 2027 budget. Under their plan, about $9.5 million would be distributed among six project developers who were promised funding by former Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s

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Sazerac buys assets of defunct Kentucky distillery Spirits giant continues growth in bourbon

BY JONAH MEADOWS Staff writer

Sazerac Co. secured a major increase in its bourbon-making capacity at happy hour prices, completing the purchase of a Kentucky distillery that collapsed under the weight of its

debts after just 15 months of operations. Garrard County Distilling Co. opened in Lancaster, Kentucky, in January 2024 with the promise of more than $250 million of investment and the potential of producing up to 150,000 barrels of bourbon per year. But when the distillery’s Atlanta-based owners defaulted on loans it took out to build the facility, with its two column stills and 40,000 square feet of barrel warehouse space on 210 acres of

land, a Sazerac-controlled entity was able to take over the debt and acquire its assets at auction for just $20 million. The move gives the New Orleans-based owners of Sazerac a fourth production site in Kentucky. Sazerac, which shares its name with New Orleans’ ofﬁcial cocktail and is co-headquartered in Metairie and Louisville, has been controlled by the Goldring family since the 1940s, and billionaire chairman Bill Goldring is a prominent local philanthro-

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Police: DNA links man to 3 cold-case rapes Evidence collected after arrest in gun case

BY MISSY WILKINSON Staff writer

A 70-year-old man was linked to three cold-case sex crimes dating to the 1990s by DNA collected when he was arrested last year on gun charges, according to the New Orleans Police Department. At an Aug. 17 hearing in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court related to the gun case, New Orleans police arrested Robert Hamilton Jr. on three counts of second-degree rape and one count of aggravated kidnapping. New Orleans police believe Hamilton may have additional vic-

tims. “The passage of time doesn’t erase our responsibility to seek answers,” said Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams at a Wednesday media briefing. “If you were a survivor of this man, if you know someone who may have been a survivor of this man … you need to contact the NOPD, and we will take it one step at a time.” Originally convicted of rape in 1978, Hamilton was re-arrested in April 2025 on counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and criminally negligent discharge of a firearm. Hamilton submitted a buccal swab as part of his routine booking into jail, according to NOPD Deputy Superintendent Nicholas Gernon, who oversees investigations. Hamilton’s DNA generated three hits from the FBI’s Combined DNA

Index System, a national database that matches offender DNA with DNA collected from crime scenes and rape kits. Those rapes occurred in 1997, 2008 and 2013, all involving female victims Hamilton met and allegedly assaulted in the 400-700 blocks of Decatur Street near the Moonwalk, Gernon said. “In each of those cases, that survivor made a report, went to the hospital, underwent a very grueling sexual assault exam by one of our SANE (sexual assault nurse examiner) nurses, and biological evidence was … submitted into CODIS,” Gernon said. In the year that passed between Hamilton’s CODIS hits and his rearrest on the rape counts, NOPD re-swabbed Hamilton, evaluated the standards of the 1997 DNA test, tracked down physical case

ﬁles in archives and located survivors. “When you start talking about cases that are almost 30 years old, it’s not just pulling up old reports and reading them. You have to do a lot of research to understand the context of those reports … and whether that survivor wants to move forward and is still locatable,” Gernon said. NOPD obtained a warrant for Hamilton’s arrest on Aug. 14 and executed it three days later, when he was unarmed in the controlled, secure environment of a courtroom. His arrest marked a rare win for an understaffed department that, like many nationwide, has historically struggled to clear sex crimes. The NOPD Sex Crimes Unit’s clearance rate is currently at 20%, according to Capt. Christina

Commission postpones vote on data center rules Several issues need to be resolved

BY JONAH MEADOWS Staff writer

The City Planning Commission postponed a ﬁnal vote Tuesday on what limitations on data centers they will recommend to the City Council, with some commissioners suggesting that stricter limits than previously discussed should be under consideration. Before the vote, Commissioner Nick Poché said there were still several outstanding issues that needed to be resolved before recommending anything to the council that could allow for data centers. “I’m asking us to defer,” he said. “Because once we create a legal pathway for these issues, I want the guardrails around that pathway to be fully deﬁned.”

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years to complete construction, said CHS spokesperson Krysta Larson. However, Jefferson Parish Council members Byron Lee and Deano Bonano, who both have been briefed on the project, said the facility has not yet been fully designed. Several ofﬁcials at the Wednesday news conference said the new plant will alleviate farmers’ reliance on imports and offshore manufacturing for fertilizer, which have become more expensive as a result of supply chain issues caused by the Iran war. The issue has impacted farmers in several states ahead of the U.S. midterm elections slated for this fall. American farmers use 2.5 million tons of phosphorus fertilizer for crop production every year, according to CHS CEO Jeff Debertin, and about 40% of it is imported. “Our farmers are the ﬁrst line of defense when it comes to national security,” Landry said at the announcement. “A country that cannot feed itself cannot sustain itself.” Jerry Bologna, executive director of the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission, said the project that’s expected to bring 60 new jobs is exciting for parish.

DISTILLERY

Continued from page 1B hire more as it extends its production operations to the new facility. “Even with all the investments we have made to expand, we need more supply to keep up with demand, and the addition of the Lancaster facility gives us valuable distilling capabilities to support that growth,” Wenz said in a statement announcing the acquisition. The distillery purchase marks another round of Sazerac’s investments in its Kentucky capabilities. Last year, it completed a decadelong $1.2 billion expansion of its Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, roughly doubling its capacity there. And since 2020, it has spent about $50 million in improvements to the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown and $40 million at The Glenmore Distillery in Owensboro, according to the company.

Getting ‘back to work’ Atlanta-based spirits company Staghorn began filling barrels in January 2024 at Garrard County Distilling, with plans to build up two dozen aging warehouses by the end of the decade. At the time, it already

In January, the City Council established a citywide moratorium on new data centers in response to a proposal to build one on a 17-acre site in New Orleans East. Council members also directed the plan commission to consider standards for what constitutes a data center and where in the city one could be permitted. Last month, planning commission staff released draft recommendations that included a potential citywide ban on any data centers that take up more than 100,000 square feet or consume more than 20 megawatts of electricity. Smaller data centers would be allowed in industrial areas, while facilities of up to 20,000 square feet and using up to 5 megawatts of electricity could be permissible in commercially zoned districts under the proposed rules. While presenting the recommendations, Assistant Planning

Administrator Laura Bryan said Tuesday that under the proposed rules all data center permit applications would require prereview by city utility regulators. And any data center facility would need to be at least 500 feet from residential properties, though there could be exceptions for hospitals or university campuses as part of the master planning process, Bryan told the commission. Any recommendations by the City Planning Commission would need to be passed by the City Council to become law. Prior to the decision to defer a final vote on rules, several commissioners suggested even stricter limits, like making larger buffer zones around residential areas and adding them around schools and senior facilities. Other suggestions included adding speciﬁcs about water usage, analyzing citywide utility usage lim-

its and a lower threshold between small and medium data centers. Before hearing from more than a dozen residents — all of whom supported the proposed ban on large data centers, with most calling for stricter rules — commissioners were told the East New Orleans Neighborhood Advisory Commission had formally requested a deferral of the matter to a future meeting. Kenya Smith, ENONAC’s interim president, asked city planners for more public involvement, noting the proposed data center rules were drawn up after consultations with Entergy New Orleans, the Sewerage & Water Board and various city departments. “What was glaringly missing,” Smith said, “was an input from the most affected community.”

“It’s new dollars ﬂowing into the area, new construction and new job opportunities,” said Bologna. “That’s what we’re all about.” The plant will be built at Cornerstone Energy Park, located on the West Bank along the St. Charles Parish line. The campus currently includes facilities operated by CF Industries, the world’s largest producer of ammonia, electric parts manufacturer Röhm and UBE Corporation, which is in the process of building a production facility for electric vehicle battery solvents. Merchant-grade phosphoric acid used to produce the fertilizer will be imported from Morocco, while sulfur, ammonia and other elements will be sourced from the U.S., according to Larson. The new fertilizer plant project is also expected to create 500 construction jobs. Cornerstone currently employs roughly 400 people as of last year. The campus spans an 800-acre site with three other tenants, all of whom manufacture industrial chemicals used in everyday household items. The announcement comes a day after The Times-Picayune ﬁrst reported on the plans. Parish council members said earlier this week that the project would still need to apply for local permits and receive approval from the council in order to proceed. Some also expressed frustration that they were not noti-

ﬁed of the plan until this week, and said they felt the event was intended to create political pressure to approve the fertilizer plant. Bologna said JEDCO was first briefed on the project several months ago but has not had any discussions regarding tax incentives for the project. “They were certainly anxious to get to an announcement quickly,” Bologna said. “I anticipate our job is going to start now in terms of engagement, meeting with partners and talking about incentives.” Cornerstone previously faced criticism for violating and failing to obtain permits. In 2023, Cornerstone constructed a $27 million boiler at an ammonia plant without the property permitting, a move that prompted backlash from residents. It also received an administrative compliance order from the EPA in 2022 for reporting emission rates that exceeded the amount authorized by its permits and for failing to properly report emissions in 2019. Larson said CHS would obtain all necessary permits before breaking ground on the plant, and that the company will “look forward to working with the community.” As part of the announcement, CHS and OCP said they’d give $100,000 to Second Harvest Food Bank and Kenner Food Bank. While company officials an-

nounced the project plans, the Jefferson Parish Council held their meeting on the other side of the river and did not discuss the development. Lee, who represents Waggaman, briefly left the meeting to attend the announcement and said he’d wait until after more details about the project came out before taking a position. Lee, a Democrat, added that he believed the Trump administration had pushed for the new facility and for Wednesday’s public announcement, which resulted in the project being announced before permit applications came in. “Bottom line, this is coming from the very top,” Lee said in an interview. “On our end, we’re going to do what we do for any project. We’re going to vet it.” The new facility announcement also comes as UBE Corp., which began construction on a new plant last year, filed an application to add a 160-foot flare stack, cell tower and several variations to its chemical storage tanks on the site. Nancy Pearson, a River Ridge resident and vocal critic of Cornerstone, told the council during the meeting that she was “very concerned” and the parish should hire a third party to conduct environmental reviews of Cornerstone and ensure that all the proposed changes are safe for the community.

had nearly 17,000 barrels of bourbon aging on-site. But there were soon signs of trouble. The master distiller it hired in was ousted after less than two weeks. Staghorn’s founder left the business. County records showed unpaid property taxes and a contractor’s lien on the property. And by April 2025, production had been halted and the distillery had been taken over by a court-appointed receiver. Sazerac was the sole bidder at a court-ordered auction earlier this year. Kentucky House Speaker Pro Tempore David Meade said in a release that Sazerac’s investment shows there’s still conﬁdence in the state’s bourbon industry. “This acquisition brings new opportunity to an impressive facility that already represents a signiﬁcant investment in our region,” Meade said. “Seeing Sazerac put this facility back to work is a positive development for Garrard County and another opportunity to strengthen one of our Commonwealth’s signature industries.” Sazerac spokesperson Cory McCauley said the company is evaluating what to do with the whiskey inventory currently aging at its new facility and expects to begin production there soon — though it may be making more than just Kentucky

bourbon. “Our current focus is on integrating Garrard County Distilling into Sazerac’s operations and utilizing the facility’s existing capabilities to support production needs across our portfolio,” McCauley said in an email.

Alix Earle in May and, earlier this month, a deal to spend a reported $681 million to buy a Welsh canned vodka brand founded by a former ball boy who gained fame when he was kicked by an English Premier League soccer star. But Sazerac’s largest target is neither an additional viral brand nor additional production capacity, it’s the company’s publicly traded crosstown rival, Brown-Forman, the maker of Jack Daniels, Old Forester and Woodford Reserve. This spring, after merger talks broke down between Pernod Ricard, the French company behind Absolut vodka and Jameson Irish whiskey, Sazerac dropped in with an unsolicited $15 billion cash offer and ﬁnancial backing from Wells Fargo and Apollo Global Management. Brown-Forman’s board rejected the hostile takeover, even as the offer represented a 40% premium on the stock price, which has lost about two-thirds of its value over the past three years. Last year, net income at Brown-Forman fell by 18% and the company cut about one in eight jobs. Still, according to The Wall Street Journal, Sazerac in July notified Brown-Forman shareholders that its “offer remains open” and the company’s “conviction is only enhanced.”

Growth through slowdown With self-reported drinking rates dipping to all-time lows and stocks at Kentucky’s whiskey-aging warehouse reaching record highs, the whiskey business had been facing serious post-pandemic headwinds. Revenue from American whiskey fell by 1% in 2025, though other spirits suffered more significant declines. The only spirits showing a year-on-year increase of any kind were ready-to-drink premixed cocktails. That’s an area where Sazerac has focused in recent years, with its purchase of BuzzBallz in 2024, Svedka Vodka and its line of hard seltzers in 2025 and Dirty Shirley canned cocktails in 2026. And earlier this year, continuing its pursuit of younger drinkers, Sazerac also announced investments in a trio of celebrity-linked brands: Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila in April, a canned margarita company promoted by TikTok inﬂuencer

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Watson, up from about 6% at this time last year. The unit has 12 detectives, each carrying a caseload of 86 cases, more than three times the national average of 26, Watson said. Williams cautioned that sex crimes are underreported and challenging to prosecute. Only about 1 in 3 sexual assault cases are reported to the police, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice. Hamilton’s bail was set at $1.2 million. NOPD is asking anyone who may have come into contact with Hamilton between 1997 and 2013 or earlier, or who knows a potential victim, to contact the Special Victims Division at (504) 658-5523 or Crimestoppers anonymously at (504) 822-1111.

Officials: 5 inmates injured in jail fight Staff report Five people were injured, including some who were stabbed, inside the Orleans Justice Center on Tuesday after a fight broke out among inmates, according to the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office. At around 2 p.m. Tuesday, five inmates became engaged in a fight that involved a sharp object. Two inmates had to be taken to a hospital for treatment, while the other three had superficial wounds that were treated at the jail, officials said. An internal offense log from the New Orleans Police Department, which also responded to the incident, reported that three inmates had been stabbed. The two hospitalized inmates were released and are back at the jail, according to the Sheriff’s Office. The identities of the victims and suspect were not released. The weapons used during the attack were taken and processed by jail officials, and guards conducted a sweep of the housing unit where the fight took place, the Sheriff’s Office said. The inmates responsible for the fight will face new counts after an investigation is complete, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

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Continued from page 1B The Louisiana Board of Regents, which oversees higher education across the state, has projected Louisiana will have a shortfall of about 6,000 nurses by 2030. In recent years, several programs have jump-started in the New Orleans area, including Southern University at New Orleans, which launched a BSN program in 2022, Alexis Cook, a student in her third semester of the four-semester program, said she earned a bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University and was working for LCMC Health as a medical assistant when she learned of the program. While touring university ofﬁcials around the new space, Cook said she was looking forward to spending hours studying for exams in the common spaces. “I just can’t wait to be a nurse,” added Trinity Carruthers, a second-semester student. The nursing expansion comes as Tulane is on the brink of developing the long-abandoned Charity Hospital and has other planned projects for downtown. “Everyone knows we are reimagining this part of New Orleans,” Fitts said at the ribboncutting, citing recent medical advances at LCMC, including gene editing that resulted in a “functional cure” for sickle cell disease. “We’re investing in it; we are creating an ecosystem … we want it to be a model for the Gulf South and the country.”

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from Isidore video game pioneer Elec- — person I knew,” he said. Tech pioneer kept graduating Newman School in 1950 be- tronic Arts, and Silicon “But no matter how erudite pursuing an engineer- Graphics, known for its or interesting or cool the ties to hometown fore ing degree from Caltech in breakthroughs in movie stuff he was involved with

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New Orleans native and tech pioneer Ben Rosen, who served as chairman of Compaq computers for nearly two decades, died Wednesday, at 93. During a long and storied career as an investor and entrepreneur, Rosen helped fund several tech startups that contributed to kickstarting the digital revolution of the last 50 years. This century, he maintained his Rosen role as an active philanthropist, supporting his alma maters, including the California Institute of Technology, and other causes, including several in his hometown. “Ben was a legend, one of the country’s early successful venture capitalists,” said Tim Williamson, founder of the Idea Village, veteran of the New Orleans tech startup community and friend of Rosen’s. “He came to New Orleans Entrepreneur Week several times not only to support but to roll up his sleeves and get involved. When he spoke, people listened.” Rosen was born on March 11, 1933, in New Orleans to Isadore and Anna Rosen. His father was a dentist and his mother was a secretary. He grew up in the city,

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Continued from page 1B The Sheriff’s Office received a tip about Caruso’s bootleg drugstore on Monday and obtained a warrant to search his home, 3904 Tolmas Drive, that evening, according to authorities. They seized: n 3,780 vials of anabolic steroids and another 1,600 suspected vials of steroids n 10 kilograms of anabolic steroid powder that investigators suspect he mixed to create the liquid vials he sold n 28,000 dosage units of oral anabolic compounds n 20 grams of ketamine n 28 grams of MDMA. The haul also included injection pens labeled as insulin and the weight-loss medication Mounjaro, muscle relaxers and blood pressure medication. Detectives also recovered an undisclosed amount

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Pasadena, California. There, he followed in the footsteps of his older brother, Harold, who later became a satellite communications pioneer and, in the 1990s, partnered with his younger brother to launch a short-lived electric car company. Rosen earned his undergraduate degree from Caltech in 1954 and a master’s degree one year later from Stanford before launching a halfdecade career in engineering. He returned to school to get his MBA from Columbia University in 1961. Rosen then embarked on a career as a financial analyst that led to his role as a vice president at Morgan Stanley, where, according to a 2019 interview, he became “the self-anointed evangelist of personal computers in general and Apple in particular on Wall Street.” His interest in tech led him to introduce then-unknown Apple founder Steve Jobs to the president of Morgan Stanley, the company that took Apple public in 1980 at $22 a share. Rosen left Morgan Stanley to co-found Sevin Rosen Partners, a venture capital firm that invested in a who’s who of influential tech companies and eventually grew to include 60 portfolio companies, including Compaq;

special effects. He ultimately served as Compaq’s board chairman from 1983 until 2000 before the company was acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2002.

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was, he was still just Ben from New Orleans.” New Orleans journalist and author Walter Isaacson said his connections with Rosen go back several decades. He recalled a time in the 1980s when he watched Rosen pull a Compaq PC apart to install a new hard drive. “He had an engineer’s mind and a fingertip feel for the details of technology,” Isaacson said. “That’s what made him a wizard at investing.” Since 2002, the Rosens have lived primarily in Kent, Connecticut, where in 2015, they launched an event series similar to New Orleans Book Fest called “Kent Presents.” They also owned a home in downtown New Orleans and would spend time in the city to visit with friends or attend events. It’s unclear how much of Rosen’s philanthropy was directed toward his hometown because he had a habit of giving anonymously. But he championed progress in the city, where from time to time he would participate in economic development panels. Rosen is survived by his wife, Donna; his sons, Jeffrey and Eric Rosen, and his stepdaughter, Melanie Perret.

Despite living in or near New York for decades, Rosen always maintained connections to his hometown, especially after 2002, when he married his second wife, Donna Perrett, the former director of Galerie Simonne Stern, an art gallery in the city’s Warehouse District. The two met in New York when she was on a trip to promote artists. Williamson, who is the founder of the Nieux on St. Charles Avenue, said Rosen was an “incredible friend and supporter” of the New Orleans startup scene — and he was a huge fan of new technology, which is why he was one of the ﬁrst people in the country to own an electric vehicle. “When I was visiting him at his home in Connecticut in 2012, we were driving around in this little red Tesla roadster before most people knew what Tesla was,” Williamson said. Mike Siegel, president of Corporate Realty, said he met Rosen several decades ago and hit it off with him right away. “Ben was the most inter- Email Rich Collins at rich. esting — and interested collins@theadvocate.com.

2018, Sheriff’s Office investigators executed a search warrant at the house and seized illegally held anabolic steroids, methamphetamine and cocaine, according to court records. He was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of drug possession with the intent to distribute, two counts of drug possession and illegal possession of a firearm. Lopinto said the case highlights the importance of STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER knowing where one’s medication comes from and that Tables are filled with some of the drugs and weapons consumers chasing lower that Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joseph Lopinto III and his prices online need to be department confiscated earlier this week in Metairie. careful that they aren’t purchasing from someone illeof cash, jewelry and sev- of the seized narcotics for gally mixing drugs in their eral firearms, including identification, a process kitchen. “Instead of buying it from 3D-printed weapons and a that will likely take several CVS, you get it online. But 3D-printed silencer, Lopinto months, authorities said. No one else has been ar- that doesn’t mean you’re said. “You’d never have a clue rested, but Lopinto said the getting it from a legitimate source,” he said. that this was going on next case is still in its infancy. door to you,” Lopinto said. This isn’t the first time auChemists at the Sheriff’s thorities have raided Caru- Email Michelle Hunter at Office crime lab will test so’s Tolmas Drive home and mhunter@theadvocate. every vial and dosage unit discovered illegal drugs. In com.

thing else other than those little small units,” said Continued from page 1B Pete. “To flip the script like that and then just give that money … I’m not advocatadministration. The other ing that.” $4 million would be used to preserve existing housing. Funds are rolling out The proposal, which is The Housing Trust Fund expected to go before the — the city’s first dedicated New Orleans City Council in funding stream for affordOctober, comes as officials able housing — has hit a few and committee members at- snags since it was approved tempt to address a complex by voters in 2024. The fund sets aside an web of housing needs with a voter-approved fund that amount equal to 2% of the has been affected by the city’s annual budget for recity’s budget crisis. lated initiatives each year. The 2027 funding plan But officials in Mayor is focused on “cleaning Helena Moreno’s adminisup messes,” said Maxwell tration decided this year Ciardullo, a member of the that the city’s general fund advisory panel. City offi- — still stretched amid fiscials last year withdrew $17 cal problems — couldn’t million for affordable hous- sustain the investment this ing as the city faced down a year and next year. They multimillion-dollar budget instead filled the fund with revenues from housing indeficit. Ciardullo said that 372 frastructure bonds. units supported by the fundAdvocates and officials ing will serve renters with had previously hoped that lower incomes, but said that those bond revenues would the investment in larger de- be used to assist large mulvelopments was a “one-time tifamily developers, allowthing.” ing the Housing Trust Fund “We’re not bailing the city to support other goals like out again,” said Ciardullo. rental rehabilitation, firstStill, Paula Pete, director time homebuyer assistance of housing at Family Re- programs and foreclosure sources of New Orleans, a prevention. At the same time, bureauhomeownership nonprofit, said that the funding plan cratic hurdles have delayed felt at odds with earlier dis- the rollout of the $14.5 milcussions about goals for the lion tranche of funding approved for 2026. After Housing Trust Fund. “It was always about the months of delays, city offiroofing program, it was cials finalized an agreement about the doubles and the in recent weeks with the fourplexes … never any- New Orleans Redevelop-

ment Authority and Finance New Orleans to administer the funds. Funds are ﬁnally rolling, said Jeff Schwartz, deputy mayor for community and economic development at city of New Orleans on Wednesday. “We’re at an inflection point — this has gone from a lot of esoteric inside-baseball kinds of discussions … to funds are out the door,” said Schwartz. Half of the 2026 funds will be used to support programs for homeowners, such as construction subsidies for new affordable homes and for roof repairs and replacements. Another quarter of the funds will subsidize the construction of smaller buildings with up to four apartments. The remainder will subsidize small landlords making repairs to affordable units.

Next year’s plan But the 2027 funding plan will provide a smaller amount of funding to continue these programs. The larger tranche of funds will allow for the completion of 257 housing units at six projects: the Mazant Royal on Royal Street in Bywater; the Baronne Lofts in Central City; the Esplanade Delille in the Treme; and senior apartments at BW Cooper in Central City. Additional units will be redeveloped at Gold Seal Lofts and Meridian apartments in Mid-City. Those developments were

denied $17 million in funds last year from separate programs as city ofﬁcials tried to make sense of a projected $222 million deﬁcit. Committee members said that was designed to make up for the earlier cuts, and celebrated the fund’s achievements. “It’s been a huge success: We’ve saved 372 affordable units that were in peril and are on target to impact another 400-500 units with the 2026 and 2027 funds,” said Monique Blossom, chair of the advisory committee, referring to the total number of units built or renovated under the programs. Acquanette Bornes, a Central City resident, said she hoped that homeowners like her will be able to receive assistance from Housing Trust Fund programs. Bornes hasn’t been able to live in her home, or receive rental income, since Hurricane Ida blew the roof off, she said. “A lot of us haven’t gotten our property done since Katrina,” said Bornes. “When are the individuals who have homes, small rentals — when are we going to get funded to repair our home?” Under the Housing Trust Fund’s 2026 budget, $2.9 million was dedicated to small rental preservation and another $2 million is proposed for the program under the 2027 plan. The council could modify the advisory committee’s recommendations or approve them wholesale.

New Orleans Area Deaths Butler Sr., Paul Centanni, Jeanette Finkelstein, Connie Gately, Theresa Gaudin, Theda Johnson, Antoine Landry, Joyce Meskill, Patricia Meyer, Helen Mistrot, Ronald Payton, Sandra Satcher, Ella

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life of our beloved wife & mother. Beautiful wife of 50 years to Paul Centanni. Treasured mama of Belinda V Clouatre (Wayne). Grandmama of Tess Perrin (Malcolm), & the late Addie Will (David). Stepmother of Donna Centanni & the late Keith Centanni & Cherie Gatley. Step-grandmother of Susan Ward & Kevin Centanni (Kristin). Stepgreat-grandmother of six. Sister of TeTe Hill, Clem Mackles (Paula), Dinah Evans (Donald), & the late Sonny, Mackie, Al, Pete, Dickey, Manuel, Jr., & Louis Mackles, Rainey Wuertz, Peggy Ruiz, Vonnie Prestenbach, & Vivian Torres. Daughter of the late Manuel Mackles, Sr. & Yvonne Gutierrez. Bonus member of the Trippi family. Jeanette was the most giving person, the kindest friend, & a devout Catholic. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated Saturday, August 29, 11am, St. Charles Borromeo Church, Destrehan, LA. Burial will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers, masses for Jeanette are requested at St. Charles Borromeo.

Finkelstein, Connie Beverly Spiller A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Mr. Paul Butler, Sr., 75, at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 28, 2026, at Corpus ChristiEpiphany Catholic Church with Fr. Kingsley Ogbuji SSJ, Celebrant. Following the mass, entombment will be held in the Mausoleum at Lake Lawn Park Cemetery. The visitation will be held at Corpus ChristiEpiphany Catholic Church on Friday, August 28, 2026, beginning at 9:00 A.M until 10:45 A.M. with a rosary to be recited at 10:00 A.M. A lifelong resident of New Orleans, Paul entered eternal rest at 1:05 P.M. on Friday, August 21, 2026, at his residence. Paul worked for Boh Bros. Construction for 41 years and retired in 2012. He leaves to cherish his memory his son, Paul Butler, Jr. of New Orleans, LA; three brothers, Matthew Butler (Cheryl), Robert Butler, and Fredrick Butler (Rosalind) of New Orleans, LA; one sister, Wanda Butler of New Orleans, LA; two granddaughters, Taylor Butler of Slidell, LA and Diamond Butler of New Iberia, LA; sister-in-law, Carolyn Trask of Houston, TX; and a host of other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife Cathy Norbert Butler; daughter, Andrea Butler; parents, Henry Butler and Delphine Antoine Butler; maternal grandparents, Henry Antoine, Sr. and Etalia Reese Antoine; paternal grandparents, Henry Butler and Irene Scull Butler; other relatives, and friends. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.fletcherfuneralhome s.org Most sacred services are entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Home (337-3693341) 609 West Admiral Doyle Drive, New Iberia, LA 70560.

Centanni, Jeanette M.

Connie Beverly Spiller Finkelstein, beloved mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, sister, friend, and companion, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on May 31, 2026, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was 94 years old. Connie was born on July 4, 1931, in Holden, Louisiana to Seigle Bruce Spiller and Lola Mae Durbin Spedale. Throughout her long and beautiful life, Connie was devoted to her family and friends. She had a remarkable gift for making people feel welcomed, valued, and loved. She possessed a natural grace and elegance, coupled with a warmth and generosity that made everyone in her presence feel at home. Those who knew Connie will remember her kindness, her warmth, her beautiful smile, and her extraordinary hospitality. Connie was preceded in death by her parents, Seigle Bruce Spiller and Lola Durbin Spedale; her daughter, Dr. Brenda Williams Walker; her grandson, Ronald Lucas Chaisson; and her husband, Gerson Finkelstein. She is survived by her daughter, Belinda Joanne King; her brother, Bryant "Sonny" Spiller; her granddaughters, Jami Joanne DeBernard, Mittie Babette Roger, and Constance Savannah Walker Kill; eight cherished greatgrandchildren; and her loving partner of 20+ years, Lucas Orihuela. Connie leaves behind a legacy of love, beauty, generosity, and grace. Her life touched many and she will be deeply missed. Celebration of Life to take place at The Chapel, 9611 Siegen Lane, Baton Rouge, Saturday, August 29, 2026, at 11 AM.

2/28/1938 - 8/10/2026 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 It is with both sadness & gladness that we announce the passing from this life to eternal heavenly

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Louisiana welcomes the promise of SpaceX It was an announcement that would have been hard to fathom just a few years ago — one of the world’s most valuable companies on the cutting edge of new technology is choosing to make Louisiana a major hub of its operations. But that’s exactly what happened Tuesday when Gov. Jeff Landry announced that SpaceX is planning to invest $100 billion to build a spaceport in Vermilion Parish that could create 3,000 permanent high-paying jobs. More importantly, it puts our state at the center of a highly competitive industry that aims to shape the future of our nation and the world. Landry said the project, to be called Starbase Louisiana, would be as transformational as the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, which opened new routes to westward ultimately expanding our country’s footprint from sea to shining sea. This time, all eyes are looking upward. “Today, Louisiana will give America the stars,” Landry said. It will be the fourth and largest spaceport for SpaceX, which has launch sites in Texas, Florida and California. The company’s owner and world’s richest man, Elon Musk, says more spaceports are necessary as the company looks to aggressively build out a network of Starlink communications satellites and eventually create data centers in space to power artificial intelligence. The company says it plans to launch 100,000 communications satellites into lowEarth orbit by 2030. It’s all heady stuff, to be sure. But here in Louisiana, we also like to keep our focus on the facts on the ground. The deal came together after much secrecy, and residents in Vermilion Parish have a right to be concerned about what officials promised the company in conversations shielded by nondisclosure agreements. The area where Starbase Louisiana will be located is near Pecan Island, part of our fragile coastal wetlands, home to migratory birds and other endangered species. The deal came together because Exxon Mobil transferred 130,000 acres to the state as a settlement to lawsuits over its activities that harmed our coast. SpaceX purchased the land for $100 million. Hunters and fishers are now worried about the effect rocket launches will have on their way of life. Then there’s the regulatory environment. To sweeten the deal, the Legislature passed a series of incentives and protections for the company last session, including exemption from some public records laws. The Federal Aviation Administration is also now looking to exempt the space industry from important environmental regulations. All that is to say, there are many questions that deserve an airing before we rush into a headlong embrace of the project. We trust Gov. Landry and Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Susan Bourgeois when they say they represented to SpaceX that Louisiana wants a partner for long-term prosperity. And we were encouraged by what we heard from the company’s President and COO Gwynne Shotwell on Tuesday. Far from ignoring or running away from the environmental impact questions, she promised town halls with residents. And her words seemed to indicate that the company understands what a unique place this is. “We don’t want this land just to survive. We want it to thrive while becoming a launchpad to humanity’s greatest venture,” she said. While we’d like to see more details around what the company will contribute to our coastal issues, it was a good first step that the company has committed $25 million to the Community Foundation of Acadiana for projects that help manage the growth that is coming to the area. We know economic development means change and adaptation. We welcome SpaceX and its ambitions for our communities and our nation. We fervently hope that these early days full of promise are borne out by what is to come. If SpaceX proves to be a good neighbor, Louisiana stands ready to support the mission — all the way to the stars.

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More beacons in school zones needed to protect children

Put on your historian’s hat and look at Iran war Years ago, in an outdoor market in Mexico, I stopped to buy a straw hat. The vendor quoted 50 pesos. Having heard that bargaining was expected, I offered 40. He picked up the hat, examined it thoughtfully, and said, “I’m sorry. I made a mistake. The price is actually 60 pesos.” After hard bargaining, I ﬁnally bought the hat — for 55 pesos. That story comes to mind as President Donald Trump scrambles to negotiate an end to the war with Iran, eager to return to the status quo that existed before he started it. But the leverage has jumped sides. Having demonstrated their willingness to absorb military and economic pressure, the Iranians have little incentive to accept our terms.

America goes into wars believing our overwhelming strength guarantees victory. We underestimate our opponent’s commitment and resilience. History teaches the same lesson every time: From Vietnam to Iraq to Afghanistan, wars are easy to start and excruciatingly costly — in blood and treasure — to ﬁnish. Trump is many things, but he is no student of history. He believed he could outsmart the Iranians. He couldn’t. He believed he could outlast them. He couldn’t. He believed he could out-negotiate them. He couldn’t. He is discovering that, like buying a straw hat, the person who wants the deal the most pays a higher price.

To achieve maximum protection of New Orleans schoolchildren from injury and possible death, how about erecting flashing light beacons to warn motorists of the 20 mph speed limit in more, if not all, school zones, regardless of the cost? The cameras to snag violators, which are turned off now as a result of a legal dispute over revenue sharing, were effective — the same as the speed guns now being used by police. They should continue. But flashing beacon advisories already slowing traffic in some school zones are more effective. As it now stands, motorists who try to be alert and law-abiding often forget or mistakenly miss the regular school zone warning signs. There can be no argument over the priority for the safety of children crossing the streets near schools. But do not let the report about millions of dollars in lost revenue to the city overshadow the whole point of safety. The return of the cameras obviously will recoup much of that lost revenue. And if the addition of flashing lights slows down drivers, there will be fewer tickets cutting into the total revenue generated by cameras alone. Louisiana’s school zone regulations allow a combination of the usual warning signs and the flashing beacons if they are permitted through state regulations. Additional flashing beacons would warn drivers to exercise caution just as they do at railroad crossings, complement the regular caution signs by adding more protection and relieve motorists of some frustrations. They should be a priority in all school zones on heavily traveled routes. Installing more flashing beacons would be expensive and might require a fee or tax increase, but it would be a rewarding public expenditure for the added safety of children as well as adults.

AARON SHIPPER New Orleans

‘Drill, baby, drill’ not enough, yet progress on renewable energy has been blocked I found it fascinating that Cal Thomas favorably quoted two Democratic presidents in his recent column questioning why we can’t solve the problem of our dependence on foreign oil (“Cal Thomas: Why can’t we ﬁx the oil problem?”). The quotes refer to our ability as a nation to do the hard things when we work together. What the column didn’t address is that we can’t solve the problem because the GOP is unwilling to work together with the Democrats. It’s “my way or the highway,” as the expression goes. They are myopic about the issue of energy independence. “Drill, baby, drill” will not get us there. We need all resources, including renewable energy. Yet the Republicans have

stymied all progress on that front. The Trump administration paid roughly $4 billion (yes, that’s billion with a B) of our tax money in settlements to stop the clean energy wind turbine projects granted by President Biden’s administration. No more tax breaks or subsidies for solar power or for electric and hybrid vehicles. Louisiana has seen ﬁrsthand the devastation of fossil fuels from land loss, rising sea levels, stronger hurricanes and oil leaks. So yes, let’s work together to solve this problem by electing people who have the vision to do the hard things. The current administration is not up to the task.

PATTY SPINALE New Orleans

Another reason to reverse into a parking spot I read with interest the article in Monday’s Living section regarding the reasons for backing into parking spaces (“Why do so many people in Louisiana back into parking spaces, especially trucks?”). I didn’t realize, although it makes sense, that emergency and military vehicles were speciﬁcally advised to do so. However, I think that the article missed one other very important reason. Until vehicles were equipped with

rear cross-trafﬁc alert systems, if you were parked facing inward between two trucks or SUVs, you couldn’t tell what was coming behind you until you were almost all the way out of the parking space. No problem, you say? Well, think about how many times you get honked at by another vehicle driving through a parking lot like they are on Airline Highway.

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COMMENTARY Some in La. say political violence can be justified, and that’s scary basketball, the New Orleans Pelicans I was happy to see that a large majority of Louisianans don’t believe po- and Saints, food and weather. Maybe litical violence is a good thing. For any they have different political views and things are cool as long as they don’t reason. That’s a good thing. talk politics. I really don’t want to live in a place Here’s the survey question that got where people think that violently me: harming property or people is OK to “Do you think it is ever justified achieve political goals. for citizens to resort to violence in According to the 2026 Louiorder to achieve political goals?” siana Common Ground SurThere were 5.45% of responvey researched and compiled by the Public Affairs Redents who said they would “presearch Council of Louisiana fer not to say.’“ and LSU’s Reilly Center at Prefer not to say? Oh my. Will the Manship School of JourThat’s troubling. At a miniSutton nalism, about 70% of us don’t mum, I count them in the next believe political violence is group. ever a good idea. That’s lower than a There are 10.4% among us who are similar 2025 YouGov survey showing “not sure.” I thought people would that 72% of Americans don’t believe have a clear point of view on this one. those actions are justified. I wish our Whether I like it or not, yes to vionumber was higher, but I’ll take it. lence. Or no to violence. Makes me The Louisiana pollsters were careful wonder what kinds of violence they to include respondents reflecting our might think is OK. state’s demographics. For instance, I’m disappointed in the “prefer not the survey included 31.5% Black to say” and “not sure” groups. This participants and the Black population next group really upset me. They in our state is 30-33%, depending on scare me. whose number you use. They included Though 70% of us say political vioDemocrats, Independents, Republilence is “never justified,” more than 14% say, “Yes, violence can sometimes cans and people who don’t identify be justified.” with a political party. Fourteen percent! There’s a lot of good information in Can you believe that? If there are the survey, including good news. 14% who think that type of action is Pollsters asked about polarization OK, it’s quite likely we’re working and found that we’re not as polarized with, living with, going to church with, as we might think. grocery shopping with or otherwise The survey found that Louisianans are more interested in politics than in in contact with people in favor of vioother states. It found that a good num- lence. That doesn’t feel good, Unfortunately, we’re not unusual. ber of us talk with people with differAccording to the YouGov survey, ent political views. The survey didn’t nationally 11% of those polled think ask what those people talk about, so maybe it’s LSU football, LSU women’s violence can sometimes be justified.

Another 11% said they are not sure and 5% said prefer not to say. Across the country, that means a total of 27% who either don’t want to say or believe political violence is OK at least some of the time. In Louisiana, that number adds up to nearly 30% who won’t say, are uncertain or think political violence can be justified. That’s mind-blowing. I don’t get it. My mind immediately went to Jan. 6 and what happened that day. Some continue to say it was a “peaceful protest” and a “day of love.” No, it wasn’t. Maybe some there wanted to believe that that was what it would be, but the insurrection was anything but peaceful and full of love. Within a few days after the political violence, several people were dead and scores of people were injured, including more than 150 officers. Within a few months, four responding officers committed suicide. The property damage was more than $2.5 million. Is that the type of political violence that’s OK? I know this nation was formed after the 1769-1770 Boston Massacre and the 1775 battles of Concord and Lexington, but the first happened because the Brits were violently abusive and the latter started with a peaceful tax protest. Of course, we had a Civil War essentially fighting over whether slavery was OK. There have been moments in our history when violence occurs, but I’d like to think none of that would start with people thinking, sure, it’s OK. Email Will Sutton at wsutton@ theadvocate.com.

With fondness for Kim Jong Un, Trump sends the wrong message It’s hard to believe that Kim Jong Un is really this charming. President Donald Trump touted his fond relationship with the North Korean dictator in a Truth Social post calling for scaling back a long-running annual military exercise with the South Koreans. “Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un,” Trump wrote, “I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Rich Korea.” According to Lowry Trump, the exercises “send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile, to a Country that, as long as Donald Trump has been President, has been unthreatening and respectful.” Then he added that South Korea had recently declined to take a role in the Iran war, clearly irking Trump, as he subsequently explained to reporters at the White House. The joint exercises have been a key element of the U.S.-South Korea military alliance for decades. They are meant to ensure that the two countries are prepared in the event of a North Korean assault, and perhaps now have an added importance given the experience North Korea has gained in highintensity modern warfare by bolstering Russian forces in Ukraine. Much more important than the practical effect of Trump’s fusillade, though, is the signal it sends, yet again, that he is easily disenchanted with longtime allies whose friendship should be considered a strategic boon to the United States. Whether musing about making Canada the 51st state, brieﬂy campaigning to take control of Greenland, imposing tariffs on friend and foe alike or hammering NATO, Trump has been careless of the goodwill of our allies. They need us more than we need them, which means they are willing to put up with a lot, but sowing dissension unnecessarily is a foolhardy game at a time of growing international threats. South Korea has been a treaty ally

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U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island in Singapore in, 2018. since 1953, and is a wealthy, technologically advanced democracy that occupies strategically important ground in Northeast Asia. It is obviously both threatened by and a bulwark against potential North Korean adventurism. Pete Hegseth visited South Korea last year and said, “Our alliance is stronger than ever before, 72 years strong.” He described the inspiring sight of U.S. and South Korean soldiers standing “shoulder to shoulder working together.” South Korea has been committed to increasing its defense spending, to 3.5% of GDP. In light of this, Hegseth subsequently averred, “Model allies that step up, like Israel, South Korea, Poland ... will receive our special favor.” Such assurances by administration ofﬁcials are always subject to change, depending on Trump’s animosities at any given time. It’s certainly true that South Korea owes its existence to us. We fought to preserve its independence at a great cost in blood and treasure during the Korean War, and we have nearly 30,000 troops on the peninsula to deter North Korea from assaulting the South again.

Seoul has lent support to recent U.S. military operations, typically in noncombat roles, but it’s understandable that it wouldn’t be enthused about taking part in an Iran war that hasn’t gone as planned and that has no clear endgame. As for the North, it isn’t our friend. It is ﬁrmly within the China-Russia axis, and has been developing its nuclear and missile arsenal apace. There is no reason to believe that any blandishments from Trump will change its behavior, and Kim has been clear that the U.S. needs to abandon its “obsession” with denuclearization. What we most need from South Korea is for it to be as strong as possible to deter North Korea, and we shouldn’t be lending any credence to its claim that U.S.-South Korean exercises are provocations, or sowing doubt about our commitment to allies. Such diplomatic episodes, though, are an inherent part of Trump’s governance. To paraphrase the Roman writer Publilius Syrus, prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them, and Trump distresses them — unnecessarily.

No good options when it comes to Iran The 60-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran has expired. The war drags on through its sixth month with no peace talks scheduled and no end in sight. Only one conclusion is possible: Donald Trump’s ignorant and egotistical decision to attack Tehran has been a total disaster. None of his stated goals have been achieved, and the administration is so confused that it cannot even agree on what those goals still are. Vice President JD Vance proclaimed on Fox News, Steve goal No. 1 — keep oil and Roberts “That’s gas cheap for Americans all over our country.” But Trump insisted on social media, “The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon.” Trump is a lame duck and focused on his legacy — including that rapidly receding goal of a Nobel Peace Prize. Vance is desperate to run for president in 2028, so he’s concentrating on the political damage caused by the war. But his concern for cheap fuel echoes with empty empathy. In effect, he’s saying the goal of the war is to solve a problem the war itself created. Before the fighting began, gas prices averaged just below $3 a gallon nationally. Now they’re well over $4 a gallon. Trump told a campaign rally that consumers were paying only “a tiny little bit more for your gasoline” — but that’s obviously false. Brown University’s Iran War Energy Cost Tracker estimates the war has cost Americans more than $87 billion in added fuel expenses, or $666 per household. Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, calculates the impact of elevated fuel prices on other expenses — from groceries and travel to homedelivered meals and packages — and figures the real cost of the war is about $1,100 per family. “So it’s consequential,” Zandi told NPR. “It’s adding up, and, you know, it’s really hard on many middle- or lower-income Americans.” No wonder President Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 33% in the latest Reuters/ Ipsos poll, his lowest showing ever. In an Associated Press survey, only 33% think the war with Iran has been “worth fighting,” while 64% say it’s been a mistake. The conflict with Iran has been so devastating because it so blatantly breaks two of Trump’s most prominent promises: avoiding war and reducing prices. His actions have led directly to the hardships Zandi describes, and American consumers — and voters — know that. “For a lot of voters, the war in Iran is linked with the economy,” Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist University Institute for Public Opinion, told the Washington Post. When Iran retaliated by closing down oil shipments, “the price of gas went up. The problem for President Trump and the Republicans is that a lot of what he was elected on seems to not be being fulfilled. So there’s a sense of no rationale for why we went in, and no clear sense of how it’s going, and no indication of how we’re going to get out, which is the opposite of what makes for good politics.” Trump badly miscalculated his ability to bomb Iran into submission, and now U.S. missile supplies are running low. But sending ground troops into the region would be logistically dangerous and politically impossible. What’s left to him are economic weapons — imposing sanctions, tightening trade embargoes, freezing assets — and while Iran’s economy is in dreadful shape, the country’s leaders have demonstrated an almost infinite capacity to withstand punishment. Meanwhile, as Vance tacitly admits, the White House is increasingly vulnerable to economic pressures as the fall elections approach and elevated prices undermine Republican hopes. “Neither side is really ready to finalize a deal. They both think that in a matter of days or weeks, the other side will be more desperate for a deal, so they’ll be able to get more out of it,” Ali Vaez, an Iran expert at the International Crisis Group, told The New York Times. “This is why we are locked into this game of endurance again.” Trump has no good options in Iran and no clear path forward. Or back. He built his own trap, and then he walked right into it. This will be his legacy: far more significant than any arch or pool or ballroom he leaves behind. Email Steven Roberts at stevecokie@gmail. com.

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Gately, Theresa Jean Bowers

Theresa "Terry" Jean Bowers Gately, 66, of Metairie, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2026, surrounded by her loved ones. Born in New Orleans on May 16, 1960, Terry deeply loved and embraced the vibrant spirit and lifestyle of New Orleans throughout her life. She was an avid Saints fan, loved Jazzfest, and taking walks in City Park with beignets or a stop at the snowball stand afterward. She also loved to take rides on the coast, just enjoying the sunshine and breezes. She truly had one of the biggest, most giving hearts imaginable, and she always put others' needs before her own. She never met a stranger, and even those who did not know her felt her calming presence immediately. To know Terry was to feel welcomed, cared for, and loved. Her life was defined by her selflessness and the deep connections she built with those around her. Whether lending a helping hand, offering a warm word, or simply being there for someone in need, Terry touched countless lives with her unconditional generosity. Above all, her family was her world. Her grandchildren were the absolute light of her life; she was endlessly proud of them, loving nothing more than sharing pictures and updates about them with everyone she met. Nothing brought Terry more joy than visits from her daughter and grandchildren, time she cherished deeply. She also loved her pup, Licks, who brought her endless amounts of love, warmth, and comfort. Terry is survived by her loving husband and soulmate, Patrick John Gately; her daughter, Shannon Theresa Gately Njoka (Rodney Nijoka Jr.); her two cherished grandchildren, Connor Reid and Caitlyn Elizabeth; and her beloved pup, Licks. She was preceded in death by her mother, Theresa Willem, and her brother, Michael Willem. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services at Greenwood Funeral Home, 5200 Canal Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124. Visitation is at 9:30 AM with a Mass at 11:00 AM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Terry's memory to the Louisiana SPCA, Second Harvest Food Bank, and the Harry Tompson Center, honoring her love for animals and her lifelong commitment to helping others in need.

Gaudin, Theda Barre'

Theda Barre' Gaudin was born March 18, 1929 to the late Marquerite Cuiellette and Lawrence Barre'. She passed away peacefully on August 11, 2026 surrounded by her family. Theda married Jules Gaudin on September 18, 1948 and from that union Jules, Jr., Julianna, Osana and Susan were born. She graduated from Xavier Preparatory High School and attended Xavier University. For 40+ years she was a pillar of Catholic education teaching at St. Raymond, Blessed Sacrament, Epiphany, Corpus Christi, Immaculate Heart of Mary and University Day Care Center. Theda was preceded in death by her six brothersLawrence, Clarence, Lloyd, Ferdinand, Stanford and Stanley, daughter-in-law Diana Gaudin, and her

She is survived by sistersin-law Marguerite Jeffrion and Mary Barre' of Seattle. To cherish her memories she leaves behind her husband Jules, Sr., her children, Jules, Jr. (Diana, deceased), Julianna (Norey III), Osana (Peter Jr.) and Susan (Laurance). She also leaves to mourn seven grandchildren and twelve greatgrandchildren. She will be greatly missed by everyone.

3475 N Sherwood Forest Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70814, on August 29, 2026, at 9:00 am. Final resting place is St. Peter Catholic Church, 1550 LA-44, Reserve.

Meskill, Patricia Margaret 'Pat'

Johnson, Antoine 'Toine'

Antoine Johnson earned his heavenly wings on Sunday, August 9, 2026, at the age of 40. He was born on November 17, 1985, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the late Alfreda Johnson and Torriano Lodge. Antoine was preceded in death by his beloved mother, Alfreda Johnson; his grandparents, Ruth Thema, Alphones Johnson, Victor and Odile Lodge; his aunts, Pearl L. Johnson, Monica Lodge, Mary Phelps, Diane Reese, and Joyce Owens; and his uncles, Alfred Johnson and Raymond Lodge. He leaves to cherish his precious memory his father, Torriano Lodge; his siblings, Antoinette, Torriano (Ashley), Sierra, Tyrico (Sophia), De'India Johnson, and Nikishua Lodge-Russell; eight nieces; six nephews; and a host of loving family members and friends. Antoine will be deeply missed and forever remembered by all who had the privilege of knowing and loving him. Relatives and friends are invited to join the family as we celebrate Antoine's life and honor his memory. A funeral service will be held from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on August 29, 2026 at Professional Funeral Services , 1449 N Claiborne Ave. A burial will follow at Providence Park Memorial Cemetery , 8200 Airline Drive.

Landry, Joyce

Joyce Louque Landry, born September 15, 1937, in Convent, Louisiana, passed away surrounded by the love of her family. Joyce attended Lutcher High School and devoted her life to her family as a loving homemaker. Her greatest joy came from spending time with her children, grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren. She also enjoyed working crossword puzzles, playing cards, and visiting the casino.A woman of strong Catholic faith, Joyce attended weekly Mass at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church and was a member of the Altar/Rosary Society. Joyce married Ronald R. "Ronnie" Landry on August 4, 1956, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Paulina, Louisiana. Together, they built a life centered around faith and family. She is survived by her children, Kyle Landry (Darnell), Karen Millet (David), and Kevin Landry (Beth); grandchildren, Susan Leger, Ricky, Shane, Michael Millet, Amy Baker, Christopher, Steven , Mark Landry, and Michelle Dawson; and numerous great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her sister, Iris Poche; and brothers, Eddie Louque, Alvin Louque Jr., and Gary Louque. Joyce was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Ronald R. "Ronnie" Landry; her parents, Alvin Francis Louque Sr. and Felonise Uranie Lambert Louque; sisters, Elaine Breaud and Judith Dubose; and brothers, Francis Louque, Lynn Louque, and Harry Louque. The family would like to extend a special thank-you to Joyce's caregivers for the kindness, compassion, and devoted care they provided to her. Visitation will be held at Ourso Funeral Home, 13533 Airline Hwy, Gonzales, Louisiana 70737, on August 28, 2026, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. A Funeral Service will be held at Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church,

Patricia "Pat" Margaret Meskill June 23, 1945 - August 6, 2026 Pat lived and died in the city she loved, New Orleans. She chose this town to be her home, and the French Quarter was her truest love. It was there that she lived her fullest life. Careers in banking and retail balanced a dance-card filled social life. Also, Pat was an avid swimmer, reader (loved the newspaper), and civic minded. She lived with style and grace accentuated by a high sense of mischief and merriment. Pat is missed by Linda, Nancy (who was like a daughter to Pat), Sue, Philipe, Debbie, Marinnette, Delanie, Allie, Bill, Pete, Sandra and more folks than this tribute can hold. Pat was a beauty, inside and out.

Meyer, Helen Gardner

(Paul); great grandchildren Amanda (Cameron), Caleb, Dason, Zachary (Gloria), Azriel (Michael), Uzaydx, Xev, Jordan (Cody), Jade, Blade, Arcade, Arcadia, Preston, Alex (Andrea), Corey (Mari), Emma Grace, Maleah, Trinity, Nathaniel, Christopher, Jr., Caitlin (Joe), Cameron, Cyreena, Layla, Sophie, Grayson, Brenden, Ryleigh, Bella, Elijah, Everleigh, Thommas, Carrington, Brooke, Ellie, Kali, and Jaxon; great, great grandchildren Ta'Lisia, Aleigha, MakaLynn, Zayden, Hudson, Jax, Chandler, Sage, Asher, Kai, Josie, Madison, Willow and Julian; great, great, great granddaughter Ayla. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews and her cousin Tom Grace. She is preceded in death by her loving husband and life partner, Edward Joseph Meyer; her eldest daughter, Cynthia Ann Meyer Punch; and her great grandson, Adam Punch. She is also preceded in death by her parents, George and Ethel Gardner; her siblings Bernice Gardner Sheffield, Ernie Gardner, Huey Gardner; and her cousin Betty Zachary. On Saturday, August 29, visitation will be 9am-11am with a service following at 11am at Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home on Canal St. Following the service, she will be laid to rest at St. Roch Cemetery in New Orleans, LA, where once again she will be next to her loving husband, Eddie, after 49 years. In lieu of flowers, Helen requested that memorials be made to Grace Memorial Episcopal Church, 2nd Harvest Food Bank, or St. Jude's.

Mistrot, Ronald William Helen Mae Gardner Meyer, was born March 4, 1933, in New Orleans, LA. On August 19, 2026, at 10:45 pm, she went to be with her Lord and Savior. A resident of Loranger, LA since Hurricane Katrina, Helen originally resided in the 9th Ward and then Chalmette, LA for most of her life. Her home was a warm and loving place where all were welcome. It was also home to the Cindy Meyer Dancing School where she assisted her daughter, Cynthia Meyer Punch, in many ways. A homemaker until her husband Eddie's death in 1977, Helen went on to graduate from LSU School of Allied Health in Neurodiagnostic Technology. She went on to work as a Brain Wave Technician at Charity Hospital where she retired after 20 years of service. As a Christian, whose faith was always the center of her life, Helen grew up attending Grace Episcopal Church on Canal St. and transferred to St. Mary's Episcopal church in Chalmette. Upon moving to the North Shore, she joined Grace Memorial Episcopal Church in Hammond. It was this new family that helped her adjust after Hurricane Katrina. They gave her much love and in return she gave them hours of volunteer work, which she loved doing. St. Margaret's Ladies Group and the Altar Guild were her main focus within the church. Helen had a heart bigger than anyone you would ever meet. Because of her loving kindness towards others, Helen became known as Mom/ Granny/Maw Maw/Nana to people of all ages. Even though she demonstrated this love of others repeatedly, it was her love for Jesus that shone the brightest. She truly loved her Lord more than anything else and constantly saw His goodness in her life and in others. She is survived by four of her children, Lawrence E. Meyer (Belinda), Kathleen M. Watkins (Robert), Barbara M. Fleetwood, and Joseph G. Meyer (Sarah). She is also survived by her grandchildren Donovan, Israel (Becky), Joshua (Stephanie) Punch; Christopher Watkins and Ashley W. (Lenny) Estopinal; Ricky Meyer and Kristy M. Livaudais; Aimee, Alexis (Michael) and Amber Fleetwood; Jason Meyer (Charise) and Stephanie M. Hambrice ( )

Ronald William Mistrot, 88, of Slidell, Louisiana, accepted God's invitation on August 24, 2026. He was the beloved husband of Cynthia Mistrot, with whom he shared 21 years of marriage. Born in St. Bernard Parish, Ronald was the only son of William "Gee" and Caroline Najolia Mistrot. He graduated from LSU, where he also earned a master's degree in accounting and went on to become a CPA. Throughout his life, Ronald held many roles and made a lasting impact in his community. He was active in Rotary, served on the Board of Directors for Peoples Bank and Phoenix VIII, participated in ROTC, and even enjoyed appearing as a cast member in the motion picture Interview with a Vampire. Ronald loved to travel, spend time at the beach, work on puzzles, attend Broadway plays and the symphony, and, most of all, spend time with his family. He was known for bringing everyone together for his annual family Christmas party and Easter egg hunts—traditions that created countless cherished memories for generations of his family. Ronald is survived by his wife, Cynthia Mistrot; his children, Roberta Price (Jay), Ronnell Whitehead (Charles), Renee' Donahue (Michael), Rhonda Lopez (Rodney), and Donnie Saucier (Aimie); his grandchildren, Jamie Price Flores (Orlando), Jayson Price, Jaymes Price, Ryan Whitehead (Kelsey), Colleen Hassell (Louis), Caroline Kline (Brad), Mary Kate Williams (Brock), Margaret Schexnaildre (Jake), Rodney Lopez, Jr. (Deanna), Shane Quirk (Chelsey), Billie-Ann Reed (Blaine), Katie-Marie Rumore (Wayne, Jr.), William Lopez, Ronald Mistrot III (Leigh), April Mistrot, Donny Saucier (Lauren), Mallorie Saucier, and Lain Saucier; and his 30 great-grandchildren. Ronald was preceded in death by his parents, William and Caroline Mistrot; his son, Ronald W. Mistrot II; his grandson, Justin M. Mistrot; his great granddaughter, Pippa Reed

and his cousin and forever Best Man, Richard Najolia. A celebration of Ronald's life will be held at St. Bernard Memorial Funeral Home, 701 W. Virtue St., Chalmette, LA on Saturday, August 29th. Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM, followed immediately by Mass. He will be laid to rest in St. Bernard Memorial Gardens.

Payton, Sandra

Sandra Ann Payton was born July 31, 1947, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the late Elbert John Payton and the late Alma Bell Payton. She was called home to be with the Lord on August 22, 2026, at the age of 79. Sandra was raised in the church at Second Baptist Church Sixth District under the leadership of Rev. Paul Walker Raphael. She was educated in the New Orleans Public School System and graduated from Walter L. Cohen High School in 1965. She attended Grambling State University and later graduated from Southern University of New Orleans in 1970 with her Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education. An educator who loved encouraging her many students and colleagues, Sandra primarily taught at James Lewis Elementary School and Andrew Jackson Elementary School in New Orleans. After Hurricane Katrina, she taught at White Hills Elementary and Merrydale Elementary in East Baton Rouge Parish. Sandra will be remembered as a creative woman with a zeal for life and a sincere desire to walk alongside others in the world without ever sitting still for too long. Following her "retirement," Sandra enjoyed working on the sales floor at Walmart, engaging with her community and picking out knickknacks and cute accessories for her granddaughters during her shifts. She always enjoyed sewing and would create beautiful patterns and designs, bringing them to life through handmade pieces for her granddaughters, godchildren, and other loved ones. Despite having many family ties, Sandra always maintained her own life and friends. She loved music, line dancing, and a good theme. In recent years, she became very active with the Ascension Parish Council on Aging, through which she took line dancing classes and enjoyed many Senior Sock Hops, wearing a carefully curated ensemble that went with the event theme. She will be deeply missed by her close friends. Sandra also enjoyed her "soaps," especially The Young and the Restless, along with Gilmore Girls and game shows. She enjoyed trips to the casino and playing the lottery. Sandra was the devoted mother of Sheldon Charles Perkins (Julie), Sharnika Andrea Merricks, and Shonathan Edward Merricks. She loved all of her children immensely and cherished spending time with them, their extended families, and friends. She was the beloved baby sister of Linda Johnson Duronslet, a bond that brought love and closeness throughout their lives. She was lovingly known as "GranAnn" to

her granddaughters, Sarah Alexandra Perkins and Sophia Sheldon Perkins Asam (Ononse). There are not enough words to describe the influence GranAnn carries through their lives. To them, she was invincible, and her love and care certainly cannot be replaced or replicated. She also loved to play and fuss with her granddog, Koleston Merricks. Sandra leaves to honor her memory her children; grandchildren; sister; niece, Shauna Duronslet, and nephew, Jerren Duronslet (Jessica); her uncle, Walter Bell; her aunts, Helen Jefferson and Della Ellison; her close friends; and many other relatives and loved ones. Sandra was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents, Harry Bell and Helen Bell; several aunts, uncles, and cousins; and her beloved nephew and godchild, Ryan Bryce Johnson, Sr. Her family finds comfort in knowing that she is now resting in the arms of the Lord and reunited with those she loved who went before her. Perhaps most of all, Sandra will be remembered for her infectious laugh. She laughed with her whole body, with a joy that was unmistakably hers. Those who knew and loved her will carry the sound and sight of that laughter with them always. To all those sharing in the family's grief, please remember that Sandra—GranAnn—would never say "Goodbye." She would simply say, "See ya later." Services will be held on Friday, August 28, 2026, at Second Baptist Church Sixth District, located at 4218 Laurel Street, New Orleans, Louisiana. Visitation will begin at 9:00 A.M., with the service to follow at 11:00 A.M. Interment will take place at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries located at 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana 70124.

Satcher, Ella

Ella (Smith) Satcher, 83, born in St James, LA, was called home Tuesday, August 11, 2026, in Montgomery, Texas. She was born on July 27, 1943, to the late Octave and Anne (Mitchell) Smith. She was married to the late Walter Satcher. She was preceded in death by her three sisters, Ora Lee Johnson, Mary Baggett, and Irma Smith; and one niece, Leslie Smith. Survivors include her son, Kevin (Tanis) Satcher; two daughters, Caroline Adams and Melinda Oakley; four godchildren; one brother, Cal Smith; three sisters, Brenda Smith, Barbara Dorsey, and Gwendolyn Smith; four grandsons; nine granddaughters, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews; other family and friends. A funeral service will be held at Galilee Baptist Church .

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Tulane football team full of brotherly love

LSU hasn’t been the only school recruiting former professional athletes, but the Tigers have been at the forefront. Kifﬁn landed former Ole Miss tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris just days after a court granted a temporary restraining order against the NCAA, allowing Wright and Harris to play ﬁfth seasons. Wright suited up for the Browns this preseason, while Harris signed with the Saints in May but was sidelined by a foot injury and released on Aug. 8. “I wouldn’t like to be my boss that hired me and then come to say, ‘Hey, here’s these guys going around the country, playing,

making teams better, and they’re going to play from the ruling. Why aren’t we recruiting them?’ ” Kiffin said Monday. “Because you may end up playing against them.” Kiffin said he’s not generally in favor of players returning to the college ranks after signing pro contracts, but he considers this year a special case because of the NCAA’s handling of a new eligibility model that allows athletes to play five seasons in five years. Everyone currently in college will get to play five seasons, but the NCAA didn’t offer the high school Class of 2022 grads an extra

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When Bryan Berezowitz joined identical twin brother Brayden on the Tulane coaching staff and Cash Semonza was offered a walk-on roster spot to accompany scholarship transfer quarterback Kadin Semonza last year, it turned out to be just the beginning of a cool trend. The Green Wave doubled down on its brotherly bond this season, adding graduate transfer cornerback Justin Agu to pair with younger brother Dickson Agu, a redshirt junior linebacker, and bringing in walk-on freshman tight end Evan Mickow along with Ryan Mickow, a fourth-year scholarship transfer from Boston College. “That (having four sets of brothers) is extremely rare to have,” Kadin Semonza said. “It’s awesome. I know my parents were proud when we stood up in the same jersey.” Each circumstance was different. The Berezowitz twins, 28, received promotions under Will Hall, who persuaded them to stay after former Jon Sumrall left for Florida in December. Brayden, who coached the spears (nickelbacks) last season but could not go on the road recruiting, picked up full recruiting duties. So did Bryan, who is now a full-time safeties coach after serving as a defensive analyst in 2025. Their bond helps them as they coach different parts of the secondary. They began their careers as graduate assistants at Kentucky for three years before Brayden joined Sumrall’s staff at Troy in 2022. They were reunited last season for the ﬁrst time since then. “Wegrewuptogether,sothere’salotoffamiliarity there,” Bryan said. “We’re able to have honest, tough conversations. There are some staffs I’ve been on where you don’t want to step on someone’s toes because you don’t know them as well. I can just rip his (Brayden’s) face off in practice and no one would think it’s any different, but now we can get the best out of what we’re trying to do scheme-wise.” Hall knows which one is which because

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Tulane cornerback Justin Agu

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Saints coach Kellen Moore reacts to a call after a play during a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 15 at the Caesars Superdome. STAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE

Moore has new set of eyes to help with Saints’ game challenges BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Last year, as he was building out his staff, New Orleans Saints coach Kellen Moore was recommended to spend time with Mike M Martinez. Since 2023, Martinez had been the assistan nt to the head coach — meaning he worked with Denniss Allen and then Darren Rizzi in what was essentially a c chief-of-staff role. Martinez was young and spoken highly of, but Moore had never h heard of him when general manager Mickey Loomis mad de the suggestion. So over the next few days, they got to k know each other. Three day ys in, Moore discovered Martinez had been keeping a ssecret. The 29-year-old never mentioned he

was from Boise, Idaho — the place where Moore had become a college football legend. “He didn’t lead with the whole, ‘Hey, I’m a Boise guy, you know, blah blah blah,’” Moore said. “I kind of fell into it a couple days later and it made me like him even more.” After one season of working together, Moore is ready to add to Martinez’s plate. The 29-year-old will now be the coach’s latest set of eyes to help with challenging calls, penalty trends and other game-management aspects that Moore has to monitor. The Saints ofﬁcially promoted Martinez to game management coordinator in the offseason, the latest step up for the Idaho native who joined the organization in 2020.

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Familyy, former players celebrate Bertman’s life What becomess a legend most? the trust and belief he instilled in In Skip Bertma an’s case, it was his players to have in each other. the stories, the lo ove, the tears Hundreds of those Bertman and, yes, plenty of laughter on players were in the PMAC on display Tuesday night inside the Tuesday night, joined by people Pete Maravich A Assembly Center. such as Gov. Jeff Landry, MayorAnd rope. Littlle snippets of President Sid Edwards and Kathy Scott white rope handed out to those Rabalais Miles, wife of former football attending the cellebration of life coach Les Miles whom Bertman for Bertman, the e legendary LSU hired. No longer the boys of sumbaseball coach a and athletic director who mer, most of the ex-LSU players were a died Aug. 14 at 8 88. little grayer, a little older but nonetheThe mantra “H Hold the rope” was Bertless drawn by a common bond with and affection for the architect of what reman’s a s signature s g atu e phrase. It referred to

mains college baseball’s most enduring modern dynasty. “It’s all of our jobs to hold the rope,” said current LSU coach Jay Johnson, one of several speakers to take the podium backed by white and gold versions of Bertman’s No. 15 LSU jersey. “I love you, coach.” Five of Bertman’s players were chosen to carry the ﬁve College World Series championship trophies into the arena won under Bertman: Rick Greene (1991),

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BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

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ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler is having another big season going into the final tournament of the year at the Tour Championship. He picked up a $23 million bonus last week as the leading player in the FedEx Cup. His PGA Tour earnings are over $20 million for the fourth consecutive year. And that’s not the full measure. Scheffler loves to play when he’s at home in Dallas, whether that’s at Royal Oaks or any other course in town. That often involves Si Woo Kim, who said earlier this year of their one-sided money matches, “He calls me ATM.” Kim isn’t alone. “Si Woo’s getting a lot of hard grief losing to Scottie. I’ve never beaten Scottie in Dallas,” Gary Woodland said Wednesday. “He asked me if I hand him money every time he sees me. Fortunately, that’s been the case.” Woodland now lives in South Florida but has returned to working with Randy Smith, the Hall of Fame teacher who has taught Scheffler since he was a boy. He occasionally goes to Dallas for what Woodland calls “training camp.” The last such trip was right before Scheffler ended a seven-month drought by winning the FedEx Cup playoffs opener by eight shots. “I was giving him a hard time that he couldn’t handle the pressure,” Woodland said. “He ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MIKE STEWART parred the last three holes and shot 60 one day. That didn’t work Scottie Scheffler works out in the putting area during a practice round out for Si Woo and I. He’s hard to on Wednesday in Atlanta. beat out here. He’s really hard to beat in Dallas.” Tommy Fleetwood had not won of Tiger Woods atop the PGA on the PGA Tour all year in 2025 Tour’s career earnings list. He What’s at stake until capturing his first title on is in a tight race with U.S. Open Now the “out here” is East U.S. soil at just the right time — champion Wyndham Clark for Lake for the Tour Championship, the Tour Championship, making PGA Tour player of the year. Scheffler has won the award the most lucrative event of the him the FedEx Cup champion. That could fall to someone like the last four years, and while his season. The winner of the 30-man field claims a $10 million prize in Patrick Cantlay, whose runner- consistency is the standard in official money from a $40 million up finish got him into East Lake, today’s game — five runner-up or a dozen others yet to win this finishes to go with two victories purse. That will change in two years week. It’s a 72-hole shootout for a — Clark already has three wins, including the major and last when the PGA Tour overhauls big prize. But there’s more at stake for week’s BMW Championship. its schedule and ends with a Scheffler said he is 95% healed two-week Tour Championship of Scheffler this week than just more money, and it’s not his from hand, foot and mouth match play on two courses. For now, it’s up for grabs. chance to end the 26-year reign disease that caused blisters on

his hands, feet and throat last week in St. Louis. He had a hard time gripping the club. He tied for 12th. East Lake has not been a course where he can show up and perform well, not like the TPC Scottsdale or Augusta National or Muirfield Village. He finished out of the top 12 the first three times he was at East Lake, and the year he left with the trophy (2024), it was only because he started the tournament with a lead under the old “starting strokes” format.

On the range But he’s rarely out of the mix on any course, a credit to how he practices with purpose. Schefﬂer loves practice almost as much as competition. He jokingly said earlier this year that his ashes should be spread on the range at Royal Oaks “because that’s where I spend all my time.” “One thing I’ve learned over the course of my career is just bringing a certain type of intensity to each round,” Schefﬂer said. “I was born being competitive, and I love being able to compete and play out here, and it’s something I don’t take for granted. “That’s why I say if I show up at a tournament, I’m not showing up for any other reason,” he said. “It’s not a warmup. It’s not an obligation. I’m showing up to try to compete and do my best.” Woodland has seen it in his trips to Dallas. He says he has learned more watching Scheffler than “probably anybody out here in a long time.” “It’s amazing being with Randy, but it’s amazing for me to practice with Scottie, as well, and watch how he goes about his business and watch what he does,” Woodland said. “I spend as much time with him as I can for sure.” And then they usually head out to the course for a money game, $100 a hole. “I’ve had to go to the ATM a couple times playing him in Dallas,” Woodland said.

Big 12 latest conference to ban former NFL players BY STEPHEN HAWKINS AP sportswriter

The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday followed the Southeastern and Big Ten conferences in banning players who were on NFL rosters from returning to college. The decision by the Big 12 came a day after rulings by the SEC and Big Ten. Earlier Wednesday, the NFL made it clear that players who leave the NFL to return to college won’t be allowed to come back to the league this season. NFL executive Troy Vincent reiterated the longstanding policy at the league’s meetings Wednesday, saying any player who returns to college would not be eligible to play in the NFL until 2027. Atlantic Coast Conference leaders were also discussing the topic this week. At least two players who signed with NFL teams as undrafted free agents this offseason were hoping to return to college and play at No. 11 LSU. Tight end Dae’Quan Wright originally signed with Philadelphia as an undrafted free agent out of Mississippi following the draft. He was waived by the Eagles on Aug. 10 and claimed by Cleveland the following day. He spent about two weeks with the Browns without playing in an exhibition game before being waived on Monday. He cleared waivers Tuesday and now wants to go to LSU to play for his former Ole Miss coach, Lane Kifﬁn. Defensive lineman Zxavian Harris signed with New Orleans in May as an undrafted free agent out of Ole Miss and participated in the offseason program. He was

The ruling gives the NCAA a win in ongoing litigation across the nation in federal and state courts involving college athletes who contend they should get a fifth year of competition under revised NCAA eligibility rules adopted in June. Washington, who transferred to Tennessee, and the other plaintiffs are now ineligible, pending resolution of the NCAA’s appeal of the lower court’s ruling. Washington was the lead plaintiff in a complaint filed July 6 by the Texas Trial Group seeking the injunction. Others included Chendall Weaver, last at Texas; A.J. Storr of Mississippi; Jason Edwards of Providence; and Daniel Egbuniwe of St. Bonaventure. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By CAROLyN KASTER The NCAA also has won stays of injunctions in Ohio and New Cleveland Browns tight end Dae’Quan Wright warms up before an NFL Jersey state courts and in a preseason game against the Buffalo Bills on Saturday in Cleveland. federal court in Colorado. placed on the non-football injury list at the start of training camp in July and was waived Aug. 8. He wasn’t claimed by any team and also wants to go back to college to play for Kiffin. Both players entered the NFL draft because they had used up their four years of eligibility. The NCAA announced a rule change in June allowing players who began college in 2023 or later to have five years to play five years of sports in college. That rule didn’t apply to Wright and Harris, who entered college in 2022 but they are among the players who have sued the NCAA, arguing they’re being deprived of education and potential name, image and likeness benefits by being excluded from the rule.

Cal football general manager Ron Rivera said Wednesday he hopes the ACC joins the Big Ten and SEC in turning away former pros. “I think when somebody makes a decision, goes in a certain direction, I think they’ve made their decision,” said Rivera, a former NFL player and coach. “I’m disappointed that people are looking for ways to cheat the system or beat the system.”

Tennessee basketball case Meanwhile, in Tennessee, the state’s Court of Appeals put on hold an order that would have given former Vanderbilt player Jalen Washington and 18 other basketball players a ﬁfth year of eligibility.

Castellanos commits to Texas Tech The Big 12 decision Wednesday came shortly after quarterback Tommy Castellanos said he has committed to Texas Tech for this season. The 12th-ranked Red Raiders are the defending Big 12 champions and among the favorites again this season. Castellanos, who played last season at Florida State, last Friday was among 10 athletes granted a temporary restraining order by a Kentucky judge to get a ﬁfth season of college football. Castellanos, a freshman at UCF in 2022, went undrafted by the NFL four months ago before a tryout as a receiver with the Miami Dolphins during their rookie minicamp. But he never made an NFL roster.

Fever-Sky most watched WNBA game since 1997

The Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game Sunday averaged 3.31 million viewers on NBC and Peacock to make it the mostwatched regular-season WNBA game since the league’s inaugural season in 1997. It also was the third-most watched regular-season game ever and peaked at 3.82 million viewers. That is behind only the June 21-22, 1997, opening weekend games that featured the New York Liberty-Los Angeles Sparks (5.04 million) and Charlotte StingPhoenix Mercury (3.59 million), also both on NBC. Caitlin Clark and the Fever continue to be the league’s top draw. They also have set all-time viewing records this season for games on CBS, ESPN and Amazon Prime Video.

Giants receiver Austin out for season with torn ACL

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Losing Calvin Austin to a season-ending knee injury means the New York Giants will be without a receiver who was expected to have a big role on offense. The 27-year-old has a torn ACL in his right knee and is expected to miss the season, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team had not revealed the extent of the injury. Austin was having a strong camp and preseason with two catches for 24 yards in exhibition play last week at Miami and many more in practice from Jaxson Dart as one of the starting quarterback’s most popular options.

Williams sisters will play doubles in U.S. Open

NEW YORK — Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up again at the U.S. Open. The sisters will play doubles at the tournament after receiving a wild card Wednesday into the event they won twice. Serena Williams returned to tennis this summer after a fouryear absence, and the sisters were set to play at Wimbledon before Serena had to withdraw after injuring her knee in her singles loss. They played in the Cincinnati Open, losing in the ﬁrst round. The Williams sisters won the 1999 and 2009 U.S. Open doubles titles and are 27-7 in their nine appearances. The ﬁrst round of the women’s doubles tournament begins Sept. 3.

Big Ten commissioner Petitti receives 5-year extension

ROSEMONT, Ill. — B i g Te n commissioner Tony Petitti received a five-year contract extension Wednesday by unanimous approval of the conference’s leadership. “Tony has provided outstanding vision for the conference through extremely turbulent times,” said Pamela Whitten, Indiana president and chair of the Big Ten’s Council of Presidents and Chancellors. “We’re thankful for his leadership and appreciate his spirit of innovation and collaboration as we continue to navigate the changing landscape of college sports.” Petitti oversaw the Big Ten’s expansion from 14 to 18 teams with the additions of Oregon, Southern California, UCLA and Washington in 2024.

LIV Golf begins layoffs without Saudi funding

LIV Golf has informed employees their jobs will end next week as the league begins life without Saudi funding, downsizing operations as it pursues an agreement with a lead investor to reshape the league for next year. It was not clear how many or what percentage of employees are being laid off. LIV ended its fifth season last week outside Indianapolis, one week earlier than expected. The staff reduction was not a surprise. LIV Golf learned in April the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia would end financial backing after this season. LIV in July filed a notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act that indicated layoffs were likely.

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Pels, bucket-getter Mathurin agree to deal BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

In what has been an offseason with very few roster moves, the New Orleans Pelicans finally are making one. The Pelicans have agreed to a deal with shooting guard Bennedict Mathurin, a source confirmed to The Times-Picayune on Wednesday. According to ESPN, it will be a two-year deal worth $16 million with a player option for the second year. The deal won’t be completed right away. The Pelicans already have 15 players under contract after signing former LSU standout Trendon Watford last week. According to sources, the team is exploring a corresponding move that would open a roster spot to sign Mathurin while also staying under the salary-cap apron. Mathurin was originally drafted by the Indiana Pacers with the sixth overall draft pick in the 2022 draft. He spent his first 31/ 2 seasons with the Pacers, helping them reach the NBA Finals in the 2024-25 season.

He scored 27 points in Game 3 to give Indiana a 2-1 series lead over Oklahoma City, which eventually won the series in seven games. He was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in February. In his home debut in L.A., he came off the bench and tied his career-high with 38 points. Mathurin is averaging 16.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.9 assists for his career. He averaged a career-best 17.6 points last season. His scoring ability checks one of the boxes the Pelicans needed. The Pelicans now have eight players on their roster who averaged double digits in points last season. That includes ﬁve players who averaged at least 15 points per game. Those five players are Trey Murphy (21.5), Zion Williamson (21), Saddiq Bey (17.7), Dejounte Murray (16.7) and Mathurin. Mathurin’s signing is the biggest roster move the Pelicans have made this offseason. They drafted St. Augustine alum Jaron Pierre in the second round in June and signed Watford last week. Other than that, the only major change

was the hiring of Jamahl Mosley as head coach. The Pelicans still need help with rebounding and rim protection. Joe Dumars, the executive vice president of basketball operations, spoke about the team’s quiet offseason earlier this month in an interview with The TimesPicayune. He also talked about the roster. “I think if we are healthy, we have a good roster,” Dumars said. “I believe in the players we have. But two things can be true at the same time. You can believe in your roster and you can continue to look to get better. So that’s what I’m doing. I believe in the roster, but I’m still looking for us to get better.” The Pelicans open the season at home Oct. 21 against the Pacers as Mathurin gets to face the team that drafted him. Mathurin scored 23 points and 17 points in his two games against the Pacers last season after he was traded to the Clippers. Email Rod Walker at rwalker@theadvocate.com.

Moore says ‘a lot’ of Saints’ starters to sit against Cowboys

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Continued from page 1C Previously on the sideline on game days, Martinez has moved upstairs to the coaches’ box — where he works with senior offensive assistant Scott Linehan and Saints’ analytics staffers to consult Moore. “It’s a good collection,” Moore said. “Mike spends a lot of time with me, so he’s around all these game management meetings and all these conversations. And so it allows us to just add another player to that team aspect there. And so it’s been really good.” In his first year, Moore’s game management wasn’t always smooth. The coach drew criticism in his very first game when he didn’t use any of his timeouts before halftime in a one-score loss to the Arizona Cardinals. He occasionally threw the challenge flag in questionable moments (Week 9 vs. the Rams). Or he curiously didn’t throw it at all, like when he passed on challenging a bad spot in a Dec. 8 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Specifically on challenges, Moore had only two calls overturned on the six flags he threw in 2025. The 33.3% hit rate fell below a league average that reportedly falls between 42-44%. Analytically, Moore graded out better in models that tracked fourth-down decision-making. According to RBSDM, the Saints ranked seventh in situations that called to go for it “when they should.” ESPN had the Saints gaining the ninth-most win probability on fourth downs that its model called to go for it, but graded New Orleans lower (No. 22) on what teams did best at making “optimal decisions.” The Saints, of course, have their own internal metrics that they rely on, which can differ from the other recommendations. Regardless, there were growing pains. After the season, Moore spent time reviewing all his decisions and studying the league as a whole. “Every offseason you go through a lot of that, just to improve game management, situational football, decision making,” Moore said. “There’s plenty of decisions you have to make in

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Continued from page 1C Todd Walker (1993), Warren Morris (1996), Patrick Coogan (1997) and Brad Cresse (2000). Seeing some of LSU’s greatest players carrying the embodiment of some of LSU’s greatest baseball moments brought back vivid memories of Bertman and what the man from Miami Beach, Florida, did for his adopted school and state. Rabbi Sarah Smiley of the United Jewish Congregation of Baton Rouge encouraged everyone in attendance to turn memories of Bertman into action “so the legacy he began to see in his own life will continue for many years to come.” Of that, there is little doubt. “He made baseball great,” said Herb Vincent, Southeastern Conference associate commissioner and an LSU graduate. “No longer did baseball have to be a loss leader in the athletic departments across the Southeastern

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New Orleans Pelicans center Daniel Theis, left, plays defense as Indiana Pacers guard Bennedict Mathurin attacks the basket during a game at the Smoothie King Center on Nov. 1, 2024. The Pelicans agreed with Mathurin to a two-year deal worth $16 million on Wednesday.

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

the games.” Also new this year, the NFL will allow teams to designate someone on staff other than the head coach to throw the red challenge ﬂag. But Moore plans to keep that responsibility. Instead, he’ll have one more voice — Martinez’s — in his ear on game days. During the week, Martinez will maintain his duties as assistant to the head coach — organizing schedules and performing other administrative tasks. But his new role involves putting together research projects for the coaching

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Kellen Moore had kept his plans close to the vest about whether he would play the New Orleans Saints’ starters in the preseason. But after Wednesday’s practice at Yulman Stadium, the Saints coach ﬁnally revealed his intent: The starters won’t see action. Mostly. Moore said “a lot“ of the starters will sit out again for Friday’s preseason finale against the Dallas Cowboys, meaning New Orleans will conclude the exhibition season without the majority of the ﬁrst team taking a single in-game rep before Week 1. Moore concluded that the Saints were better off avoiding injury risks since the team got extended work throughout training camp. New Orleans participated in three joint practices against three different teams this month, giving the starters high-quality reps in competitive environments. He said the three practices resulted in 145 snaps. The Saints had to be thoughtful about the choice, given the heavy number of injuries the team suffered during camp. According to Sharp Football Analysis, a website that tracks camp injuries, the Saints suffered the second-most injuries this summer behind only the San Francisco 49ers. New Orleans has witnessed season-ending injuries to defensive lineman Bryan Bresee (ACL) and guard Dillon Radunz (ACL), while watching several others (Jordyn Tyson, Quincy Riley, Cam Jordan and Alvin Kamara) suffer damage that likely will xtend into the start of the season. New Orleans, too, felt like it got good work from the joint practices. On Aug. 13, the Jacksonville Jaguars rolled into town to give New Orleans an opportunity to pit itself against an AFC team

Conference. Athletic directors saw if you invested in facilities and invested in people, they too could have winning teams; they too could have big crowds; they too could have championships.” Bertman’s Tigers weren’t the first SEC team to win the College World Series. That was Georgia in 1990. But since then, half of the CWS titles have been won by SEC teams, with eight of those trophies coming back to Baton Rouge. “Skip Bertman’s fingerprints are all over that remarkable success,” Vincent said. “Skip was one of the most influential people in the history of the SEC.” Certainly one of the best storytellers, a distinctive speaker who inspired countless imitations. Two stories about Bertman stood out, the first coming from arguably his greatest player, Ben McDonald. The All-America pitcher turned broadcaster told a tale of Bertman’s legendary ability to foresee what would happen in a game. McDonald was charting a game

in the dugout one day as freshman pitcher Paul Byrd took the mound. Byrd would go on to become one of LSU’s winningest pitchers and play 14 seasons in the major leagues. But on this day, Bertman knew he would struggle out of the gate and scripted exactly how it would happen. “He (Bertman) said, ‘Paul Byrd is going to give up two runs in the first inning,’ ” McDonald said. “ ‘He’ll walk the first batter. The next guy’s going to get a base hit. He’ll strike a guy out, but then somehow the runners are going to end up at second and third with two outs. Then they’ll get a base hit and two runs will score.’ “Paul Byrd walked the first batter on four pitches. The next batter got a base hit. He strikes out the three-hole hitter, but then the four-hole hitter hits a little squibber right back to Paul Byrd. The only play he had was over at first base, so he got the out at first base, but runners were on second and third. And don’t you know the fivehole hitter hit a base hit right up the middle and two runs scored.

“I just threw the clipboard up in the air. I was standing there looking at coach and he looks at me and says, ‘McDonald. Thirty years. I’ve seen it all … twice.’ ” Current LSU athletic director Verge Ausberry, an assistant AD during Bertman’s athletic directorship from 2001-08, said Skip, whose name was Stanley, had nicknames for everyone. For Bertman, because of his success and Jewish heritage, his nickname around the department was “The Chosen One.” Cut to LSU’s 2002 football game at Kentucky. Cue the “Bluegrass Miracle,” Marcus Randall’s twicetipped 75-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass to Devery Henderson to win 33-30. Bertman and LSU’s entourage — including his wife Sandy (who died in 2025), Ausberry and then assistant athletic director Dan Radakovich — were in a suite above the end zone where Henderson scored. “Dan and I are hugging each other, jumping up and down,” Ausberry said. “Skip is standing there saying, ‘I am the chosen

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Saints coach Kellen Moore talks with a referee during a game against the Carolina Panthers on Dec. 14 at the Caesars Superdome.

SAINTS ADD TWO VETERAN DBS With injuries in the secondary, the New Orleans Saints have signed a pair of defensive backs. The Saints announced Wednesday they have added veterans Michael Davis and David Long, both of whom have experience under defensive coordinator Bradley Staley.The signings came as cornerbacks Quincy Riley (groin) and Lorenzo Styles (calf) were sidelined. Davis, 31, spent last season with the Saints, appearing in 11 games. He played just nine defensive snaps and was more of a contributor on special teams as he became a gunner on punts. Long is coming off a brief stint with the New york Giants. He played in only one game last season, being elevated from the Carolina Panthers’ practice squad. In seven seasons, the former 2019 third-rounder has appeared in 80 games with 12 starts. Long started his career with the Los Angeles Rams, overlapping with Staley in 2020. Matthew Paras staff and keeping them updated on that week’s officiating crew, rule changes and other points of emphasis. He’ll mainly do all this behind the scenes. Martinez declined an interview request, but Moore was more than happy to expand on the promotion. “Mike’s kind of around it already,” Moore said. “This allows us to just create a really good rhythm during the week.”

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New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough watches a preseason game from the sidelines on Aug. 15 against Jacksonville. It appears Shough and most of the Saints’ starters won’t get a snap in any preseason games. that won 13 games last year. Days later, the Saints traveled west for two separate sessions against the Cowboys and Los Angeles Rams. Against Dallas, multiple ﬁghts erupted on a heated day, leading the NFL to issue a $500,000 ﬁne to both clubs. Tensions simmered against the Rams, giving the Saints a chance to test themselves against the team heavily favored to win the Super Bowl this season. Moore has indicated the preseason is valuable as a tune-up. Last year, when the Saints were conducting a quarterback competition, Moore used all three contests to play most of the starters. This season has resulted in a different path. Email Matthew Paras at matt.paras@theadvocate.com

one!’ We looked at each other and said, ‘Wow, he must be the chosen one.’ ” Bertman was seriously special. Through his acumen as a coach, motivator and promoter, he gave countless LSU fans and his family so much to be thankful for. Bertman’s three surviving daughters — Lori, Jodi and Jan — took the podium to end the evening, along with Ezra Pate, son of Bertman’s daughter Lisa Pate who died in 2012. Lori Bertman spoke for the family, relating a call she got after her father’s passing from tennis great Billie Jean King. “(She) called me and said, ‘Your father was a true force, Lori. A true force,’ ” Lori Bertman said. “Thank you for making us feel safe and loved, and teaching us that winning was about much more than baseball.” As they left the podium, they were still holding the rope. For more LSU sports updates, sign up for our newsletter at theadvocate.com/lsunewsletter

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Legal experts debate teeth of SEC’s new rule BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

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LSU tight end Trey’Dez Green races upfield after a catch during drills on Friday at practice. Green will be one of two players wearing No. 7 this season.

LSU football picks its players to wear Nos. 7, 18

BY JON BLAU Staff writer

tradition started with cornerback Patrick Peterson in 2008 that players on both sides of the ball will don a No. 7 uniMoore form. Green has long been considered t h e f r o n t r u nner to inherit the number from Perkins. At 6-foot-7, 237 pounds, the forWeeks mer basketball player has many athletic advantages. The SEC coaches voted Green ﬁrst-team all-conference this preseason, and The Associated Press voters made the junior a preseason All-American. “I don’t got a lot to say, but that guy should wear No. 7, in my opinion,” said offensive lineman Bo Bordelon, who was in the No. 18 discussion. “He’s a playmaker, ballplayer.” Weeks, who was also considered a candidate for No. 18, is certainly a playmaker on the defensive side of the ball. The senior was voted a first-team All-SEC preseason player by the conference coaches despite being limited by injuries in 2025. As a sophomore, Weeks was a first-team All-SEC selection with 125 tackles, which ranked eighth all-time in LSU history. That included 10 tackles for loss, along with 3.5 sacks, two forces fumbles, an interception and six quarterback hurries.

Lane Kiffin didn’t abandon LSU’s tradition of special numbers, but his first season will feature some different kind of choices. LSU’s No. 18 will be worn by an offensive lineman, Braelin Moore, for just the second time in program history. Meanwhile, the No. 7 won’t be worn by one Tiger but two: tight end Trey’Dez Green and linebacker Whit Weeks. Because he’s an offensive lineman, Moore will continue to wear his No. 61 uniform to conform with NCAA numbering rules. He also will sport a jersey patch with the No. 18, which honors the LSU player who most exudes leadership and good character. The only other time LSU awarded an offensive lineman the No. 18 was during the 2019 season when Lloyd Cushenberry received the honor. Cushenberry, who currently plays for the Buffalo Bills, was also a center. In 2019, the Tigers went undefeated and won a national title with Joe Burrow at quarterback and Ed Orgeron on the sideline as coach. Orgeron returned to LSU this season as a special assistant to recruiting and defense. The only other time two LSU players wore No. 7 — a signiﬁer of the team’s top playmaker — was during the 2024 season when Brian Kelly awarded it to both offensive tackle Will Campbell and linebacker Harold Perkins. Campbell’s No. 7 was a jersey patch, as well, so this season Email Jon Blau at will mark the ﬁrst time since the jon.blau@theadvocate.com

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Continued from page 1C Brayden’s cheeks are a little chunkier. He added Bryan was more methodical when he walked. That latter trait extends to personality. “If you tell them to cut a watermelon open, Bryan’s going to think about it and he’s going to look at about three or four different knives, choose the right one and then start cutting it up,” Hall said. “Brayden’s going to pick up the ﬁrst knife he sees and start attacking.” Bryan, one minute younger than his brother, offered a slight amendment. “Brayden’s probably not even taking a knife,” he said. “He’s just taking his hand and ripping it out.” The back-and-forth playful jabs at each other continue nonstop. Take the fact Brayden won two Sun Belt championships with Sumrall at Troy while Kentucky and Bryan were nowhere close to contending in the SEC. “I was born first, so he’s been chasing me his whole life,” Brayden said. “When he got here, we had to teach him how to win a conference title.” Justin Agu (6-foot-2, 190 pounds) jumped at the opportunity to ﬁnish his career with his younger brother after spending four seasons at UL, where he made 36 tackles in 2024, and one at Louisville, where he played sparingly. Dickson Agu led the Wave in tackles in September before suf-

fering a season-ending knee injury at Tulsa and will start the opener at Duke. Justin has come on strong in the past two weeks and is in the mix for playing time at cornerback. “It’s surreal,” Justin said. “The last time we played together was back in high school (Dutchtown) when I was a senior and he was a sophomore, and he was just barely touching the ﬁeld. Now it’s way bigger than before.” Dickson deserves an assist for getting his brother on the roster. “In December, he said he wanted to come home,” Dickson said. “We talked to the coaches and set it up. It will be perfect. It’s just like high school again. We get to live together and we get to play with each other on the ﬁeld.” Kadin and Cash Semonza have roomed together at an off-campus apartment since they arrived in New Orleans for the 2025 spring semester. No matter where Semonza ended up after entering the portal from Ball State, Cash wanted to play with him. Tulane gave him that chance as a walk-on. “When they offered my brother a scholarship, I was blessed and grateful for getting a spot on the team,” he said. “I didn’t really have an opportunity to go anywhere else.” Although not in the mix for playing time yet, Cash made numerous plays in preseason camp at wide receiver, including several on passes from Kadin. It is a new feeling. In their two years together at powerhouse California high school program Mission Viejo, they com-

A legal battle could be brewing in the SEC. In a way, it’s already begun. And LSU is on the front lines of the fight. It has been since Aug. 19, when a Baton Rouge judge awarded a temporary restraining order to a group of roughly 30 athletes who filed suit in search of a fifth year of eligibility. That ruling paved the way for coach Lane Kiffin to start adding former NFL players to his first LSU roster — and for the SEC to pass a new rule aimed at prohibiting him and other coaches from doing so. Kiffin isn’t alone. Texas signed a center who participated in NFL minicamps this past summer, and the Kentucky men’s basketball program added a forward who played in NBA Summer League games. But LSU is driving most of the chaos. The Tigers hope to add at least three players to their football team before the season kicks off Sept. 5, and two of them appeared on NFL rosters in August: tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris. Neither player is eligible to play for LSU under the new SEC rule, which was passed Tuesday evening. But will they challenge the new measure? And if they did, could it hold up in court? The Advocate discussed those questions with five legal experts who each outlined how college athletics reached this point — and what may lie ahead.

SEC’s new rule Sam Ehrlich, a former lawyer and Boise State professor who researches legal aspects of the sports industry, generally thinks that conference-specific rules can hold up. The key is competition. The more some rules differ from league to league, the more likely it is that the college sports world can withstand the antitrust lawsuits that have slowly eroded the NCAA’s authority to write and enforce its policies across the last five years. “If you don’t like the Big Ten rule,” Ehrlich said, “you can go to the SEC or you can go to the Pac-12 or the MAC or anything else, and those can be considered reasonable substitutes within this market. “So, I think long term, the conference rules are gonna be fine.” But what if the conferences have some of the same rules? That’s where things can get “real, real wacky,” Ehrlich said, especially for the 2022 high school athletes trying to land fifth seasons of eligibility through the courts. Plaintiff attorneys could lump the SEC, the Big Ten or another conference into a lawsuit against the NCAA, and if they do, then a judge could rule that the conferences are acting in concert with the NCAA and are thus subject to the same legal standards.

bined for only one completion on a 5-yard out pattern. “I was older and he was young, and we had a hell of a team,” Kadin said. “We would be up by so many points, coach didn’t want me to play anymore (when Cash and the backups entered).” Kadin lost a close competition with Zeon Chriss-Gremillion for Tulane’s starting job and is the top backup. Hall sees a future on the ﬁeld for Cash, too, if he bulks up. “He’s still growing and getting better,” Hall said. “Natural hands. Probably the best corner-route runner on our team. He is going to be a really good player.” The Mickow pairing was the most unexpected. When Ryan chose Tulane out of the portal after three seasons at Boston College, he had no clue Evan would join him. Separated by three years, they never played together at perennial state champion Fort Lauderdale (Fla.) St. Thomas Aquinas. Evan was on the junior varsity team when Ryan was a senior. Ryan (6-7, 311 pounds) will start the opener at right offensive tackle. Evan, a 6-6, 216-pound walk-on tight end, will spend the year on the scout team. They are not roommates, but they are happy to be together at Tulane. “First of all, it’s just a great school for academics,” said Evan, who turned down a walk-on offer from Florida State and a playing offer from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania. “And to be able to play with my family and have somebody teach the way is amazing.”

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Ole Miss defensive tackle Zxavian Harris rushes against Duke during the second half of the Gator Bowl on Jan. 2, 2025, in Jacksonville, Fla.

On Wednesday, a Texas judge athletes into its new age-based granted a temporary restraining eligibility rules in June. Andrew order to a Texas A&M basketball Brandt, an NFL executive turned player who’s played in the NBA Villanova professor and author, G League. In the ruling, the judge pointed out that the NFL rookies chose not to draw a distinction be- trickling back into college football tween the NCAA and the SEC, po- are just trying to play the fifth year tentially giving the lawyers who that was given to everyone else. “They’ll have to figure out what represent Wright, Harris and the other Louisiana plaintiffs a blue- to do with these five to 10 players print for challenging the league’s this year that are getting all the new eligibility rule banning for- attention,” he said. “But it’s not an mer professional players from issue for the future.” Others, such as Tulane law procompetition. New Yorks sports lawyer Ryan fessor Gabe Feldman and Illinois Mulvaney thinks that conference sports lawyer Mitch Gilfillan, rules are “just anagree with Brandt. They think the NFL other avenue ripe for “If you don’t like litigation.” the Big Ten rule, you issue will resolve it“That’s no different fairly quickly, but can go to the SEC self than the issue involvFeldman worries that or you can go to more litigation aimed ing the NCAA,” he the Pac-12 or the at different eligibility said. “If conferences rules could throw colare announcing that MAC or anything (rule), whether now lege sports into even else, and those or midseason, I would turmoil. can be considered more suspect you’d see or“This won’t happen reasonable next year because ders to show cause substitutes within everybody will have be filed, if not joining the full five years,” the conferences with this market.” Feldman said. “So the NCAA or, dependSAM EHRLICH, this is probably just a ing upon what relief former lawyer and one-year anomaly, but has already been Boise State professor absent federal legisprovided, against the conferences.” lation, there’s nothIt’s important to ing to stop an athlete point out that the NCAA has picked from suing next time to say, ‘Well, up a few legal wins recently. The I want a sixth year. Why am I only big one was a stay issued last Fri- getting five?’ ” Said Gilfillan: “They did not foreday in a Colorado class-action suit. Others have come via state courts see, or maybe they did foresee, in New Jersey, Ohio and Tennessee. what the fallout could possibly be, Louisiana could be next. That and obviously they’re suffering case has another hearing sched- the consequences.” Consequences such as the SEC uled for Monday that could determine whether the plaintiffs get a finding itself at odds with one of longer-lasting decision on their its member schools right as footeligibility. ball season begins. That’s where things stand, as of Wednesday, for A new normal? Kiffin’s LSU team — a program All five experts agreed that the that positioned itself to benefit NCAA likely won’t have to worry from the court rulings that are about NFL players returning to plunging the college sports world into chaos. college football beyond this year. The issue, they said, originates from the NCAA’s decision not Email Reed Darcey at reed. to grandfather 2022 high school darcey@theadvocate.com.

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Continued from page 1C year. If the NCAA had offered them eligibility, Kiffin argues many of them never would have jumped to the pro ranks. “It’s really wrong to be critical of these kids,” Kiffin said. “They were granted a ﬁfth year by a judge saying that they were wronged by the NCAA and that they should have had the fifth year all along.” Wade has recruited former St. John’s and UMass guard RJ Luis, who recently won a preliminary injunction against the NCAA from a Baton Rouge court despite entering the NBA draft as a junior, signing a twoway contract with the Utah Jazz, being traded to the Boston Celtics and playing in three preseason games. In Luis’ court case, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey submitted an afﬁdavit Aug. 13 in support of NCAA rules against pros returning. College sports have been on a slippery slope through the NIL era. Once athletes were being paid, the NCAA allowed Europeans who were paid to play in pro leagues an avenue to participate. Now, pros from American leagues are bouncing back to colleges. On Tuesday, the conference’s schools voted unanimously to enact a rule against athletes rejoining college programs after they declared for the NFL, NBA or

WNBA drafts without withdrawing, or if they signed a contract or were rostered by any of those leagues or their affiliates. That includes any professional football league, including the UFL. SEC schools empowered Sankey to “enforce this expectation with penalties” when the new rules were announced. The penalties unveiled Wednesday are similar to those instituted by the Big Ten, which just updated its guidelines to prevent former NFL players from signing with member institutions. According to multiple reports, LSU abstained from voting on the SEC’s new penalties, which received a 15-0 vote in favor. The lingering question is whether LSU will follow through and enroll these athletes because it’s unclear whether the courts could provide Wright, Harris and Luis cover. Darren Heitner, an attorney representing Wright and Harris, noted in a Tuesday night social media post that the temporary restraining order in Louisiana applies to “all persons acting in concert or participation with” the NCAA. “The SEC is no stranger. It is at a minimum a participant,” Heitner wrote, referencing Sankey’s affidavits in recent eligibility lawsuits. “If the SEC now attempts to keep players off the field after they terminate their pro deals, the SEC is also acting in concert with the NCAA. And a judge in Louisiana may find it to be in contempt.”

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THE VARSITY ZONE FOOTBALL PRE VIEW n DISTRICT 8-5A

Warren Easton coach trusts LB Curley unequivocally BY CHRISTOPHER DABE Staff writer

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Bonnabel coach Andre Anthony celebrates with his team after defeating Riverdale in Metairie on Nov. 7.

FIVE THINGS TO KNOW 1. Bonnabel last season won a district title for the first time since 1998 and won a playoff game for the first time since 1997, all with former LSU and Edna Karr standout Andre Anthony in his first season as head coach. 2. The Bruins return four all-district selections from last season. Joining Williams are junior linebacker Kenyon Harper, junior defensive back Dontrell Williams and senior offensive lineman

Learick Stewart.All-district players from Riverdale include Farrell along with tight end Carlos Williams, offensive lineman Curtis Haywood and defensive lineman Darnell Bolton. 3. Higgins added former Rummel starting QB Tyler Holden to go along with returning all-district wideout Justin Whitley. All-district kick returner Jaron Toney will play receiver and running back. 4. Other returning all-district selections

FIVE PLAYERS TO WATCH Elijah Chapman DB | Higgins, Sr. Returning all-district selection who covers the middle of the field at free safety and linebacker while also playing H-back on offense.“He’s our MVP,” coach Emanuel Powell said.“He makes really big plays for us.” Sabyron Ferrell DB/ATH | Riverdale, Sr. The 6-foot-3 Texas Southern commitment with three interceptions last season will play wide receiver and return kicks. Also is the district long- and triple-jump champion. Ronald Gardet DB/WR | East Jefferson, Sr. The all-district transfer from Douglass intercepted 12 passes and scored three

include John Ehret defensive back Dustin Walker and East Jefferson wide receiver Treylon Williams. 5. Warren Easton should bring competitiveness despite going 0-14 in 9-5A games over the past two seasons. The Eagles held the No. 1 playoff seed as recent as 2022. Key players include LB James Curley and WR Malcolm Martin. Christopher Dabe

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touchdowns on kickoff and punt returns last season. He’ll also play wideout.“He’s one of those kids you’re going to recognize from the eye test and things like that,” coach Derek Rose said. Sylas Rood QB | John Ehret, Sr. Enters his third season as a starter with some weapons around him. He will be surrounded by powerful running back Dominic Webber, who was a regional qualifier in the shot put, and top wideout Darrell Taylor.“He makes all the right throws,” coach Wallace Foster said of Rood. Raheem Williams WR/DB | Bonnabel, Jr. His three touchdown receptions keyed the Bruins’ playoff win last season. He also plays safety and punts.

Bonnabel Last year: 8-4, 5-0 in 10-5A Riverdale Last year: 9-3, 4-1 in 10-5A John Ehret Last year: 4-7, 3-2 in 10-5A Higgins Last year: 3-8, 2-3 in 10-5A West Jefferson Last year: 2-7, 1-4 in 10-5A East Jefferson Last year: 0-10, 0-5 in 10-5A Warren Easton Last year: 3-7, 0-7 in 9-5A Ben Franklin Last year: 2-6, no district honors

he is the man in the middle, leading a defense that has senior defensive lineman Juelz Haley and sophomore Rekye Gibson back as starters. “I think he has probably the most experience off the whole team,” Phillips said. Curley learned from linebackers before him, including Narco Dunn (now at Hinds Community College) and Tyhaj Johnson (Arkansas-Pine Bluff). “He can call the whole defense,” Phillips said. “He knows everything. He knows what I want. He knows what we’re trying to accomplish. He knows where everybody needs to be.” That’s especially important when he must change a call on the field. “He’s always taking on the blocks he’s supposed to take on, being that sacrificial lamb for somebody else,” Phillips said. “It’s routine stuff. Stuff that don’t make a highlight tape but he’ll end up with maybe 10 tackles.” Before Curley came to Easton, Phillips knew him as one of the better players on his son Jaedon’s travel baseball team. Curley has played baseball for as long as he can remember, continuing at Easton as a starting third baseman and pitcher. Starting on two teams has made him a well-known figure around school. He’s popular enough to be selected as this year’s “Mr. Easton.” Phillips can relate. He was once Mr. Edna Karr. Phillips also played middle linebacker and knew how to put his teammates in the best position for success. He now has another linebacker who can do the same for him.

Warren Easton middle linebacker James Curley watched as coach Jerry Phillips called for a blitz that required four linebackers on the ﬁeld. There were only Curley three, so Curley quickly moved a safety and brought another linebacker into the rush. With those changes, the blitz worked. “And it worked out well,” Phillips said. “I was like, ‘Great job,’ because I (messed) that up big time.” Phillips holds high expectations for his middle linebackers because that’s the position he played during his standout run as a player at Edna Karr and Tulane in the 1990s. Sometimes Curley must cover for his coach’s mistakes, just as he did during that recent preseason practice. “I know he’s got my back,” Phillips said. “I know he gets it.” Curley didn’t always have this level of football knowledge. At ﬁrst, progress was slow. “I started off pretty rough,” he said. Curley never had played football before he arrived at Easton as a freshman. Inspired by older brother Damon Joseph, a former Easton cornerback now at Alcorn State, Curley gave the sport a try. “I was short,” Curley said. “I was fat.” Offseason conditioning whipped him into shape. “Now I’m Linebacker One,” he said. “Quarterback of the defense.” Curley (6-0, 215 pounds) Contact Christopher started at outside lineback- Dabe at cdabe@ er last season. This season, theadvocate.com

Jamborees feature plenty of storylines to follow BY SPENCER URQUHART Staff writer

High school football jamborees are taking place this week, and there’s no shortage of interesting storylines involving teams and players throughout the New Orleans metro area. The jamboree scrimmages begin Thursday with a handful of matchups, and the majority of teams will take the ﬁeld Friday. A Saturday doubleheader at Tad Gormley Stadium involving Edna Karr and St. Augustine will close out this year’s jamboree slate. Here are ﬁve things to look for this week:

Edna Karr’s QB1 race Two-time reigning state champion Edna Karr looked sharp in last Saturday’s scrimmage against McDonogh 35 in which junior quarterbacks Forest Johnson and Marlon Jones showed promise. Johnson and Jones have showcased themselves in 7-on-7 tournaments this summer as Karr looks to replace former starting quarterback John Johnson. Forest Johnson led four scoring drives in Saturday’s scrimmage, tossing three touchdown passes, and Jones had two scoring drives with one touchdown pass. Johnson showed off his downfield passing ability against McDonogh 35 by connecting with three different Karr receivers for touchdowns. Jones is a dual-threat quarterback who extended plays

with his legs and threw a deep touchdown pass. Karr coach Brice Brown has yet to name a starting quarterback but was complimentary of Johnson after the scrimmage. “I was pleased with how we passed the ball,” Brown said. “Forest (Johnson) really got in a groove. Some big plays, moved the chains well.” Karr will face Slidell on Saturday at Tad Gormley Stadium as part of a doubleheader. Kickoff is set for 5:30 p.m., with St. Augustine and John Ehret to follow.

Nussmeier’s progress Four-star senior quarterback Colton Nussmeier saw his first game action since transferring to Rummel in a Aug. 19 scrimmage against Ponchatoula. A strong-armed left-handed passer who can run when needed, Nussmeier completed 7 of 8 passes and led two Rummel scoring drives. He showed chemistry with junior wide receiver Kirby Cade, who caught a team-high three passes and a touchdown, and senior receiver Nate Singleton. Singleton was set to be the Rummel quarterback before Nussmeier transferred in early August. Rummel coach Nick Monica has been pleased with how the seniors have adjusted. “(The seniors) are embracing a senior (Nussmeier) that they had never met before,” Monica said. “I was a little concerned about that,

cruit, will be tested Friday against a Shaw defense that’s led the Eagles to back-to-back state title game appearances. Shaw’s secondary is anchored by versatile senior safety Rontrae Carter, a ﬁve-year starter committed to TCU. While Shaw returns most of its defense from last season, limiting Royal is a tough ask. He made explosive plays last year against stingy defenses such as Edna Karr, which had four Division I signees in its defensive backﬁeld. The jamboree matchup between Brother Martin and Shaw is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Joe Zimmerman Stadium in Marrero.

New Holy Cross QB Holy Cross has a new quarterSTAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE back this season in Cooper Odle, a Edna Karr’s Forest Johnson, right, hands the ball off against John F. senior who transferred from University High in Baton Rouge. Kennedy during a spring game in Algiers on May 13. Odle was solid in an Aug. 19 but they’ve handled it in stride.” timed portion of last Saturday’s scrimmage against Hahnville, Nussmeier’s next opportunity scrimmage against Mandeville. completing seven passes for 78 is at 5:30 p.m. Friday as Rummel Sullivan thrives as a pocket passer, yards and a touchdown. He’ll be travels to Covington for a jambo- while Vandenweghe is an athletic tasked next with facing Belle Chasse, which reached the state ree matchup against St. Paul’s. The dual-threat quarterback. “I thought both (Sullivan and semifinals last season behind a Wolves have a talented secondary led by juniors Christian Martin Vandenweghe) were efficient and defense that allowed less than 10 did a good job,” Manale said. points per game. and RJ Payne. Sullivan and Vandenweghe apHoly Cross and Belle Chasse Jesuit QBs splitting time pear likely to split reps again this kick off the first half of a jamboree Jesuit coach Ryan Manale has in- week as Jesuit travels to Slidell for doubleheader beginning at 6 p.m. dicated that both juniors Sully Sul- its jamboree at 6:30 p.m. Thursday Friday at Bobby Nuss Stadium. A matchup between Chalmette and livan and Mani Vandenweghe will against Northshore. South Plaquemines follows. see playing time at quarterback Easton Royal vs. Shaw this season. Sullivan and Vandenweghe each Brother Martin senior wide re- Email Spencer Urquhart at led scoring drives during the ceiver Easton Royal, a five-star re- surquhart@theadvocate.com.

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SCOREBOARD Odds Thursday

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Pro football NFL glance Thursday’s games

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 6 p.m. New England at Cleveland, 7 p.m. San Francisco at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. L.A. Rams at L.A. Chargers, 9 p.m.

Friday’s games

Washington at Baltimore, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 6 p.m. Houston at Carolina, 6 p.m. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 6:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m. Arizona at Green Bay, 7 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Detroit at Indianapolis, noon Chicago at Tennessee, 5 p.m.

College football Thursday’s games EAST

Maine (0-0) at Towson (0-0), 5 p.m. Stony Brook (0-0) at Delaware St. (0-0), 5 p.m. Lafayette (0-0) at Georgetown (0-0), 6 p.m.

SOUTH

Ohio Dominican (0-0) at Morehead St. (0-0), 5 p.m. S. Illinois (0-0) at West Florida (0-0), 6 p.m. MVSU (0-0) at Nicholls (0-0), 6 p.m. Gardner-Webb (0-0) at Austin Peay (0-0), 6 p.m. Chattanooga (0-0) at West Georgia (0-0), 6 p.m. Houston Christian (0-0) at Southeastern (0-0), 6 p.m. Concord (0-0) at Davidson (0-0), 6 p.m. Glenville St. (0-0) at Elon (0-0), 6 p.m. Anderson (SC) Trojans (0-0) at Furman (0-0), 6 p.m. Virginia-Wise (0-0) at Presbyterian (0-0), 6 p.m. E. Illinois (0-0) at Murray St. (0-0), 6 p.m. Cent. Arkansas (0-0) at UT Martin (0-0), 6:30 p.m. Louisiana College (0-0) at Northwestern St. (0-0), 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

Mercyhurst (0-0) at Youngstown St. (0-0), 5 p.m. Charleston Southern (0-0) at Lindenwood (Mo.) (0-0), 6 p.m. Northwestern (IA) (0-0) at W. Illinois (0-0), 6 p.m. Winona St. (0-0) at St. Thomas (Minn.) (0-0), 6 p.m. S.D. Mines (0-0) at Drake (0-0), 6:30 p.m. LIU Brooklyn (0-0) at North Dakota (0-0), 7 p.m.

Friday’s games

EAST Colgate (0-0) at Fordham (0-0), 5 p.m. William & Mary (0-0) at Villanova (0-0), 5 p.m. Marist (0-0) at New Haven (0-0), 5 p.m. Rhode Island (0-0) at Merrimack (0-0), 5 p.m. New Hampshire (0-0) at Albany (NY) (0-0), 6 p.m. FAR WEST Weber St. (0-0) at N. Colorado (0-0), 8 p.m. Idaho (0-0) at Cal Poly (0-0), 9 p.m.

Saturday’s games

EAST Robert Morris (0-0) at Wagner (0-0), 11 a.m. Lehigh (0-0) at Holy Cross (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Bryant (0-0) at Stonehill (0-0), 5 p.m. Howard (0-0) vs. Alabama A&M (0-0) at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. SOUTH Alabama St. (0-0) vs. Southern (0-0) at Birmingham, Ala., 2 p.m. NC State (0-0) at Virginia (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Campbell (0-0) at ETSU (0-0), 4:30 p.m. Bucknell (0-0) at Richmond (0-0), 5 p.m. The Citadel (0-0) at Wofford (0-0), 5 p.m. Savannah St. (0-0) at SC State (0-0), 5 p.m. Morgan St. (0-0) at NC A&T (0-0), 5 p.m. Winston-Salem (0-0) at Norfolk St. (0-0), 5 p.m. Va. Lynchburg (0-0) at Hampton (0-0), 5 p.m. Stephen F. Austin (0-0) at McNeese St. (0-0), 6 p.m. Miles (0-0) at Alcorn St. (0-0), 6 p.m. East Texas A&M (0-0) at Mercer (0-0), 6 p.m. E. Kentucky (0-0) at W. Carolina (0-0), 6 p.m. New Mexico St. (0-0) at Florida St. (0-0), 6 p.m. Monmouth (NJ) (0-0) at Tennessee Tech (0-0), 6 p.m. North Alabama (0-0) vs. Samford (0-0) at Huntsville, Ala., 6 p.m. Albany St. (Ga.) (0-0) at Florida A&M (0-0), 6 p.m. Clark Atlanta (0-0) at Grambling St. (0-0), 6 p.m. Jackson St. (0-0) at Tennessee St. (0-0), 7:30 p.m. MIDWEST Fairmont St. (0-0) at Dayton (0-0), 11 a.m. Georgetown (0-0) at Butler (0-0), 12 p.m. Lawrence Tech Blue Devils (0-0) at Valparaiso (0-0), 1 p.m. CCSU (0-0) at South Dakota (0-0), 2 p.m. Jacksonville St. (0-0) at N. Dakota St. (0-0), 4:30 p.m. SE Missouri (0-0) at Indiana St. (0-0), 5 p.m. Sacramento St. (0-0) at E. Michigan (0-0), 5:30 p.m. Stetson (0-0) at S. Dakota St. (0-0), 6 p.m. St. Francis (Ill.) (0-0) at Illinois St. (0-0), 6 p.m. SOUTHWEST TCU (0-0) vs. North Carolina (0-0) at Dublin, 11 a.m. NC Central (0-0) at Texas Southern (0-0), 6 p.m. Okla. Panhandle St. (0-0) at Incarnate Word (0-0), 6 p.m. Abilene Christian (0-0) at Lamar (0-0), 7 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff (0-0) vs. Morehouse (0-0) at Little Rock, Ark., 6 p.m. Texas-Permian Basin (0-0) at UT Rio Grande Valley (0-0), 7 p.m. Prairie View (0-0) at Tarleton St. (0-0), 8 p.m. FAR WEST San Jose St. (0-0) at Southern Cal (0-0), 2 p.m. UC Davis (0-0) at Portland St. (0-0), 2 p.m. E. Washington (0-0) at N. Arizona (0-0), 4 p.m. VMI (0-0) at Idaho St. (0-0), 5 p.m. Hawaii (0-0) at Stanford (0-0), 6 p.m. S. Utah (0-0) at Montana (0-0), 8 p.m. Memphis (0-0) at UNLV (0-0), 9 p.m. Montana St. (0-0) at Utah Tech (0-0), 9 p.m.

Pro tennis US Open results Wednesday

At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center New York Purse: $5,438,400 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor

Men’s singles

East Division

Qualiﬁcation Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera (31), Chile, def. Genaro Alberto Olivieri, Argentina, 6-3, 6-1. Daniel Rincon, Spain, def. Jordan Lee, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Andrea Guerrieri, Italy, def. Joel Schwaerzler, Austria, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1. Jurij Rodionov (21), Austria, def. Frederico Ferreira Silva, Portugal, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1. Aziz Dougaz, Tunisia, def. Kyrian Jacquet (10), France, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Jacob Fearnley (4), Britain, def. Luka Pavlovic, France, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-4. Vilius Gaubas (14), Lithuania, def. Marco Cecchinato, Italy, 6-4, 6-3. Coleman Wong (2), Hong Kong, China, def. Lukas Neumayer, Austria, 6-3, 6-3. Cristian Garin (24), Chile, def. Elias Ymer, Sweden, 6-2, 7-6 (5). Grigor Dimitrov (25), Bulgaria, def. Timofey Skatov, Kazakhstan, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Dusan Lajovic (30), Serbia, def. David Jorda Sanchis, Spain, 7-5, 7-6 (2). Otto Virtanen (9), Finland, def. Jack Pinnington Jones, Britain, 2-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Mackenzie McDonald (28), United States, def. Thiago Seyboth Wild, Brazil, 6-4, 6-4. Toby Samuel (7), Britain, def. Billy Harris,

Mississippi Valley State at Nicholls State

WHEN: 6 p.m. Thursday WHERE: Strawberry Stadium (7,408), Hammond ONLINE: ESPN+ RECORDS: Both teams 0-0 LATEST LINE: SLU by 30½ SERIES: SLU leads 9-1 LAST MEETING: SLU won 38-14 in 2025. NOTES: The two teams open the season with a Southland Conference game in a series dominated by the Lions. ... The Lions, picked to ﬁnish second in the SLC, are ranked No. 19 in the Stats Perform FCS preseason poll. SLU is one of three Southland schools (Stephen F. Austin No. 13 and Lamar No. 20) in the Top 25. ... SLU coach Frank Scelfo is the dean of Southland football coaches with a 53-40 record in eight seasons, including four FCS playoff appearances. ... HCU is led by third-year coach Jason Bachtel, who served as the team’s offensive coordinator before being promoted. His record is 7-17 at HCU. ... The Huskies signed just one transfer this season in contrast to signing 18 in 2025.

WHEN: 6 p.m. Thursday WHERE: John L. Guidry Stadium (12,800), Thibodaux ONLINE: ESPN+ RECORDS: Both teams 0-0 LATEST LINE: Nicholls by 30½ SERIES: Nicholls leads 2-0 LAST MEETING: Nicholls won 66-0 in 2024. NOTES: This is the second straight season the Colonels have opened on Week 0. Last season, they upset then No. 4 Incarnate Word 20-6 to start the year. ... After starting the season 1-6 last season, Nicholls won three of its last five to finish 4-8. ... The Delta Devils finished 2-10 last season, but ended the year on a strong note by upsetting Florida A&M 35-31. ... The Delta Devils are led by second-year coach Terrell Buckley, a former Florida State great and 14-year NFL veteran. ... Nicholls signed 44 players to its 2026 recruiting class. The class has 22 players from Louisiana, 14 from Mississippi, two each from Alabama, Georgia and Texas, one from Florida and one from Canada.

Women’s singles

Qualiﬁcation Elena Pridankina, Russia, def. Rebecca Marino, Canada, 6-2, 6-4. Robin Montgomery, United States, def. Jeline Vandromme (26), Belgium, 7-5, 6-3. Mariam Bolkvadze, Georgia, def. Alevtina Ibragimova, Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Zheng Qinwen (14), China, def. Clara Burel, France, 6-1, 7-5. Anouk Koevermans, Netherlands, def. Linda Klimovicova, Poland, 6-3, 7-5. Carson Branstine, Canada, def. Linda Fruhvirtova, Czechia, 6-4, 7-5. Polina Iatcenko, Russia, def. Lucia Bronzetti (7), Italy, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3. Gabriela Knutson, Czechia, def. Dominika Salkova (11), Czechia, 6-3, 6-1. Andrea Lazaro Garcia (31), Spain, def. Mai Hontama, Japan, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-1. Lucrezia Stefanini (28), Italy, def. Madison Brengle, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Julieta Pareja, United States, def. Iryna Shymanovich, Belarus, 6-4, 6-2. Mia Ristic, Serbia, def. Francisca Jorge, Portugal, 6-1, 6-3. Susan Bandecchi, Switzerland, def. Viktoria Hruncakova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2. Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgia, def. Despina Papamichail, Greece, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2). Harriet Dart (29), Britain, def. Kristina Penickova, United States, 5-7, 6-0, 6-3. Himeno Sakatsume (23), Japan, def. Tyra Caterina Grant, Italy, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3. Arantxa Rus, Netherlands, def. Suzan Lamens, Netherlands, 6-3, 6-4. Yuan Yue (13), China, def. Julia Avdeeva, Russia, 6-3, 6-2. Bianca Andreescu, Canada, def. Veronika Podrez (24), Ukraine, 6-0, 6-3. Lucie Havlickova, Czechia, def. Moyuka Uchijima (2), Japan, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (6). Nao Hibino, Japan, def. Anna Siskova, Czechia, 6-4, 6-2. Tamara Zidansek, Slovenia, def. Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales, Spain, 7-5, 6-3. Martyna Kubka, Poland, def. Marina Bassols Ribera (21), Spain, 6-3, 6-2. Mary Stoiana (17), United States, def. Katie Swan, Britain, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3. Heather Watson, Britain, def. Angela Fita Boluda, Spain, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (5). Francesca Jones (3), Britain, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-2. Joanna Garland, Taiwan, def. Priscilla Hon, Australia, 6-3, 6-4. Storm Hunter, Australia, def. Yeon Woo Ku, South Korea, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-0. Kristina Liutova (16), Russia, def. Lola Radivojevic, Serbia, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4. Darja Semenistaja (4), Latvia, def. Alexandra Shubladze, Russia, 7-6 (5), 6-4. Elvina Kalieva (8), United States, def. Soﬁa Costoulas, Belgium, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Vendula Valdmannova, Czechia, def. Aliaksandra Sasnovich (25), Belarus, 5-7, 6-3, 6-1.

Mixed doubles

Semiﬁnals Belinda Bencic, Switzerland, and Flavio Cobolli (4), Italy, def. Gael Monﬁls, France, and Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 4-5 (7), 4-1, 10-5.

WTA Abierto Monterrey results Wednesday

At Club Sonoma Monterrey, Mexico Purse: $1,206,446 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor

Women’s singles

Round of 16 Ann Li (5), United States, def. Maria Timofeeva, Russia, walkover. Darja Vidmanova, Czechia, def. Cristina Bucsa (8), Spain, 6-4, 7-5. Elise Mertens (2), Belgium, def. Panna Udvardy, Hungary, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

Women’s doubles

Quarterﬁnals Maia Lumsden, Britain, and Maria Kozyreva, Russia, def. Miyu (1994) Kato, Japan, and Anna Danilina (4), Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 10-3. Xu Yifan, China, and Maya Joint, Australia, def. Katarzyna Piter, Poland, and Janice Tjen, Indonesia, 7-6 (6), 1-6, 10-8.

Pro basketball WNBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE x-Atlanta x-Indiana x-New York x-Washington Chicago Toronto Connecticut

W 25 25 23 22 15 11 9

L 13 14 15 15 23 26 27

Pct GB .658 — .641 ½ .605 2 .595 2½ .395 10 .297 13½ .250 15

x-Minnesota x-Golden State x-Las Vegas Dallas Portland Phoenix Los Angeles Seattle

W 31 26 26 22 15 13 13 7

L 8 11 13 16 22 24 25 31

Pct GB .795 — .703 4 .667 5 .579 8½ .405 15 .351 17 .342 17½ .184 23½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday’s games

Connecticut 87, Chicago 81 Dallas 96, Portland 78 Washington 94, Phoenix 84

Wednesday’s games

Golden State 89, Connecticut 64 Toronto at Seattle, n

Thursday’s games

Golden State at New York, 7 p.m. Washington at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Soccer MLS glance Eastern Conference Nashville Inter Miami CF Chicago New England Charlotte FC Cincinnati New York City FC New York Orlando City Toronto FC D.C. United Atlanta Philadelphia CF Montréal Columbus

W L 15 2 11 4 11 6 10 7 9 7 8 6 7 8 7 9 7 11 5 7 5 7 6 12 5 10 5 10 5 11

Western Conference

T Pts 4 49 6 39 3 36 4 34 5 32 7 31 6 27 5 26 3 24 9 24 9 24 3 21 6 21 6 21 5 20

W 79 74 73 65 64

Tampa Bay New York Boston Toronto Baltimore

Houston Christian at Southeastern Louisiana

Britain, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. Shintaro Mochizuki (6), Japan, def. Braden Shick, United States, 6-4, 6-1. Harry Wendelken, Britain, def. Remy Bertola, Switzerland, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Dalibor Svrcina (8), Czechia, def. Alexis Galarneau, Canada, 7-6 (3), 6-2. Nishesh Basavareddy (32), United States, def. Luka Mikrut, Croatia, 6-2, 6-4. Francesco Passaro, Italy, def. Tom Gentzsch (29), Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Arthur Gea (1), France, def. Clement Chidekh, France, 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-2. Rei Sakamoto, Japan, def. Alexandre Muller (23), France, 6-3, 6-3. Hugo Gaston (3), France, def. Andre Ilagan, United States, 6-1, 6-3. Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Michael Antonius, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Christopher O’Connell (17), Australia, def. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer, Norway, 7-5, 6-4. Yunchaokete Bu (11), China, def. Borna Gojo, Croatia, 6-4, 6-4. Zsombor Piros (12), Hungary, def. Daniil Glinka, Estonia, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Liam Draxl, Canada, def. Andrew Johnson, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Lloyd Harris, South Africa, def. Henrique Rocha (15), Portugal, 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (10). Tristan Schoolkate, Australia, def. Seongchan Hong, South Korea, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Pablo Llamas Ruiz (18), Spain, def. Vitaliy Sachko, Ukraine, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (11). Federico Cina, Italy, def. Hugo Dellien (27), Bolivia, 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. Colton Smith, United States, def. Jerome Kym, Switzerland, 7-6 (2), 2-6, 6-4.

National League

American League

THURSDAY’S STATE CAPSULES

MLB American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at N.Y YANKEES -156 Houston Kansas City -115 at TORONTO National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Colorado -120 at WASHINGTON Milwaukee -234 at N.Y METS LA Dodgers -114 at ATLANTA at SAN FRAN. OFF Arizona Interleague FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at ST. LOUIS OFF Baltimore

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

GF GA 43 17 49 40 37 26 33 26 38 32 49 47 35 30 31 43 34 51 31 37 28 36 25 36 31 38 29 39 30 36

W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 12 4 4 40 45 18 Houston 12 7 2 38 30 26 Los Angeles FC 10 7 5 35 36 22 San Jose 10 8 3 33 39 33 FC Dallas 9 6 6 33 38 34 St Louis City 9 6 6 33 30 27 Colorado 9 11 1 28 30 28 Real Salt Lake 8 8 4 28 34 32 Portland 8 9 4 28 38 37 Minnesota United 7 7 7 28 27 29 San Diego FC 7 8 6 27 37 32 LA Galaxy 6 8 8 26 27 32 Seattle 7 9 4 25 22 27 Austin FC 5 10 6 21 26 40 Sporting Kansas City 4 14 3 15 20 51 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Pct .594 .565 .549 .485 .485

GB — 4 6 14½ 14½

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 69 68 64 62 59

L 63 66 69 71 75

Pct .523 .507 .481 .466 .440

GB — 2 5½ 7½ 11

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 66 66 64 52 52

L 66 67 70 81 82

Pct .500 .496 .478 .391 .388

GB — ½ 3 14½ 15

Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado

Central Division Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

West Division Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles

Tuesday’s games

Detroit 4, Tampa Bay 1 Kansas City 5, Toronto 3 Boston 7, Miami 3, 11 innings Houston 9, N.Y. Yankees 7 Baltimore 13, St. Louis 1 Chicago White Sox 11, Texas 7 Athletics 4, Minnesota 2 Seattle 4, Philadelphia 1 Cleveland 8, L.A. Angels 6, 10 innings

Wednesday’s games

Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 0 Philadelphia 6, Seattle 0 Cleveland 4, L.A. Angels 3 Miami 4, Boston 0 Toronto 3, Kansas City 0 Houston at N.Y. Yankees, n Texas at Chicago White Sox, n Baltimore at St. Louis, n Minnesota at Athletics, n

Sunday’s games

New York City FC 1, New England 1, tie Atlanta 2, Sporting Kansas City 1

Saturday’s gaes

Chicago at Seattle, 3:30 p.m. Charlotte FC at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. New England at Columbus, 6:30 p.m. Los Angeles FC at D.C. United, 6:30 p.m. CF Montréal at Miami, 6:30 p.m. Philadelphia at New York, 6:30 p.m. New York City FC at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Houston, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. Orlando City at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Nashville, 7:30 p.m. Real Salt Lake at Colorado, 8:30 p.m. Austin FC at Portland, 9:30 p.m. LA Galaxy at San Diego FC, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, August 30

FC Dallas at St Louis City, 6 p.m.

Transactions BASEBALL

Major League Baseball American League ATHLETICS — Reinstated RHP Chris Roycroft. Optioned RHP Hayden Juenger to Las Vegas (PCL). KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Sent RHP Tony Gonsolin on a rehab assignment to Omaha (IL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Recalled LF Bryce Teodosio and RHP Trevor Martin from Salt Lake (PCL). Optioned LHP Blake Weiman to Salt Lake. Sent LF Wade Meckler on a rehab assignment to Rancho Cucamonga (CAL). Placed OF Gustavo Campero on the 10-day IL. NEW YORK YANKEES — Agreed to terms with RHP Michael Fulmer on a contract. Recalled RHP Elmer Rodríguez from Scranton/WilkesBarre (IL). Optioned RHP Bradley Hanner to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Placed RHP Fernando Cruz on the 15-day IL. Transferred RHP Kervin Castro from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. TAMPA BAY RAYS — Sent RF Victor Mesa Jr. on a rehab assignment to Durham (IL). National League ATLANTA BRAVES — Claimed RHP Ricky Vanasco off waivers from Detroit. Optioned Vanasco to Gwinnett (IL). MIAMI MARLINS — Selected the contract of LHP Patrick Monteverde from Jacksonville (IL). Optioned LHP Cade Gibson to Jacksonville. PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Sent LHP Tanner Banks on a rehab assignment to Lehigh Valley (IL). SAN DIEGO PADRES — Recalled RHP David Morgan from El Paso (PCL). Placed RHP Jeremiah Estrada on the 15-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 25. SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Selected the contract of RHP Braxton Roxby from Sacramento (PCL). Placed RHP Adrian Houser on the 15-day IL. Transferred LHP Carson Whisenhunt from the 15-day IL to the 60-day IL. WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Recalled RHP Luis Perales from Rochester (IL). Optioned RHP Jake Bird to Rochester. Sent LHP DJ Herz on a rehab assignment to Rochester.

FOOTBALL

National Football League BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed LB Michael Barrett. Waived LB Reid Williford. Placed C Danny Pinter on injured reserve. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed C Sincere Haynesworth. Waived WR Mac Dalena. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Waived TE Brenden Bates from injured reserve and DE Benton Whitley. DENVER BRONCOS — Signed DT Israel Antwine and T Foster Sarell. Released DB Taylor Rapp. Waived WR Kyre Duplessis. DETROIT LIONS — Released WR Cedrick Wilson. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed DE Derek Parish. Placed DE Dylan Horton on injured reserve. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed DB Kenneth Harris. Waived CB Mekhi Blackmon. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Acquired G Joshua Ezeudu from the New York Giants in exchange for a 2028 seventh-round draft pick. Waived T Kellen Diesch. MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed RB Coleman Bennett. Waived/injured TE Cole Turner.

W 77 74 67 62 60

L 55 60 66 72 72

Pct .583 .552 .504 .463 .455

GB — 4 10½ 16 17

W 81 76 66 65 63

L 51 58 67 70 71

Pct .614 .567 .496 .481 .470

GB — 6 15½ 17½ 19

W 80 72 71 54 51

L 52 62 63 79 81

Pct .606 .537 .530 .406 .386

GB — 9 10 26½ 29

Central Division

West Division

Tuesday’s games

Colorado 3, Washington 1 Atlanta 4, L.A. Dodgers 3 Boston 7, Miami 3, 11 innings N.Y. Mets 3, Milwaukee 2, 10 innings Baltimore 13, St. Louis 1 Pittsburgh 1, San Diego 0 San Francisco 3, Cincinnati 1 Seattle 4, Philadelphia 1 Arizona 5, Chicago Cubs 4

Wednesday’s games

Arizona 2, Chicago Cubs 0 Philadelphia 6, Seattle 0 San Diego 3, Pittsburgh 0 Cincinnati 10, San Francisco 9 Miami 4, Boston 0 Colorado 13, Washington 1 Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, n L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, n Baltimore at St. Louis, n

Thursday’s games

Baltimore (Rogers 9-8) at St. Louis (TBD), 1:15 p.m. Houston (Wesneski 3-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Cole 7-6), 6:05 p.m. Kansas City (Cameron 8-8) at Toronto (Arrighetti 7-6), 6:07 p.m.

Colorado (Hughes 0-5) at Washington (Irvin 2-8), 12:05 p.m. Baltimore (Rogers 9-8) at St. Louis (TBD), 1:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Misiorowski 13-5) at N.Y. Mets (Manaea 4-5), 6:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Yamamoto 12-7) at Atlanta (Sale 12-9), 6:15 p.m. Arizona (TBD) at San Francisco (TBD), 8:45 p.m.

WILD CARD GLANCE American League New York Boston Cleveland Texas Toronto Baltimore Minnesota Seattle Detroit

W 74 73 68 66 65 64 64 64 62

L 57 60 66 67 69 68 69 70 71

Pct .565 .549 .507 .496 .485 .485 .481 .478 .466

WCGB +7½ +5½ — 1½ 3 3 3½ 4 5½

National League Chicago Philadelphia San Diego Arizona Miami St. Louis Pittsburgh Reds Nationals

W 76 74 72 71 67 66 65 63 62

L 58 60 62 63 66 67 70 71 72

Pct .567 .552 .537 .530 .504 .496 .481 .470 .463

WCGB +4 +2 — 1 4½ 5½ 7½ 9 10

BOX SCORES

Wednesday, August 19

Cincinnati 2, New York City FC 1 CF Montréal 2, Columbus 1 New England 3, D.C. United 0 Nashville 1, New York 0 Chicago 2, Orlando City 1 Miami 2, Philadelphia 2, tie Charlotte FC 3, Toronto FC 3, tie St Louis City 1, Sporting Kansas City 1, tie Atlanta 2, Minnesota 1 Colorado 1, Los Angeles FC 0 FC Dallas 4, Real Salt Lake 3 Austin FC 2, Seattle 1 LA Galaxy 1, San Jose 0 Portland 3, San Diego FC 1 Houston 1, Vancouver 0 Saturday, August 22 Charlotte FC 3, D.C. United 1 Seattle 1, Cincinnati 1, tie Toronto FC 2, Miami 1 LA Galaxy 2, CF Montréal 2, tie Chicago 1, New York 1, tie Orlando City 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Nashville 3, Columbus 2 St Louis City 2, Houston 1 Philadelphia 1, Austin FC 1, tie Vancouver 5, FC Dallas 0 Portland 1, Los Angeles FC 1, tie San Diego FC 3, Colorado 0 Minnesota 5, San Jose 1

East Division

L 54 57 60 69 68

Philadelphia 6, Seattle 0 Philadelphia Seattle ab r h bi ab r h bi Schwar. dh 5 2 2 3 Ward rf 4 00 0 Turner ss 5 0 0 0 Arozarena lf 3 0 1 0 Harper rf 4 1 2 2 Rodríguez cf 4 0 0 0 Hill rf 0 0 0 0 Raleigh dh 4 00 0 Arraez 2b 4 0 0 0 Wisdom 1b 4 00 0 Bohm 1b 4 0 1 0 J.Crawford ss 2 0 0 0 Stott 3b 4 1 3 0 Wilson 3b 3 00 0 Marsh lf 3 1 0 0 Pereda c 2 01 0 Realmuto c 4 0 1 0 Rodden 2b 3 00 0 Ju.Crawf. cf 4 1 1 1 Totals 37 6 10 6 Totals 29 0 2 0 Philadelphia 240 000 000 — 6 Seattle 000 000 000 — 0 LOB—Philadelphia 5, Seattle 5. 2B— Schwarber (16), Stott (26), Harper (26). HR—Harper (27), Schwarber (40). IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Luzardo W,12-5 7 1 0 0 3 9 Mayza 1 0 0 0 0 1 Duran 1 1 0 0 0 2 Seattle Woo L,9-9 4 5 6 6 1 5 Ferrer 1 1 0 0 0 0 Bazardo 1 2 0 0 0 1 Speier 1 0 0 0 0 1 Vargas 2 2 0 0 0 3 WP—Luzardo, Vargas. ABS Challenge—Woo (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Crawford (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Harper (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Bazardo (Ball-Confirmed); Raleigh (StrikeConfirmed); Marsh (Strike-Confirmed). Umpires—Home, Chad Fairchild; First, Bill Miller; Second, Chad Whitson; Third, Brian Walsh. T—2:29. A—33,642 (47,929).

Cleveland 4, L.A. Angels 3 Cleveland Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi Kwan cf-lf 5 0 2 1 Neto ss 3 1 1 1 Bazzana 2b 3 1 2 2 Trout dh 2 0 0 1 Ramírez dh 4 0 2 0 Grissom 1b 4 0 1 0 Adell rf 4 0 0 0 Moore 2b 1 0 0 0 Bailey c 0 0 0 0 Siri lf 4 0 0 0 N.Lowe 1b 3 0 2 1 J.Lowe rf 3 1 1 0 Martín. lf-rf 3 0 0 0 Guzman 3b 2 1 0 0 Genao 3b 4 0 1 0 Heineman c 3 0 0 0 Hedges c 3 0 0 0 d’Arnaud ph 1 0 0 0 DeLauter ph 1 0 1 0 Teodosio cf 2 0 0 0 Halpin pr-cf 0 1 0 0 Peraza ph 1 0 0 0 Rocchio ss 4 2 2 0 Totals 34 4 12 4 Totals 26 3 3 2 Cleveland 000 010 012 — 4 Los Angeles 120 000 000 — 3 E—Cantillo (2). DP—Cleveland 2, Los Angeles 2. LOB—Cleveland 9, Los Angeles 6. 2B—Rocchio (19), Kwan (16). SB—Ramírez (31), J.Lowe (6). SF—Bazzana 2 (5), Trout (2). IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Cantillo 6 2 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 Herrin 11⁄3 0 0 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Gaddis W,2-3 Sabrowski S,1-3 1 1 0 0 0 1 Los Angeles 2 1 1 4 Rodriguez 5 ⁄3 7 1 1 0 3 Peralta H,1 11⁄3 1 1 Murphy H,4 1 1 0 0 1 1 Watson L,1-1 BS,2-4 1 3 2 2 1 0 HBP—Cantillo (Neto), Rodriguez (Martínez). T—2:41. A—25,161 (45,517).

Cincinnati 10, San Francisco 9 Cincinnati

San Diego 3, Pittsburgh 0 Pittsburgh

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THIS DATE IN BASEBALL Aug. 27 1897 — Roger Bresnahan, later a Hall of Fame catcher, made his major-league debut as a pitcher for the Washington Senators by shutting out the St. Louis Browns 3-0. 1911 — Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitched a 5-0 no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox. Walsh struck out eight and walked one. 1937 — Brooklyn’s Fred Frankhouse pitched a rain-shortened no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds. The game was stopped with two out in the eighth inning with the Dodgers leading 5-0. 1977 — Toby Harrah and Bump Wills of the Texas Rangers hit back-to-back inside-thepark home runs on consecutive pitches in the seventh inning in an 8-2 victory over New York at Yankee Stadium. 1978 — Joe Morgan of the Cincinnati Reds hit his 200th career home run to become the ﬁrst player in major league history to have 200 homers and 500 stolen bases. 1982 — Rickey Henderson of Oakland broke Lou Brock’s 1974 record of 118 stolen bases in a season and stole three more bases

in the Athletics’ 5-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. It gave Henderson 122 thefts in 127 games. 1999 — Vladimir Guerrero’s hitting streak was halted at 31 games by Cincinnati’s Ron Villone in the Reds’ 4-1 win over Montreal. Guerrero went 0-for-2 with an intentional walk against Villone, ending the majors’ longest hitting streak since 1987. 2005 — Jeff Kent became the first player to hit 300 home runs as a second baseman in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 8-3 win over Houston. The homer was the 325th of his career. 2010 — Florida led off a game with back-toback homers for the first time in franchise history in a 7-1 victory over Atlanta. Cameron Maybin hit the first pitch of the game into the left-field seats. Logan Morrison then connected off Tommy Hanson for his first major league home run. 2011 — Justin Verlander became the majors’ first 20-game winner, grinding through six innings in the Detroit Tigers’ 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins. Verlander (20-5) became the first pitcher to win 20 games before the end of August since Arizona’s Curt Schilling in 2002.

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When tomatoes are at their peak — and it’s too hot to turn on the oven — this simple, no-cook sauce from my cookbook “Pasta Every Day” is what I come back to time and again. It’s often called pomodoro crudo and served with very thin spaghetti, though you’ll ﬁnd many variations, including those with onions, capers, olives and local cheese. In that spirit, don’t hesitate to make this your own. You can use any ﬂavorful tomato here, from heirloom to plum to cherry. Remove the skins and seeds of the larger varieties if you’d like, or keep it rustic and leave them intact (I prefer the latter). The pasta will soak up the garlicky tomato juices over time, meaning it makes for great (dare I say better?) leftovers and picnic fare.

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No-Cook Tomato & Basil Sauce

Serves 4 (enough for about 22 ounces of fresh pasta or 16 ounces of dried pasta). 2¼ pounds ripe, small tomatoes 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped 1½ loosely packed cups fresh basil leaves, roughly torn, plus more for serving

Crab-Stuffed Mirliton

Kosher salt 1 ⁄3 to ½ cup high quality extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving Finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano or Pecorino Romano, for serving (optional)

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1. Prepare the sauce: Halve or quarter the tomatoes and combine with the garlic and basil in a large serving bowl. Season generously with salt, then drizzle in the oil. Stir to combine. 2. Leave the sauce to sit, covered, for at least 1 hour, ideally in a warm, sunny place. 3. Cook your pasta of choice to your liking — this is not a time for undercooking and finishing in the sauce. 4. Add the pasta to the sauce and stir to combine. Finish with another drizzle of oil, more basil and a shower of cheese if you’d like. If you can bear it, let the pasta marinate in the sauce for 15 minutes before serving. TIP: If using larger tomatoes, I often peel and seed them before chopping. To do so, bring a pot of water to a boil and fill a large bowl with ice water. With a paring knife, score the bottoms of the tomatoes with a small “X,” just piercing the skin. Drop them into the water and cook until the skin near the “X” starts to loosen, about 2 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to transfer them to the ice bath. When the tomatoes are cool, peel away the skins. Remove the pulp and seeds and roughly chop the flesh.

The end of Louisiana summer calls for easy meals BY LIZ WILLIAMS Contributing writer

ENCUMBERED BY CUCUMBERS?

Recipes for when your garden just keeps giving

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I’m going to see how long I can keep up in-house before I start handing out cucumbers like they’re candy to all my friends. Recipes, Last year, I brought 2D cucumbers everywhere I went for about a month. My friends would laugh when I showed up with a plastic bag with giant green batons poking out. Spoiler alert: I made it four days before the cukes started piling up in my fridge. The rate at which cucumbers grow is honestly astonishing. I had plans

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Liz Williams TIP OF THE TONGUE

made with only whole wheat flour, and contains sesame seeds that lend a nutty sweetness. Eat it with dinner or toasted for breakfast with butter, goat cheese or marmalade. Add it to your “make often” list because it’s so useful. And the fruit salad is a snap. It is made to be versatile, with what’s available at the grocery store or nearest farmer’s market. And if you have something growing in your backyard, even better. The dish is designed to be beautiful and flexible. It is perfect for the bounty of summer, but works all year round. The recipe includes avocado, mango, papaya, cantaloupe and tomatoes. But you could add fresh figs, dates, apricots,

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Crab-Stuffed Mirliton

BY JESS FLEMING Pioneer Press (TNS)

s August comes to a close and we look to Labor Day and a new school year, ﬁnding recipes that are tasty and easy becomes more important. One of my favorite quick foods is stuffed mirliton. I’m happy to eat it stuffed with shrimp or even crawﬁsh, but crab is my favorite. When I was a young teen, I used to go crabbing in Lake Pontchartrain with my father. The whole family would stuff ourselves on boiled crabs. After dinner, my mother and I would pick all of the remaining crabs for freezing, which often end up in a stuffed mirliton. Her Sicilian background meant lots of Parmesan cheese packed into that backyard squash of New Orleans. The prepared stuffed mirlitons also freeze very well for when there’s no time to cook. The whole wheat bread is not only easy, but delicious. You can make it without kneading, only needing to wait for it rise. It’s

Makes 8 stuffed halves. 4 mirlitons 8 tablespoons butter or olive oil, or a combination of the butter and olive oil 2 large onions, finely chopped 1½ cup picked over crabmeat, free from any cartilage 1 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon parsley, minced 1 teaspoon thyme 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 cups fresh bread, soaked in water and squeezed almost dry ½ cup grated Parmesan, more reserved for sprinkling the tops of the stuffed mirliton

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. 2. Boil the mirlitons until tender, about 20 to 30 minutes. 3. Cut them in half and scoop out the centers with a spoon, making sure to leave enough of a wall on the mirliton half to keep its shape. Remove and discard the seed. 4. . Place the butter or oil in a deep frying pan. When it begins to shimmer, add the pulp of the mirliton. Saute for ﬁve minutes, mashing the pulp. 5. Add the onions, sauteing until the onions begin to soften, about 10 minutes. Add the salt, parsley, thyme and

Italian seasoning, and simmer for 20 minutes more, stirring occasionally. 6. Add the pepper and the bread for another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in the grated Parmesan. Make sure that the stufﬁng in uniformly mixed. 7. Stuff the mirliton boats and place them on a parchment lined baking pan. Sprinkle the tops with more Parmesan. 8. Cook in the oven for 20 minutes or until the cheese begins to brown. Remove from the oven, and place onto a platter and serve.

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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2026. There are 126 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 27, 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions. The explosions (which could be heard 3,000 miles away) and resulting tsunamis in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra. Also on this date: In 1964, the film “Mary Poppins” had its world premiere in Los Angeles, California. In 1979, British war hero Lord Louis Mountbatten and three other people, including his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas, were killed off the coast of Ireland in a boat explosion claimed by the Irish Republican Army. In 1990, blues musician Stevie Ray Vaughan and four others were killed in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin. In 2001, Israeli helicopters fired a pair of rockets through office windows in the West Bank city of Ramallah, killing senior PLO leader Mustafa Zibri. In 2005, coastal residents jammed freeways and gas stations as they rushed to avoid Hurricane Katrina, which was headed toward New Orleans.

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In 2008, Barack Obama was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Denver, becoming the first Black presidential nominee from a major political party. In 2025, a shooter opened fire with a rifle through the windows of a Catholic church in Minneapolis and struck some of the nearly 200 children celebrating Mass during the first week of school, killing two children and wounding 17 people. The attacker shot dozens of rounds toward the children seated in pews at the Annunciation Catholic School; police said he later died by suicide. Today’s Birthdays: Author William Least Heat-Moon is 87. Actor Tuesday Weld is 83. Actor G.W. Bailey is 82. Rock musician Alex Lifeson (Rush) is 73. Actor Peter Stormare is 73. Rock musician Glen Matlock (The Sex Pistols) is 69. Golfer Bernhard Langer is 69. Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is 65. Fashion designer and filmmaker Tom Ford is 65. Actor Chandra Wilson is 57. Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome is 56. Rapper Mase is 51. Actor Sarah Chalke is 50. Actor Aaron Paul is 47. Actor Patrick J. Adams (TV: “Suits”) is 45. Singer Mario is 40. Actor Alexa PenaVega is 38. Singer-songwriter Kim Petras is 34. U.S. Olympic and WNBA basketball star Breanna Stewart is 32.

Not a compliment, not an insult Dear Miss Manners: Friends and fectly proper, you can deny any strangers often say to me, “Your accusations of sarcasm so long as hair is really long.” While the delivery has not laid it this is better than “you on too thickly. look tired,” it is still not Dear Miss Manners: How do exactly a compliment, so you politely deter strangI don’t feel right saying ers from forcing you into a “thank you.” conversation with them? Is there anything more My husband and I were Judith interesting to say than on vacation and while in Martin a restaurant, a table next “yes, it is”? MISS Gentle reader: There are to us full of elderly ladies MANNERS many more interesting latched onto us. They kept responses. But as you are talking to us through our asking Miss Manners, she takes entire meal and we weren’t able you to mean that you are seeking to talk to each other at all. an answer that will return the We didn’t want to be rude and slight you feel you have suffered wouldn’t hurt their feelings for without being caught doing so. anything, but we had no time As she is less convinced than alone. They followed along with yourself that any insult was inon us on every part of the resort we visited! tended, she is going to arm you In waiting rooms at the doctor’s with a butter knife instead of a steak knife: something less sharp ofﬁce, I’ve had people ask me to minimize the damage inﬂicted. what was wrong with me, and one woman was unzipping her jeans Say, “How kind of you to noto show my husband and me her tice.” As this response is per-

surgical scar! Luckily the nurse called for me and we rushed to the back. We are kind, friendly people, but don’t care to be approached by too-familiar strangers. Gentle reader: Be polite without being effusive, and responsive without being expansive: Give a brief answer, followed by returning to the conversation at your own table. Miss Manners admits to assuming that most people eventually recognize such social cues. Your unzipped lady may require an energetic, “I think you want to show that to the doctor!” Send questions to Miss Manners at her website, www. missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mail to Miss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City, MO 64106.

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CUCUMBERS Continued from page 1D

to make tzatziki to go with our family-favorite chicken gyros this week, too, but family birthdays, events and concerts got in the way. Still, if you’re dealing with an overload of cukes, perhaps these recipes will help you out of your pickle. If not, bring your veggies to the bar. I promise your friends will be happy to take some home.

Grilled Red Curry Salmon Bowls

Serves 4.

FOR THE SALMON: 4 salmon filets 2 tablespoons jarred red curry paste 2 tablespoons coconut milk Juice of half a lime 1 teaspoon fresh ginger, finely grated FOR THE CUCUMBER SALAD: 1 tablespoon lime juice ½ tablespoon fish sauce 1½ tablespoons rice vinegar 2 teaspoons sugar Kosher salt, to taste 1 English cucumber, thinly sliced ¼ red onion, thinly sliced 1 jalapeno, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped 1 tablespoon chopped Thai basil (regular works too) FOR THE COCONUT RICE: 1 cup coconut milk 1 cup water 1 cup basmati rice, rinsed and drained ¼ teaspoon kosher salt FOR THE YOGURT SAUCE: ½ cup plain Greek yogurt ¼ cup coconut milk ¼ cup Thai (or regular) basil Salt to taste Lime wedges, sliced Thai basil and thinly sliced avocado for serving

5. Preheat the grill to high. Oil the grill grates and grill the salmon, skin-side down, for 8-10 minutes, or until the internal temperature reaches 130 F. 6. Assemble bowls: Place a quarter of the rice in each bowl, topping with cucumber salad and salmon. Garnish with yogurt sauce, lime wedges, sliced Thai basil and avocado. Serve immediately.

Refrigerator Pickles 1 English cucumber, thinly sliced 1 cup vinegar 1 cup water 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon sugar Several large sprigs of dill Two garlic cloves, smashed 1 teaspoon peppercorns 1. Bring water, vinegar, salt and sugar to a boil in a small pot. 2. Place dill, garlic and peppercorns in the bottom of a quartsized mason jar. Add the cucumbers, then pour the hot brine into the jar. 3. Let the pickles sit for 30 minutes, then eat immediately or refrigerate for up to a week.

Cucumber Agua Fresca 2 English cucumbers, cut into large chunks ½ cup sugar 6 cups water A large handful of mint leaves Juice of two limes or more to taste Mint and lime slices for garnish

1. Place cucumbers, sugar, water and mint in a blender. Blend on high speed until smooth. 2. Place a fine-mesh strainer over a bowl and pour the contents of the blender through the strainer. Use a wooden spoon or spatula to push the solids around and get as much liquid as possible into the bowl. 1. Mix curry, coconut milk, lime 3. Add lime juice to taste. Fill juice and ginger. Pour over the glasses with ice, pour the agua ﬁsh. Let it sit while you prepare fresca over. Garnish with mint the rest of the recipe. and lime slices. 2. Prepare coconut rice: Bring coconut milk, water and salt to a boil. Add rice, return to a boil, give the pot a quick stir and re1 English cucumber, diced 1 jalapeno, thinly sliced duce the heat to low. Cover and 1 green onion, minced simmer for 18-20 minutes. Leave 1 teaspoon olive oil cover on and let sit until the rest ¼ cup cilantro, chopped of the recipe is ready to plate. 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed lime juice 3. Make cucumber salad: Whisk Tajin seasoning, to taste together lime juice, fish sauce, rice vinegar, sugar and salt in a 1. Combine everything but the medium bowl. Add cucumber, red onion, jalapeno, cilantro and Thai Tajin in a small bowl. 2. Stir, then add Tajin to taste. basil and toss to combine. 4. Make yogurt sauce: Combine Serve on tacos, with tortilla chips yogurt, coconut milk, Thai basil or on burrito bowls, which is how we ate it. and salt in a small bowl.

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Savory Fruit Salad

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Continued from page 1D strawberries and any fruit that you have on hand. You could garnish it with hardboiled eggs with just-set yolks and shaved prosciutto, serve it with focaccia, and turn it into a brunch dish. Everything about these recipes is flexible. If you have no crab meat, use another seafood or ground ham or loose summer sausage without a casing. If you don’t have sesame seeds, use flax or sunflower or whatever seeds you have on hand. And once you begin to think that way, your dinner table will zing with new combinations! Liz Williams is founder of the Southern Food & Beverage Museum in New Orleans. Listen to “Tip of the Tongue,” Liz’s podcast about food, drink and culture, wherever you hear podcasts. Email Liz at lizwillia@ gmail.com.

Crab-Stuffed Mirliton Makes 8 stuffed halves. 4 mirlitons 8 tablespoons butter or olive oil, or a combination of the butter and olive oil 2 large onions, finely chopped 1½ cup picked over crabmeat, free from any cartilage 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon parsley, minced 1 teaspoon thyme 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 cups fresh bread, soaked in water and squeezed almost dry ½ cup grated Parmesan, more reserved for sprinkling the tops of the stuffed mirliton 1. Preheat oven to 375 F. 2. Boil the mirlitons until tender, about 20 to 30 minutes. 3. Cut them in half and scoop out the centers with a spoon, making sure to leave enough of a wall on the mirliton half to keep its shape. Remove and discard the seed. 4. Place the butter or oil in a deep frying pan. When it begins to shimmer, add the pulp of the mirliton. Saute for five minutes, mashing the pulp. 5. Add the onions, sauteing until the onions begin to soften, about 10 minutes. Add the salt, parsley, thyme and Italian seasoning, and

No-knead yeast Bread simmer for 20 minutes more, stirring occasionally. 6. Add the pepper and the bread for another 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in the grated Parmesan. Make sure that the stufﬁng in uniformly mixed. 7. Stuff the mirliton boats and place them on a parchment lined baking pan. Sprinkle the tops with more Parmesan. 8. Cook in the oven for 20 minutes or until the cheese begins to brown. Remove from the oven, and place onto a platter and serve.

the top of the pan, place it into a 425 F oven for 30 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 400 F and bake for an additional 15 minutes. Remove the bread from the pan and cool for 2 hours on a wire rack. (You may paint the bread on all sides, while it is hot, with a light coating of olive oil for additional ﬂavor.) 7. Once you have mastered this bread, you could experiment with different seeds or a mixture of seeds. Once the bread is cool, it slices nicely, when cut with a serrated bread knife.

No-knead Yeast Bread

Savory Fruit Salad

3½ teaspoons active dry yeast (do not use instant yeast) 1¾ cup warm water 1 teaspoon molasses, cane syrup or maple syrup 2 teaspoons salt 3½ cups whole wheat flour 2 tablespoons olive oil, and more to grease the pans ½ cup sesame seeds

1 cantaloupe, seeded, peeled and sliced 1 large mango, peeled and sliced 1 large avocado, peeled and sliced 2 large tomatoes, sliced 1 papaya, peeled, seeded and sliced (You may add or substitute fruits like watermelon, honeydew melon, kiwis, etc.) Seeds from 1 pomegranate ½ cup pistachio nuts Tahini salad dressing (recipe follows)

1. Preheat oven to 425 F. 2. In a large bowl, add the yeast, warm water and molasses. Allow the yeast to proof. It should take about 10 minutes for it to get foamy. 3. Add the ﬂour and the oil and stir with a large spoon. The dough will be very wet and shaggy. 4. Add the sesame seeds and stir well to distribute them throughout the dough. 5. Set aside and grease the pan, using a large nonstick loaf pan or a greased cast iron casserole. Pour the dough into the loaf pan and cover with plastic wrap. Set in a warm place. 6. Check the bread after 45 minutes. If it has risen to just above

1. Arrange the fruit on the plate in a pleasing way. Drizzle the dressing on the fruit. Sprinkle with the pomegranate seeds and the nuts. Serve.

Tahini Salad Dressing 3 tablespoons tahini ¼ cup toasted sesame oil 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar Water as needed 1. Blend the ﬁrst 3 ingredients together in a small bowl, stirring with a spoon. If the mixture seizes, use the water, one tablespoon at a time to thin it. When you have reached the consistency that you like, drizzle over the fruit.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Project: DELGADO COM‐ MUNITY COLLEGE WESTBANK, BUILDING 1 AND 2 ROOFING AND WINDOW WIND MITIGATION 2600 GENERAL MEYER AVE. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70119 Contract No./Delgado Project No.: 40006R0031505 Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Delgado Community College Pur‐ chasing Office, O’Keefe Administration Building, located at 501 City Park Avenue (Building 37), New Orleans, Louisiana 70119 until 2:00 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday, September 16, 2026. All bids which have been duly received will be publicly opened in the Purchasing Department and, except as provided in LSA-R.S. 37:2163, read aloud. Late bids will not be ac‐ cepted. Description of the pro‐ posed work: Membrane Roofing and Window Replacement in Building 1 and Metal Roofing and Window Re‐ placement in Building 2. Pursuant to LSA-R.S. 37:2163, Licensed Con‐ tractors may secure Bid‐ ding Documents from the Purchasing Department of Delgado Community College (purchas‐ ingdept@dcc.edu) lo‐ cated at 501 City Park Avenue, New Or‐ leans, LA 70119 until 24 hours prior to bid open‐ ing. An account Log-in will be provided to the Bidder giving access to an online service to obtain pdf’s of the Construction Documents. Licensed Contractor shall submit evidence of Louisiana State License and License number. Questions about this pro‐ cedure shall be directed to the Designer at: N-Y Associates, Inc. 2750Lake Villa Drive Metairie, LA 70003 Telephone: 504-885-0500 E-mail: mbuisson@nyassociates.com (Michael Buisson) A mandatory pre-bid conference will be held at the Delgado Westbank Campus in the Building 5 Auditorium located at 2600 General Meyer Av‐ enue, New Orleans, LA 70114, on Friday, August 28, 2026, at 2:00PM. local time. Type of Bid: Bids shall be on a lump-sum basis. Segregated bids will not be accepted. Bids security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total bid must accompany each Bid. A certified or cashier’s check or a bid bond is acceptable bid security. If bid bond is used, it shall be writ‐ ten by a surety or insurance com‐ pany currently on the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Man‐ agement service list of approved bonding companies which is published annu‐ ally in the Federal Regis‐ ter, or by a Louisiana domiciled in‐ surance company with at least an A-rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide to write i di id l b d

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Public Notices Bids/Proposals y g individual bonds up to ten percent of policy‐ holders’ surplus as shown in the A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide. (LSA-R.S. 38:2218.C). Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. RS.37:2150-2192 for the classification of Building Construction. Bidder shall certify that he is li‐ censed under the provi‐ sions of LSA-R.S. 37:2150 et seq. and show his license number on the bid enve‐ lope. Except as other‐ wise provided in LSA-R.S. 37:2163, any bid that does not contain the contractor’s certification and show the contractor’s license number on the bid enve‐ lope shall be automati‐ cally rejected, shall be returned to the Bidder stamped “Re‐ jected” and shall not be read aloud. Any Bidder who submits a bid for a type of construction for which he is not properly li‐ censed shall be acting in violation of LSA-R.S. 37:2163 and shall be subject to all provisions for violations and penalties thereof. Any interested person may object to the licensing classifica‐ tion of this public project in accordance with LSAR.S. 37:2163D. The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance Bond guaranteeing faithful performance and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond guaranteeing the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the contract. Sureties will be required to meet qualifications set forth in LSA-R.S. 38:2218 and R.S. 38:2219 as applicable, and as set forth in the Contract Doc‐ uments. Delgado Community Col‐ lege reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any and all informalities, and to re‐ ject nonconforming, nonresponsive, or condi‐ tional bids whichever is in the best interest of Delgado Com‐ munity College. 197122-AUG 13-20-27-3T $

PUBLIC NOTICE --Advertisement for Bids Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the LIGHT CITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Owner) until 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at the ofﬁces of VergesRome Architects at 320 N. Carrollton Ave., Suite 100; New Orleans, LA 70119, at which time bids for the LIGHT CITY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY – NEW SCHOOL/GYMNA‐ SIUM BUILDING will be opened and publicly read aloud. The Contract Doc‐ uments have been pre‐ pared by VERGES ROME ARCHITECTS; 320 N. CAR‐ ROLLTON AVE, SUITE 100; NEW ORLEANS, LA 70119; T: 504.488.7739. Bids re‐ ceived after the above time will not be ac‐ cepted. Any person re‐ quiring special accom‐ modations shall notify the Architect, of the types of accommoda‐ tions required not less than seven (7) days be‐ fore the bid opening. Bids shall be submitted in a sealed opaque enve‐ lope containing only one bid form. The bid enve‐ lope shall be identiﬁed on the outside with the name of the project, and the name, address, and Louisiana contractor’s li‐

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Complete Bidding Docu‐ ments for this project are available in electronic form. They may be ob‐ tained without charge and without deposit from www.centerlinebidco nnect.com. Printed copies are not available from the Designer but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most repro‐ graphic firms. Plan hold‐ ers are responsible for their own reproduction costs. Questions about this pro‐ cedure shall be directed to the Designer at: Lachin Architects, APC 5190 Canal Blvd., Suite 201 New Orleans, LA 70124 Telephone: 504-835-8013 E-mail: stephen@ lachinarch.com and christopher@lachinarch. com All bids shall be accom‐ panied by bid security in an amount of five per‐ cent (5.0%) of the sum of the base bid and all al‐ ternates. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project. The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written as described in the Instruc‐ tions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project. A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD at 10:00 AM on Wednes‐ day, September 02, 2026 at City Park Administration Building, Lobby, 1 Palm Drive, New Orleans, LA 70124. Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2166 for the classification of Building Construction. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and require‐ ments of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5). No bid may be withdrawn for a pe‐ riod of forty-five (45) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In ac‐ cordance with La. R.S. 38:2212(B)(1), the provi‐ sions and requirements of this Section and those stated in the bidding documents shall not be waived by any entity. When this project is fi‐ nanced either partially or entirely with State Bonds or financed in whole or in part by federal or other funds which are not readily available at the time bids are received, the award of this Con‐ tract is contingent upon the granting of lines of credit, or the sale of bonds by the Bond Com‐ mission or the availabil‐ ity of federal or other funds. The State shall incur no obligation to the Contractor until the Con‐ tract Between Owner and Contractor is fully exe‐ cuted. Facility Planning and Control is a participant in the Small Entrepreneur‐ ship (SE) Program (the Hudson Initiative) and the Veteran-Owned and Service-Connected Dis‐ abled Veteran-Owned

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(LaVet) Small Entrepre‐ neurships Program. Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation. Information is available from the Ofﬁce of Facility Planning and Control or on its website at https:// www.doa.la.gov/doa/ fpc/. If you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to participate in this meeting, please con‐ tact Cheryl Schilling at Cheryl.Schilling@la.gov or (225) 342-6060 as soon as possible but no later than 48 hours before the scheduled meeting. STATE OF LOUISIANA DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION FACILITY PLANNING AND CONTROL MATTHEW H. BAKER, DIRECTOR 197117-aug 13-20-27-3t $164.79

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT TITLE: CANINE VETERINARIAN CARE (REBID) SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4753 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: AUGUST 20, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: SEPTEMBER 4, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: AUGUST 27, 2026 Meeting ID: 297 657 120 682 973 Passcode: Gg24wq2M Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modiﬁcations via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ ﬁcations if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 961-86 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS li l d

Public Notices Bids/Proposals g Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: August 20 and 27, 2026 NOCP 9233 198151-aug 20-27-2t $106.64 PUBLIC NOTICE --Clover NOLA, Inc. invites qualified vendors to sub‐ mit a bid for grounds ser‐ vices for our three New Orleans campuses: Clover Academy at the Main Campus (1600 Con‐ stance St.) Patrick Taylor Campus (901 Richard St.); and Educare New Orleans (3801 St. Bernard Ave.). Refer to the attached SCOPE OF WORK for de‐ tails on-line. Regis‐ ter/place bid on line as the below link. https://www.beaconbid. com/solicitations/clovernew-orleans The contract term is Sep‐ tember 28, 2026, through September 27, 2027, with the option to renew yearly for up to three ad‐ ditional years. Proposals are due by 12:00 p.m. (noon) Central time on September 14, 2026. A Mandatory site visit will be held on Tuesday, September 1st, 2026, at Clover's Main Campus, at 1600 Constance Street, New Orleans, LA., 70130, at 10:00am followed by the Taylor and Educare campuses. Any relative questions as it relates to the bid solicitation and or the scope of work, please post your ques‐ tions in the bid portal questions section. Interested vendors may submit online using this platform; proposals may also be submitted by hand or postal mail and shall be delivered be‐ tween the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm Central Time (CT), Monday through Friday, at: Clover NOLA, Inc. Attn: George Patterson 1600 Constance Street New Orleans, LA 70130 198718-aug 27-1t $176.53 PUBLIC NOTICE --New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) Request for Proposals (RFP) Residential Real Estate Appraisal Services Issue Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026 Due Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026 The New Orleans Rede‐ velopment Authority (NORA), to meet its needs and activities, is requesting proposals from qualified appraisal firms to provide Residen‐ tial Real Estate Appraisal Services for properties with fewer than four (4) units and vacant or unimproved land. The services sought in the RFP are intended to cover properties in NORA’s inventory or that may be acquired by NORA. It is anticipated that NORA will enter into multiple Professional Services Contracts with the successful respon‐ dents for the provision of appraisal services. Ser‐ vices will be requested on an as-needed basis.

As always, you may place your ad 7 days a week, 24 hours a day online at www.theadvocate.com or call Monday – Friday 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Single copies of the RFP may be obtained on NORA’s website at www. noraworks.org or by con‐ tacting Lucinda Rachel, Purchasing Specialist via telephone at (504) 6584400 or email at lvrachel@nola.gov.

The District reserves the right to reject any or all Responses to Request for Proposal whenever such rejection is in its best in‐ terest in accordance with law. The provisions and requirements of this ad‐ vertisement shall not be waived.

During the period be‐ tween the issuance of this RFP and the due date, no oral interpreta‐ tion of the RFP require‐ ments will be provided to any prospective Offeror. All questions and re‐ quests for interpretation must be submitted in writing to Lucinda Rachel, Purchasing Spe‐ cialist, via email at lvrachel@nola.gov. The deadline for submitting questions is Friday, Sep‐ tember 11, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. (CST). NORA will reasonably attempt to answer questions sub‐ mitted in advance. All questions and answers will be provided via an addendum. All proposals must be uploaded to an assigned shared folder no later than THURSDAY, SEPTEM‐ BER 17, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. (CST). All responses must be received by NORA on or before the submission deadline. Re‐ sponses delivered after the deadline will not be considered. NORA will not accept re‐ sponses submitted by email or fax. All re‐ sponses must be re‐ ceived by NORA on or be‐ fore the Submission Deadline. NORA will not consider responses de‐ livered after the dead‐ line. Brenda M. Breaux Executive Director 198725-aug 27-sept 3-103t $91.05 PUBLIC NOTICE --ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Procurement Department 2401 Westbend Parkway, Suite 5055 New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 ADVERTISEMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 27-0037 SYSTEMWIDE NEEDS PROGRAM CITYWIDE CRI‐ SIS INTERVENTION SER‐ VICES Electronic Responses to Request for Proposal rel‐ ative to the above will be received via email sub‐ mission to the Procure‐ ment Department for the Orleans Parish School Board (“OPSB” or “the District”) at 2401 West‐ bend Parkway, Suite 5055, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 until 9:00 A.M. (CST) on Tuesday, September22, 2026. Specifications and quali‐ fications are found in the RFP documents and may be obtained by visiting the District’s website at www.nolapublicschools. com. All questions re‐ garding this RFP shall be directed to the Executive Director of Procurement at procurement@nol apublicschools.com. The District will host a Virtual Pre-Proposal meeting to be held on Friday, September 4 , 2026, at 9:00 A.M. (CST). The Virtual link can be found below: Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom. us/meeting/register/8vR 3oBgITOatn38CSiCZHQ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing infor‐ mation about joining the meeting.

NOLA Public Schools shall make every effort to provide reasonable ac‐ commodations for per‐ sons with disabilities. The requests for any rea‐ sonable accommodation shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Director of Procurement, no less than seven (7) days in advance of any meetings. Paul A. Lucius Executive Director of Pro‐ curement FIRST INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2026 SECOND INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026 THIRD INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 197863-AUG 20-27-SEP 33T $135.31

PUBLIC NOTICE --ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Procurement Department 2401 Westbend Parkway, Suite 5055 New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 ADVERTISEMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 27-0030 TITLE II SERVICES FOR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS Electronic Responses to Request for Proposal rel‐ ative to the above will be received via email sub‐ mission to the Procure‐ ment Department for the Orleans Parish School Board (“OPSB” or “the District”) at 2401 West‐ bend Parkway, Suite 5055, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 until 11:00 A.M. (CST) on Tues‐ day, September 22, 2026. Specifications and quali‐ fications are found in the RFP documents and may be obtained by visiting the District’s website at www.nolapublicschools. com. All questions re‐ garding this RFP shall be directed to the Executive Director of Procurement procurement@nol at apublicschools.com. The District will host a Virtual Pre-Proposal meeting to be held on Friday, September 4, 2026, at 11:00 A.M. (CST). The Virtual link can be found below: Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom. us/meeting/register/f8_ tJG-YSnm_OGEF-9x6qw After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing infor‐ mation about joining the meeting. The District reserves the right to reject any or all Responses to Request for Proposal whenever such rejection is in its best in‐ terest in accordance with law. The provisions and requirements of this ad‐ vertisement shall not be waived. NOLA Public Schools shall make every effort to provide reasonable ac‐ commodations for per‐ sons with disabilities. The requests for any rea‐ sonable accommodation shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Director of Procurement, no less than seven (7) days in advance of any meetings. Paul A. Lucius

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Executive Director of Procurement FIRST INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2026 SECOND INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026 THIRD INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 198036-aug 20-27-sept 33t $132.31 PUBLIC NOTICE --ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Procurement Department 2401 Westbend Parkway, Suite 5055 New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 ADVERTISEMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 27-0022 TITLE I SERVICES FOR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS Electronic Responses to Request for Proposal rel‐ ative to the above will be received via email sub‐ mission to the Procure‐ ment Department for the Orleans Parish School Board (“OPSB” or “the District”) at 2401 West‐ bend Parkway, Suite 5055, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 until 10:00 A.M. (CST) on Tues‐ day, September22, 2026. Specifications and quali‐ fications are found in the RFP documents and may be obtained by visiting the District’s website at www.nolapublicschools. com. All questions re‐ garding this RFP shall be directed to the Executive Director of Procurement at procurement@nol apublicschools.com. The District will host a Virtual Pre-Proposal meeting to be held on Friday, September 4 , 2026, at 10:00 A.M. (CST). The Virtual link can be found below: Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom. us/meeting/register/ZGo tyLJERre5MWA0cr2wow After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing infor‐ mation about joining the meeting. The District reserves the right to reject any or all Responses to Request for Proposal whenever such rejection is in its best in‐ terest in accordance with law. The provisions and requirements of this ad‐ vertisement shall not be waived. NOLA Public Schools shall make every effort to provide reasonable ac‐ commodations for per‐ sons with disabilities. The requests for any rea‐ sonable accommodation shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Director of Procurement, no less than seven (7) days in advance of any meetings. Paul A. Lucius Executive Director of Procurement FIRST INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2026 SECOND INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026 THIRD INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 197862-aug 20 -27-sep 33t $133.30 PUBLIC NOTICE --ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Procurement Department 2401 Westbend Parkway, Suite 5055

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tion of DBEs on all feder‐ ally funded projects to‐ ward attainment of the established agency's overall goal of 31%. A speciﬁc DBE goal has not been established for this project as there are no subcontracting opportu‐ nities on this project.

norta.procureware.com/ home shall be consider ofﬁcial. All answer to questions shall be by for‐ mal addenda posted to the website under IFB 2026-025.

ADVERTISEMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL NO. 27-0038 TITLE IV SERVICES FOR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS Electronic Responses to Request for Proposal rel‐ ative to the above will be received via email sub‐ mission to the Procure‐ ment Department for the Orleans Parish School Board (“OPSB” or “the District”) at 2401 West‐ bend Parkway, Suite 5055, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 until 12:00 P.M. (CST) on Tues‐ day, September 22, 2026. Specifications and quali‐ fications are found in the RFP documents and may be obtained by visiting the District’s website at www.nolapublicschools. com. All questions re‐ garding this RFP shall be directed to the Executive Director of Procurement at procurement@nol apublicschools.com. The District will host a Virtual Pre-Proposal meeting to be held on Friday, September 4, 2026, at 12:00 P.M. (CST). The Virtual link can be found below: Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom. us/meeting/register/ 38Ze_AuRSAaIi1duFDR3 8Q After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing infor‐ mation about joining the meeting. The District reserves the right to reject any or all Responses to Request for Proposal whenever such rejection is in its best in‐ terest in accordance with law. The provisions and requirements of this ad‐ vertisement shall not be waived. NOLA Public Schools shall make every effort to provide reasonable ac‐ commodations for per‐ sons with disabilities. The requests for any rea‐ sonable accommodation shall be submitted in writing to the Executive Director of Procurement, no less than seven (7) days in advance of any meetings. Paul A. Lucius Executive Director of Procurement FIRST INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2026 SECOND INSERTION DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2026

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PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE REGIONAL TRANSIT AU‐ THORITY INVENTORY PARTS FOR REVENUE & AUTOMOTIVE SUPPORT INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) # 2026-027 Project Description: The Regional Transit Author‐ ity of New Orleans in‐ vites qualified vendors to provide Inventory parts for revenue and Automo‐ tive Support per specifi‐ cations in IFB 2026-027. How to obtain a copy of the IFB: Specifications and further information concerning the IFB may be obtained August 21, 2026, from the RTA’s Pro‐ website at cureware https://norta. procureware.com/home. If you are not already registered, you will be re‐ quired to first register on this website. The IFB can also be obtained at Re‐ gional Transit Authority’s website at http://www. norta.com and at 2817 Canal Street, New Or‐ leans, LA 70119. Responding to IFB: Bids shall be submitted thru the RTA’s Procureware website on or before 2:00 P.M., September 17, 2026. Clarification Deadline: Any questions or further information concerning this IFB must be submit‐ through https:// ted norta.procureware.com/ home by 2:00 PM on Sep‐ tember 10, 2026. Only written questions sub‐ mitted through Procure‐ ware site shall be consid‐ ered official. All answers to questions shall be by formal addenda posted to the website under IFB 2026-027 A Bid Opening will be held in the RTA Board Room on Thursday, Sep‐ tember 17, 2026, at 2:00 PM. Any questions or fur‐ ther information con‐ cerning the IFB may be submitted Via https:// norta.procureware.com/ home, beginning on Au‐ gust 21, 2026. RTA in accordance with 49 Code of Federal Regu‐ lations (CFR) Part 26 has an obligation to ensure nondiscrimination of Dis‐ advantaged Business En‐ terprises (DBEs) and to comply with all federal, state and local regula‐ tions relative to utiliza‐ tion of DBEs on publicly funded projects. The RTA is committed to utiliza‐

Notice to all offerors is hereby provided that in accordance with all ap‐ plicable federal, state and local laws the RTA will ensure that DBEs are afforded full opportunity to submit offers and re‐ sponses to this solicita‐ tion and to participate in any contract consum‐ mated pursuant to this advertisement. Addition‐ ally, no offeror will be discriminated against on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, na‐ tional origin, ethnicity or disability. The RTA reserves the right to accept or reject any and all submittals. Ronald G. Baptiste, Jr. Interim Chief Executive Officer Regional Transit Authority 198557-aug 27-sep $669.46 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY REPLACE TROLLEY LIFT CABLE INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) #2026-025 (rebid) Project Description: The Regional Transit Author‐ ity of New Orleans in‐ vites qualified vendors to provide Replace Trolley Lift Cable for Streetcars obtain specifications in IFB 2026-025. How to obtain a copy of the IFB: Specifications and further information concerning the IFB may be obtained August 12, 2026, from the RTA’s Pro‐ website at cureware https://norta. procureware.com/home. You will be required to first register on this web‐ site. The IFB can also be at Regional obtained Transit Authority’s web‐ site at http://www.norta. com Responding to IFB: Bids shall be submitted thru the RTA’s Procureware website on or before 2:00 P.M., Thursday, Septem‐ ber 10, 2026. Any ques‐ tions or further informa‐ tion concerning this IFB be submitted may https://norta. through procureware.com/home beginning on Thursday, July 2, 2026-0125. Only written questions sub‐ mitted through https://

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Baptiste Chief Executive Ofﬁcer Regional Transit Authority

Request for Scenic River Permit on (Bogue Chitto River)

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Clariﬁcation Deadline: Any questions or further information concerning this IFB must be submit‐ through https:// ted norta.procureware.com/ home by 2:00PM on Sep‐ tember 3, 2026. Only writ‐ ten questions submitted through the Procureware site shall be considered ofﬁcial. All answers to questions shall be by for‐ mal addenda posted to the website under IFB 2026-025. A Bid Opening will be held in the RTA Board Room on Thursday, Sep‐ tember 10, 2026, at 2:00 PM. Any questions or fur‐ ther information con‐ cerning the IFB may be submitted Via https:// norta.procureware.com/ home, beginning on Au‐ gust 12, 2026.

PUBLIC NOTICE --The Louisiana Office of State Parks is requesting proposals for a PublicPrivate Partnership pro‐ ject to design, construct, and operate a high-qual‐ ity recreational vehicle campground and related amenities. For more in‐ formation go to opportu‐ nitiesinlouisiana.com. 192988-jul 2-aug 31-t PUBLIC NOTICE --The Lowlander Center (https://www.lowland ercenter.org/) is an‐ nouncing a Request for (RFP) due Proposals Monday, August 31, to deconstruct spoil banks for a Canal Spoil Re‐ placement (Backfilling) Please email Project. admin@lowlandercenter. org with any questions by Tuesday, August 11. All questions and an‐ swers will be posted on the Lowlander Center canal backfilling project page (https://www.low landercenter.org/canalbackfilling) by Tuesday, August 18. Please see the project page for RFP, per‐ mits, plat maps, back‐ information ground about the project, and an slideinformational deck.

RTA in accordance with 49 Code of Federal Regu‐ lations (CFR) Part 26 has an obligation to ensure nondiscrimination of Dis‐ advantaged Business En‐ terprises (DBEs) and to comply with all federal, state and local regula‐ tions related to utiliza‐ tion of DBEs on publicly funded projects. The RTA is committed to utiliza‐ tion of DBEs on all feder‐ ally funded projects to‐ ward attainment of the established agency's overall goal of 31%. No goal has been estab‐ lished for this project. Notice to all offerors is hereby provided that in accordance with all ap‐ plicable federal, state and local laws the RTA will ensure that DBEs are afforded full opportunity to submit offers and re‐ sponses to this solicita‐ tion and to participate in any contract consum‐ mated pursuant to this advertisement. Addition‐ ally, no offeror will be discriminated against on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, na‐ tional origin, ethnicity or disability

This project is partially funded by the National and Atmos‐ Oceanic Administration pheric (NOAA), through a grant agreement with the Na‐ tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation, grant award number: NA23NOS4730219. The views and conclusions contained in this docu‐ ment are those of the au‐ thors and should not be interpreted as represent‐ ing the opinions or poli‐ cies of the U.S. Govern‐ ment or the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and its funding sources. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the U.S. Government, or the Na‐ tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation or its funding sources.

As such, award of the contract will be condi‐ tioned on meeting the re‐ quirements of the fed‐ eral, state and local laws for Equal Opportunity in‐ cluding compliance with the policies of DBE Pro‐ gram. The RTA reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals submitted.

The Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) as Administrator of the Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System is currently considering the application of The Camp Bed and Breakfast LLC for a permit to stabi‐ lize actively eroding riverbank areas along the east bank of the Bogue Chitto River within privately owned property in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Copies of the application can be re‐ viewed by the public at the LDWF main ofﬁce, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA. The public is invited to comment on this permit request for a period of forty-ﬁve (45) days. Responses should be mailed to LDWF Scenic Rivers Program, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. 198496-aug 25-31-7t $724.65 PUBLIC NOTICE --Request for Scenic River Permit on (Bogue Chitto River)

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g cess Inc./ Fannie C. Williams Charter School Budget Meeting will be held on Thursday August 27, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the school Library, Ad‐ dress: 11755 Dwyer Road New Orleans, LA 70128. Also, you can attend via the zoom link below. The 2026-27 Budget will be approved at the meeting. The Budget is available for viewing in the Busi‐ ness Ofﬁce Monday- Fri‐ day 9a.m. to 3p.m. or you can contact the ofﬁce at 504-373-6228 Ext 7.

y g that on July 11, 2026, 2026, HS Group, LLC, filed a complaint in rem against the M/V MISS DORIS, Official Number 1190564, in the United States District Court in and for the Eastern Dis‐ trict of Louisiana in a case entitled HS Group, LLC versus M/V MISS DORIS, in rem, Case Num‐ ber 2:26-cv-01525, to en‐ force a maritime lien on said vessel, her engines, tackle, furniture, apparel, appurte‐ equipment, nances, and all other necessaries appertaining and belonging, with a Notice of Claim of Lien recorded with been States Coast United Guard on April 9, 2025, Batch # 84, Doc # 1564464. Said vessel was duly seized by the U.S. Marshal on August 11, 2026. All claimants are advised that they must file their claims pursuant to Admiralty Rule (C)(4) with the Clerk of Court, U.S. District Court, East‐ ern District of Louisiana and serve them on the attorney for the Com‐ plainant, Corey E. Dun‐ bar, 8311 Highway 23, Suite 104, Belle Chasse, Louisiana 70037 within twenty-one (21) days after the date of the first publication and must their answers serve within twenty-one (21) days after the filing of h i i h f i

y g their right of possession or any ownership inter‐ est in the vessel. If all claimants do not pro‐ ceed accordingly, default may be entered and con‐ demnation ordered. In addition, any application for intervention under Rule 24 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by persons claiming mar‐ itime liens or other inter‐ est may be untimely if not ﬁled within the time allowed for claims to possession.

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom. us/j/86725218911? pwd=AczazANrSMzvT26 Eo3m1MecDbfG6Ct.1 Meeting ID: 867 2521 8911 Passcode: UFJ0tC 197271-aug 13-27-15t $180.10 PUBLIC NOTICE --To any and all persons, firms and corporations who have recorded or may record notice of an lien undischarged against the M/V MISS DORIS, Official Number 1190564, and to all per‐ sons, firms and corpora‐ tions whomsoever: Notice is hereby given h l

The Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) as Administrator of the Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System is currently considering the application of Tullier Investments LLC for a permit to stabilize ac‐ tively eroding riverbank areas along the east bank of the Bogue Chitto River within privately owned property in Wash‐ ington Parish, Louisiana. Copies of the application can be reviewed by the public at the LDWF main ofﬁce, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA. The public is invited to com‐ ment on this permit re‐ quest for a period of forty-ﬁve (45) days. Re‐ should be sponses mailed to LDWF Scenic Program, 2000 Rivers Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808.

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OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS REGULAR SESSION CITY HALL: JULY 23, 2026 The Council of the City of New Orleans met this day in Regular Session, at 10:00 A.M., in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Council President, JP Morrell, presiding. On calling the roll, the following members answered to their names: PRESENT: MORRELL (PRESIDENT) WILLARD (VICE PRESIDENT) MCCARRON HARRIS KING GREEN ABSENT: HUGHES (Arrived later in the meeting). SIX MEMBERS PRESENT, CONSTITUTING A QUORUM. ROLL CALL AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL INVOCATION ELDER JAMES C. SIMMONS JR. GREATER ZIONFIELD FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FREDDIE KING III COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT “C” AMENDMENT AMENDMENT TO CAL. NO. 35,491 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL - An amendment to Cal. No. 35,491 to allow the throwing of branded personal items; to clarify language; and otherwise to provide in respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE AMENDENT WAS ADOPTED. HDLC APPEAL CARLA D. TURNAGE, ON BEHALF OF DEO COMPANY/APPLICANT - Requesting to appeal the Historic District Landmarks Commission’s decision to deny the application for demolition for property located at 2663 Iberville Street, 206-210 N Broad Street. WITHDRAWN. (At the applicant’s request). ORDINANCES ON FINAL PASSAGE CAL. NO. 35,472 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON - An Ordinance to establish a conditional use to permit a commercial short-term rental in an S-LM Lake Area Marina District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, for Boathouse #84, whose dimensions are 25 feet fronting on Breakwater Drive, and 25 feet fronting on the water and 80 feet in length from the street-side boundary, within the Municipal Yacht Harbor Marina of Lake Pontchartrain (Municipal Address: 8112 Breakwater Drive); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 22/26) ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Willard - 5 NAYS: Morrell - 1 ABSENT: King - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,473 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON - An Ordinance to establish a conditional use to permit a commercial shortterm rental in an S-LM Lake Area Marina District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, for Boathouse #85, whose dimensions are 25 feet fronting on Breakwater Drive, and 25 feet fronting on the water and 80 feet in length from the street-side boundary, within the Municipal Yacht Harbor Marina of Lake Pontchartrain (Municipal Address: 8114 Breakwater Drive); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 23/26) ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Willard - 5 NAYS: Morrell - 1 ABSENT: King - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,474 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING - An Ordinance to rescind Ordinance No. 26,276 MCS (Zoning Docket 123/14) and grant a planned development which authorizes the expansion of an indoor amusement facility, on Square 337, Lots 3A and 3-A1, in the Second Municipal District, bounded by North Broad Street, North Dorgenois Street, Saint Peter Street, and Toulouse Street (Municipal Addresses: 636-650 North Broad Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 39/26) ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,475 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS - An Ordinance to effect a zoning change from an HU-RD2 Historic Urban Two-Family Residential District to HU-MU Historic Urban Mixed-Use District, on Square 389, Lots 12 and 13 in the Fourth Municipal District, bounded by Jackson Avenue, South Claiborne Avenue, Josephine Street, and Willow Street (Municipal Addresses: 2819-2821 Jackson Avenue); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 44/26) ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,476 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN - An Ordinance to effect a zoning change from an S-RS Suburban Single-Family District to an OS-N Neighborhood Open Space District, on Square 3038, Lots 6, 8-B, 9 and 10, in the Third Municipal District, bounded by Touro Street, Frenchmen Street, Mandolin Street, and Pelopidas Street (Municipal Addresses: 4235-4237 Touro Street, 2110-2116 Mandolin Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 45/26) ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,477 - BY: COUNCILMEMBERS KING AND HARRIS (BY REQUEST) - An Ordinance to ordain and establish Chapter 70, Article III, Division 56 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, consisting of sections 70-415.350 through 70-415.354, for the purpose of creating the Crescent City Connection Bridge Lighting Fund to manage funding for decorative bridge lighting; to ordain and establish Chapter 146, Article XIV of the Code, consisting of sections 146-786 through 146-793, to provide relative to the maintenance, operation, and purchase by third parties of decorative lighting on the Crescent City Connection; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,478 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL (BY REQUEST) - An Ordinance to grant a non-exclusive wireless franchise to SQF, LLC dba VERTA to construct, maintain, operate, and authorize new wireless facilities on and under the public rights-of-way within the corporate limits of the City of New Orleans, with locations subject to the approval of the Grantor, to provide for annual payments, and the furnishing of a surety bond; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: King - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,479 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING (BY REQUEST) - An Ordinance authorizing the acquisition by the City of New Orleans (City) from the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) of (a) 900 Elmira Avenue, designated as the front portions of lots 19 & 20 in square 260 of the Fifth Municipal District; (b) 909-15 Homer Street, designated as the rear portions of lots 19 & 20 in square 260 of the Fifth Municipal District; (c) 3617 Third Street, designated as part of lot 15 in square 459 of the Fourth Municipal District; (d) 3621 Third Street, designated as lots B, C, E, & F in square 459 of the Fourth Municipal District; and (e) 3623 Third Street, designated as lot G in square 459 of the Fourth Municipal District (collectively, the “NORA Properties”); authorizing the transfer of the land and improvements comprising 2021 Danneel Street, designated as Lot A1 in square 293 of the Fourth Municipal District (the “City Property”); and otherwise provide with respect thereto. 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NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,483 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL - An Ordinance to require continued use of the City’s current enterprise resource planning system (BRASS) by the Orleans Parish Clerk of Court; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: King - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,484 - BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS, MORRELL, WILLARD, MCCARRON AND KING (BY REQUEST) - An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 30530 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2026”, to appropriate Housing Bond Funds to the Office of Housing and Community Development for FY24 and FY25 projects; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,485 - BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS, MORRELL, WILLARD, MCCARRON AND KING (BY REQUEST) - An Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 30531 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2026”, to appropriate Housing Bond Funds to the Office of Housing and Community Development for FY24 and FY25 projects; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,491 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL - An Ordinance to amend and reordain sections 34-3, 34-14, 34-17, 34-18, 34-19, 3424, 34-28, 34-33, 34-48, 34-49 of Chapter 34 and section 54-420 of Chapter 54 of the Code of the City of New Orleans to provide relative to the regulation of carnival, including to increase the fine for violations of the provisions of Chapter 34; update requirements for parade permit applications and float parade elements; to prohibit glass and smoking on floats and glass throws; to establish that violations of certain provisions constitute a criminal offense; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,492 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) - An Ordinance to waive the requirements of Section 70-12 of the City Code applicable to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (the “City”) and Mercy Partners, LLC, approved on April 23, 2026 by Ordinance No. 30,642, M.C.S. (the “Mercy Partners CEA”); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,500 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN (BY REQUEST) - An Ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Amendment No. 1 (“CEA”) between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), and Toole Design Group, LLC and Fehr & Peers, relative to develop, refine and implement data applications that address specific roadway safety problems for the Safe Streets and Road for All Program, the provisions thereof as set forth more fully in the CEA form Exhibit “A” and made a part hereof; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,503 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON (BY REQUEST) - An Ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”) between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), and the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (“S&WB”), relative to the administration, planning and construction of the Monticello Canal Culverts State Capital Outlay Project (FP&C #50-ML2-22-03) as set forth more fully in the CEA form Exhibit “1” and made a part hereof; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. ROLL CALL: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED. MOTION (LYING OVER) NO. M-26-272 CITY HALL: July 9, 2026 BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING A MOTION directing the City Planning Commission to conduct a public hearing to consider amendments to Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, to implement, with the certain modifications, the Commission’s recommendations of as reported in its Cannabis, Tobacco, and Nicotine Study. WHEREAS, on September 11, 2025, the City Council adopted Motion No. M-25-470, directing the City Planning Commission to conduct a public hearing and prepare a comprehensive study to identify the impacts of retail establishments that sell cannabis, tobacco and nicotine products and to provide recommendations regarding updated regulation of these uses, including, but not limited to, the definition of new uses, use standards, signage regulations, and density restrictions, as applicable; and WHEREAS, the Council received the Commission’s Cannabis, Tobacco, and Nicotine Study on May 9, 2026, and now desires to proceed with the implementation of the Commission’s recommendations; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the City Planning Commission is directed to conduct a public hearing to consider amendments to Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (“CZO”), to implement changes to use permissions, use standards, and definitions as informed by the Commission’s Cannabis, Tobacco, and Nicotine Study and as established in this motion. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the City Planning Commission shall consider a use standards requirement prohibiting the operation of a marijuana retailer, tobacco retailer, or smoke shop within 750 feet of any operating school, childcare center, place of worship, public library, public park, or public recreational facility, and within residential and park districts. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the City Planning Commission shall consider a use standards requirement prohibiting the operation of a marijuana retailer or smoke shop within 750 feet of another marijuana retailer or smoke shop. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That due to the already extensive and ongoing public engagement conducted for the Cannabis, Tobacco, and Nicotine Study, the Neighborhood Participation Plan requirement of the CZO is hereby waived, and the application fee in the amount of $1,500.00 is hereby waived. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That, in accordance with CZO Section 4.2.D.3.C, the Council finds that there is good cause to provide for a period of 120 days for the City Planning Commission to provide its recommendation given the extensive and complex nature of the changes contemplated and the intense public interest in the subject matter of the changes. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That in the process of reviewing this amendment, the City Planning Commission staff is directed and granted the flexibility to make all appropriate changes to the proposed regulations and any existing corresponding regulations in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, as amended, to ensure consistency and continuity with the format of the existing zoning code, to add references wherever references are customary, needed or appropriate, to make the appropriate adjustments to clarify any ambiguities or mistakes, and to make adjustments deemed necessary in light of public testimony resulting from this review. JULY 23, 2026 THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Harris - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. MOTIONS/RESOLUTIONS NO. M-26-284

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BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN BE IT MOVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the City Planning Commission is hereby directed to conduct a public hearing to consider amendments to Ordinance No. 4,264 M.C.S., amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S., as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of New Orleans, regarding fence and wall regulations to add the neighborhoods of Lake Terrace and Lake Oaks to Section 21.6.N.2.a and to delete Section 21.6.N.4. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the application fee in the amount of $1,500.00 and the Project Neighborhood Participation Program requirement are hereby waived. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That in the process of studying and reviewing the proposed amendment, the City Planning Commission staff is directed and granted the flexibility to make all appropriate changes to the proposed regulations and any existing corresponding regulations in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, as amended, to establish consistency and continuity with the format of the existing zoning code, to add references wherever references are customary, needed, or appropriate, to make appropriate adjustments to clarify any ambiguities or mistakes, and to make adjustments deemed necessary in light of public testimony resulting from this review. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION OF THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-285 BY: COUNCILMEMBERS MORRELL, WILLARD, MCCARRON, HARRIS, KING, GREEN AND HUGHES A MOTION recognizing the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, one of the worst man-made disasters in our nation’s history that caused inconceivable devastation and immense hardship and heartbreak here in New Orleans and throughout the Gulf Coast region. WHEREAS, on August 23, 2005, a tropical depression formed southeast of the Bahamas and became Tropical Storm Katrina on August 24, 2005, the 11th tropical storm of the season and the third strongest hurricane to hit the United States in its history at the time; and WHEREAS, by the evening of August 25, when Katrina made landfall north of the Broward-Miami-Dade County line, it had intensified to a Category 1 hurricane, but after passing over Florida, the storm again weakened and was reclassified as a tropical storm; as it moved over the Gulf of Mexico, the storm increased in strength and on August 28, the storm was upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane, with maximum sustained wind speeds ultimately reaching 175 miles per hour; and WHEREAS, on the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall southeast of New Orleans in Buras, Louisiana, destroying the coastline with estimated storm surges of 15 to 19 feet from New Orleans East to St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes; though downgraded to a Category 3, the storm’s relatively slow forward movement covered the region with significant rainfall; and WHEREAS, in the early morning hours on August 29, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers received a report that water had broken through the concrete flood wall between the 17th Street Canal and the city, with the Industrial Canal later breaching and flooding the Lower Ninth Ward; in 2006, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, responsible for the design of the levee system in New Orleans, acknowledged that outdated and faulty engineering practices used to build the levees led to a majority of the flooding that occurred due to Katrina; and WHEREAS, by late afternoon, the breaching of the London Avenue Canal levees caused 80% of New Orleans’ neighborhoods to be inundated with rising floodwaters, reaching upwards of 15 feet in depth; and WHEREAS, roughly 100,000 people were tragically trapped in the city when the storm hit—due in large part to late evacuation notices and lack of transportation—with many taking refuge in the New Orleans Superdome and the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center; and WHEREAS, this man-made disaster resulted in the deaths of 1,833 people regionally and left millions homeless in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama; according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Katrina is the costliest U.S. hurricane on record, inflicting upwards of $160 billion in total damages; and WHEREAS, Hurricane Katrina had an overwhelming impact on the City of New Orleans and our people; the mass exodus from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast during and after Katrina represented one of the largest and most sudden relocations of people in U.S. history with an estimated 1.2 million Louisianans being displaced for months or even years, and thousands never returning to their homes; and WHEREAS, in addition to the tragic loss of life and abundant displacement, the storm caused severe damage to businesses, infrastructure, and housing and left behind standing water, oil pollution, sewage, and other environmental hazards; and WHEREAS, the storm further exposed major gaps in the U.S. emergency management response and highlighted the importance of infrastructure resilience with storm impacts continuing to be felt in New Orleans as ongoing efforts to rebuild and recover continue even twenty years later; and WHEREAS, the storm serves as a stark and chilling reminder of the destructive power of extreme weather events and the importance of disaster preparedness; nevertheless, our city remains united in compassion for the victims and in resolve to overcome the tremendous impacts through perseverance and thoughtful action to address systemic failures; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Motion No. M-25-505 on September 25, 2025, establishing the 2026 Holiday schedule for City Government; and WHEREAS, the Council desires to amend this schedule to include a Day of Remembrance acknowledging the devastating impacts and loss of life resulting from Hurricane Katrina to be recognized on August 28, 2026, without adverse impact on the City budget or ability to provide services to the public; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the holiday schedule for City Government for the year 2026 is hereby amended to include the following additional holiday: HOLIDAYSDATE OF OBSERVANCE DAY OF THE WEEK Hurricane Katrina Remembrance August 28, 2026 Friday THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-286 BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the City Planning Commission’s report and favorable recommendation, subject to three provisos, for ZONING DOCKET 61/26 – Ignatius J. Morales, Jr., requesting a conditional use to permit a neighborhood commercial establishment in an HU-RD2 Historic Urban Two-Family Residential District, on Square 17, Lot 21A, in the Sixth Municipal District, bounded by Camp Street, Audubon Street, Magazine Street, and Broadway Street (Municipal Address: 139 Broadway Street), is approved and the request is granted, subject to the three provisos contained within the City Planning staff report. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall forward copies of this motion and the report of the City Planning Commission to the Law Department, which is directed to prepare an ordinance to effectuate this motion and is granted the flexibility to make any changes necessary to achieve the will of the Council as set forth in this motion. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes, King - 2 RECUSED: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-287 BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL (BY REQUEST) SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the Mayor’s appointment of Damien Lebouef (vice Edward Levert, Jr.) as a member of the Delgado Albania Plantation Commission, effective upon approval by the Council of the City of New Orleans, for a term ending on June 30, 2029, be, and the same is hereby ratified, confirmed, and approved. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall immediately provide a certified copy of this motion to Damien Lebouef, the Delgado Albania Plantation Commission, the Law Department, and the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-288 BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL (BY REQUEST) SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the Mayor’s appointment of Michael Kerrigan (vice Marc Kullman) as a member of the Delgado Albania Plantation Commission, effective upon approval by the Council of the City of New Orleans, for a term ending on June 30, 2030, be, and the same is hereby ratified, confirmed, and approved.

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BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall immediately provide a certified copy of this motion to Michael Kerrigan, the Delgado Albania Plantation Commission, the Law Department, and the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-289 BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL (BY REQUEST) SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the Mayor’s reappointment of Charley Richard as a member of the Delgado Albania Plantation Commission, effective upon approval by the Council of the City of New Orleans, for a term ending on June 30, 2031, be, and the same is hereby ratified, confirmed, and approved. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall immediately provide a certified copy of this motion to Charley Richard, the Delgado Albania Plantation Commission, the Law Department, and the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-290 BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER WILLARD BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, that Granville Semmes Construction Co., LLC’s appeal of the Historic District Landmarks Commission’s decision, denying the retention of deteriorated masonry and stucco at a Landmark, commercial building located at 510 Race Street, is denied and the decision of the Commission is hereby affirmed. BE IT FURTHER MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, that the Clerk of Council shall forward copies of this motion to all affected departments, including the Historic District Landmarks Commission and the Department of Safety and Permits. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-291 BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, that the City Planning Commission’s report and recommendation of approval, related to ZONING DOCKET 42/26, initiated by City Council Motion No. M-26-93, requesting consideration of amendments to Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, to amend the definition of “dwelling, small multi-family affordable” in Article 26, Section 26.6 to include not only affordable housing units offered for rental but also dwellings offered as permanently affordable, for-sale housing by not-for-profit community land trusts offering long-term ground leases respective of owners and lessors, and related additional amendments to set reasonable requirements for this use, including but not limited to amendments to the use standards contained in Section 20.3.SSS and the use tables throughout the CZO, is hereby APPROVED. BE IT FURTHER MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, that the Clerk of Council is directed to forward copies of this motion to the Law Department, which is directed to prepare an ordinance to effectuate this motion and is granted flexibility to make any changes necessary to achieve the will of the Council as set forth in this motion. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes, King - 2 RECUSED: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-292 BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, that Granville Semmes Construction Co., LLC’s appeal of the Historic District Landmarks Commission’s decision, denying the retention of deteriorated masonry and stucco, deteriorated entry gates, and inappropriate uplighting fixtures, and deferring the request to retain installation of a mini-split, at a Landmark, commercial building located at 1510 Religious Street, is denied and the decision of the Commission is hereby affirmed. BE IT FURTHER MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, that the Clerk of Council shall forward copies of this motion to all affected departments, including the Historic District Landmarks Commission and the Department of Safety and Permits. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes, King - 2 RECUSED: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-293 BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS, MORRELL, WILLARD AND MCCARRON (BY REQUEST) WHEREAS, Section 70-10 of the Code of the City of New Orleans requires that certain contracts providing for the aggregate expenditure of more than $1,000,000.00 in city funds during the initial term and all allowable renewal terms or having an initial term of more than one year or providing for legal services must be signed by the President of the City Council; and WHEREAS, Section 70-10 further provides that the President of the City Council shall not execute any such contract unless authorized to do so by Council motion; and WHEREAS, the City of New Orleans entered into contract K24-371 on June 27, 2024 following a Response for Proposals process, entered into Amendment No. 1 to that agreement on December 17, 2025; and WHEREAS, the parties desire to enter into Amendment No. 2 to this agreement, which will extend the agreement by 25 months through July 31, 2029, and increase the maximum amount payable under this agreement from $1,854,010.00 to $4,274,576.66 for services as more fully provided for in Amendment No. 2, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; NOW THEREFORE BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the President of the Council shall be added as a signatory to amendment No. 2 to the contract between the City of New Orleans and OpenGov, Inc.; and BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the President of the Council is hereby authorized to sign Amendment No. 2 to the contract between the City of New Orleans and OpenGov, Inc. as attached hereto as Exhibit A; and BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall forward copies of this motion, including Exhibit A, to the City Attorney’s Office to effectuate this request. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-294 BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING (BY REQUEST) SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL WHEREAS, Section 70-10 of the Code of the City of New Orleans requires that certain contracts providing for the aggregate expenditure of more than $1,000,000.00 in city funds during the initial term and all allowable renewal terms or having an initial term of more than one year or providing for legal services must be signed by the President of the City Council; and WHEREAS, Section 70-10 further provides that the President of the City Council shall not execute any such contract unless authorized to do so by Council motion; and WHEREAS, the City of New Orleans and Community Foundation Realty, Inc., desire to enter into a subrecipient agreement to accomplish the valuable public purpose of supporting entrepreneurs in the energy sector in New Orleans through the creation of an incubator, the term beginning upon execution of the subrecipient agreement and expiring on September 30, 2030, the total compensation being $2,750,00.00; NOW THEREFORE BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the President of the Council shall be added as a signatory to the subrecipient agreement between the City of New Orleans and Community Foundation Realty, Inc.; and BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the President of the Council is hereby authorized to sign the subrecipient agreement between the City of New Orleans and Community Foundation Realty, Inc., as attached hereto as Exhibit A; and BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall forward copies of this motion, including Exhibit A, to the City Attorney’s Office to effectuate this request. 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YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-295 BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER WILLARD WHEREAS, the City Council of New Orleans and Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. are parties to two separate professional services agreements: one for legal services related to the Wisner Trust (K-26-505) (as amended, the “Wisner Agreement”) and one for general legal services (K-26-461) (the “General Services Agreement”); and WHEREAS, the Council desires to extend the term for one year and increase the maximum compensation payable under both the Wisner Agreement by $65,000 and the General Services Agreement by $275,000 to ensure continuity of services; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the President of the Council is hereby requested and authorized (a) to execute a sixth amendment to the professional services agreement between the City Council of New Orleans and Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. (K-26-505), extending the term for one year and increasing the maximum compensation payable under the agreement by $65,000 and (b) to execute a third amendment to the professional services agreement between the City Council of New Orleans and Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C. (K-26-461), extending the term for one year and increasing the maximum compensation payable under the agreement by $275,000. In addition to the foregoing, any amendment authorized herein may contain such other provisions as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Motion and to ensure the continuity of services. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. NO. M-26-296 BY: COUNCILMEMBER HUGHES SECONDED BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, that the City Planning Commission’s report and recommendation of approval subject to two provisos, related to ZONING DOCKET 049/26 initiated by Propertydoc, LLC, requesting a conditional use to permit a Vocational Educational Facility in a C-1 General Commercial District for the property located at Square Deer Park, Section 24, Building #3, Unit 3D, Lot 3BBB, in the Third Municipal District, bounded by Lake Forest Boulevard, Deer Park Boulevard, Deer Trail and Farrar Canal, bearing municipal addresses 10555 Lake Forest Blvd – Suite 3D, is hereby received and the request is APPROVED as recommended by the City Planning Commission. BE IT FURTHER MOVED, that the Clerk of Council is directed to forward copies of this motion to the Law Department, which is directed to prepare an ordinance to effectuate this motion and is granted flexibility to make any changes necessary to achieve the will of the Council as set forth in this motion. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: King - 1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING CAL. NO. 35,504 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) - AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 145 Roosevelt Way; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,505 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) - AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 1525 Prytania Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,506 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) - AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 1010 Girod Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,507 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) - AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 2816 Saint Louis Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,508 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON (BY REQUEST) - AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-ofway located at the municipal address 6 Newcomb Boulevard; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,509 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON (BY REQUEST) - AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-ofway located at the municipal address 10 Newcomb Boulevard; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,510 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN (BY REQUEST) - AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 1660 North Roman Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,511 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING (BY REQUEST) - AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 221 Royal Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,512 - BY: COUNCILMEMBERS MORRELL AND HUGHES - AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Article 19 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to create a new Interim Zoning District to be named the Data Center Interim Zoning District, the intent of which is prohibit the issuance of an occupational license or otherwise permit the operation of data centers citywide; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 37/26) CAL. NO. 35,513 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING - AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Articles 20 and 26 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to add a new definition “Park Concession Facility” and to add new on-site development standards for “Park Concession Facilities”; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 48/26) CAL. NO. 35,514 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS - AN ORDINANCE to establish a conditional use to permit a standard restaurant in an HUB1 Historic Urban Neighborhood Business District, the CPC Character Preservation Corridor Design Overlay District and the Magazine Street Use Restriction Overlay District, on Square 236, Lot 14 and part of Lot 15, in the Sixth Municipal District, bounded by Magazine Street, Bordeaux Street, Camp Street, and Lyons Street (Municipal Address: 4807 Magazine Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

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(ZONING DOCKET NO. 52/26) CAL. NO. 35,515 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS - AN ORDINANCE to establish a conditional use to permit a commercial short term rental in a C-2 Auto-Oriented Commercial District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, on Square 359, Lot C, in the First Municipal District, bounded by Reverend John Raphael Jr. Way, Clio Street, Earhart Boulevard, and Freret Street (Municipal Addresses: 1131-1133 Reverend John Raphael Jr. Way); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 53/26) CAL. NO. 35,516 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON - AN ORDINANCE to establish a conditional use to permit a commercial use (office) over 5,000 square feet in floor area in an S-LB2 Lake Area Neighborhood Business District, on Square 22, Lots 11 through 13, Homedale Park Annex, in the Second Municipal District, bounded by Canal Street, Greenwood Street, Vicksburg Street, and Weiblen Street (Municipal Address: 5325 Canal Boulevard); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 54/26) CAL. NO. 35,517 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING - AN ORDINANCE to establish a conditional use to permit a reception facility in an HU-B1 Historic Urban Neighborhood Business District, on Square 766, Lot 1, in the Third Municipal District, bounded by Saint Bernard Avenue, North Derbigny Street, London Avenue, New Orleans Street, and North Roman Street (Municipal Address: 1701 St. Bernard Avenue); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 55/26) CAL. NO. 35,518 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS - AN ORDINANCE to establish a conditional use to permit a commercial short term rental in a CBD-2 Historic Commercial and Mixed-Use District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, on Square 130, Lots 14 and 15, in the First Municipal District, bounded by Natchez Street, Magazine Street, Poydras Street, and Tchoupitoulas Street (Municipal Address: 422 Natchez Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 56/26) CAL. NO. 35,519 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING - AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Article 24, Section 24.13.G.3.d Retail Facilities in the VCS and VCS-1 Districts of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to alter the signage regulations for retail centers owned or controlled by a single entity, not anchored by a major department store, unified by a specific architectural theme and consisting of a major public or private space, with more than 55,000 square feet of enclosed gross leasable area devoted primarily to diverse retail, food, and entertainment facilities; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 57/26) CAL. NO. 35,520 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON - AN ORDINANCE to effect a zoning change from an HU-RD2 Historic Urban Two-Family Residential District to an HU-B1A Historic Urban Neighborhood Business District and to grant a conditional use to permit a “Standard Restaurant” as defined in Section 26.6 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of New Orleans in the HU-B1A Use Restriction Overlay District, on Square 187, Lots 1, 2, and 3, in the Sixth Municipal District, bounded by Octavia Street, Laurel Street, Constance Street, and Jefferson Avenue (Municipal Addresses: 5433 Laurel Street and 509-515 Octavia Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 30/26) CAL. NO. 35,521 - BY: COUNCILMEMBERS MCCARRON AND HUGHES - AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Chapter 159 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, to establish a governance structure for the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, including composition and role of the board of directors, regulation by the city council, and related policies; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,522 - BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS, MORRELL, WILLARD, MCCARRON AND GREEN (BY REQUEST) - AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-ordain Ordinance No. 30,532 M.C.S., entitled “An Ordinance Providing a Capital Budget for the Year 2026”, to effect the following change to the 2026 Capital Budget: to appropriate funds to the Chief Administrative Office, the Department of Parks and Parkways, the Department of Property Management, the Department of Public Works, the New Orleans Mosquito, Termite and Rodent Control Board, the New Orleans Police Department, and the New Orleans Recreation Commission; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,523 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER WILLARD - AN ORDINANCE to amend and re-ordain sections 2-61 and 2-62 of the Code of the City of New Orleans to provide relative to periodic reporting by the police department on drone usage; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. CAL. NO. 35,524 - BY: COUNCILMEMBER WILLARD - AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Ordinance 9650 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance 11152 M.C.S, as amended, and as amended by Ordinance 28033 M.C.S., relative to the dedication of capital funds for works of art, to provide for 1% of all future appropriations for eligible capital projects to be dedicated to the acquisition of art; to modify the scope of eligible capital projects; and to provide otherwise with respect thereto. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCES WERE LAID OVER AS REQUIRED BY LAW. There being no further business, on motion of Councilmember Morrell, seconded by Councilmember Green, and without objection, the Council meeting adjourned at 12:00 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL CH/jmr NOCP 9238 _________________________________________________________________ ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,472 NO. 30703 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON AN ORDINANCE to establish a conditional use to permit a commercial short-term rental in an S-LM Lake Area Marina District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, for Boathouse #84, whose dimensions are 25 feet fronting on Breakwater Drive, and 25 feet fronting on the water and 80 feet in length from the street-side boundary, within the Municipal Yacht Harbor Marina of Lake Pontchartrain (Municipal Address: 8112 Breakwater Drive); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number 22/26 was initiated by James T. Cali and Aimee C. Cali referred to the City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on this zoning petition and recommended approval of the requested conditional use in its report to the City Council dated May 15, 2026, presented in Zoning Docket Number 22/26; and WHEREAS, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission was upheld and the changes were deemed necessary and in the best interest of the City of New Orleans and the request was approved by the City Council, subject to two (2) provisos, as stated in Motion Number M-26226 of the Council of the City of New Orleans on June 4, 2026. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That a conditional use to permit a commercial short-term rental in an S-LM Lake Area Marina District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, for Boathouse #84, whose dimensions are 25 feet fronting on Breakwater Drive, and 25 feet fronting on the water and 80 feet in length from the street-side boundary, within the Municipal Yacht Harbor Marina of Lake Pontchartrain (Municipal Address: 8112 Breakwater Drive); is hereby authorized and approved, subject to the following provisos, as specifically set forth herein: PROVISOS: 1.The approval of the application is limited to Transient Lodging Use and any variances specifically granted as part of this application. With the exception of any variances that are specifically granted as part of this approval, the Transient Lodging Use shall be compliant with all relevant requirements of the zoning ordinance. 2.The Department of Safety and Permits shall issue no building permits or licenses for this project until final development plans are approved by the City Planning Commission and recorded with the Office of Conveyances. Failure to complete the conditional use process by properly recording plans within a one year time period or failure to request an administrative extension as provided for in Article 4, Section 4.3.H of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance will void the conditional use approval. SECTION 2. Whoever does anything prohibited by this Ordinance or fails to do anything required to be done by this Ordinance shall be subject to whatever civil liabilities, penalties, or remedies the law prescribes. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall have the legal force and effect of authorizing this conditional use after: (1) all proviso(s) listed in Section 1, which impose a one-time obligation have been completely fulfilled and complied with; and (2) all proviso(s) listed in Section 1, which impose a continuing or ongoing obligation have begun to be fulfilled. Fulfillment of a continuing or ongoing obligation is based on the City Planning Commission’s approval of the final site plan, which shall be submitted within one year of adoption of this Ordinance by the City Council, unless extended as authorized by the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. The Executive Director of the City Planning Commission shall verify that the development plan incorporate all conditions set forth in this Ordinance and shall sign the plan to indicate final plan approval. The final approved plan shall be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Orleans, within 30 days of the date of final approval, and evidence of such recordation shall be submitted to the City Planning Commission. No use or occupancy certificates or permits, other than the building permits needed to fulfill the proviso(s), shall be issued until the final approved plan is recorded and evidence of recordation is submitted to the City Planning Commission. If the development plan is not approved and recorded, within the timeframes provided in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, then this Ordinance shall be null and void with no legal force or binding effect. Furthermore, if the requirements of Section 4.3.H.1 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance are not satisfied within the timeframe

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allotted by Sections 4.3.H.1 and 4.3.H.2 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, the conditional use will expire, and this Ordinance will be null and void. The preceding deadlines may be extended via motion in accordance with the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Willard – 5 NAYS: Morrell - 1 ABSENT: King - 1 RECUSED: 0 **Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,473 NO. 30704 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARRON AN ORDINANCE to establish a conditional use to permit a commercial short-term rental in an S-LM Lake Area Marina District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, for Boathouse #85, whose dimensions are 25 feet fronting on Breakwater Drive, and 25 feet fronting on the water and 80 feet in length from the street-side boundary, within the Municipal Yacht Harbor Marina of Lake Pontchartrain (Municipal Address: 8114 Breakwater Drive); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number 23/26 was initiated by James T. Cali and Aimee C. Cali referred to the City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on this zoning petition and recommended approval of the requested conditional use in its report to the City Council dated May 15, 2026, presented in Zoning Docket Number 23/26; and WHEREAS, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission was upheld and the changes were deemed necessary and in the best interest of the City of New Orleans and the request was approved by the City Council, subject to two (2) provisos, as stated in Motion Number M-26227 of the Council of the City of New Orleans on June 4, 2026. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That a conditional use to permit a commercial short-term rental in an S-LM Lake Area Marina District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, for Boathouse #85, whose dimensions are 25 feet fronting on Breakwater Drive, and 25 feet fronting on the water and 80 feet in length from the street-side boundary, within the Municipal Yacht Harbor Marina of Lake Pontchartrain (Municipal Address: 8114 Breakwater Drive); is hereby authorized and approved, subject to the following provisos, as specifically set forth herein: PROVISOS: 1. The approval of the application is limited to Transient Lodging Use and any variances specifically granted as part of this application. With the exception of any variances that are specifically granted as part of this approval, the Transient Lodging Use shall be compliant with all relevant requirements of the zoning ordinance. 2. The Department of Safety and Permits shall issue no building permits or licenses for this project until final development plans are approved by the City Planning Commission and recorded with the Office of Conveyances. Failure to complete the conditional use process by properly recording plans within a one-year time period or failure to request an administrative extension as provided for in Article 4, Section 4.3.H of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance will void the conditional use approval. SECTION 2. Whoever does anything prohibited by this Ordinance or fails to do anything required to be done by this Ordinance shall be subject to whatever civil liabilities, penalties, or remedies the law prescribes. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall have the legal force and effect of authorizing this conditional use after: (1) all proviso(s) listed in Section 1, which impose a one-time obligation have been completely fulfilled and complied with; and (2) all proviso(s) listed in Section 1, which impose a continuing or ongoing obligation have begun to be fulfilled. Fulfillment of a continuing or ongoing obligation is based on the City Planning Commission’s approval of the final site plan, which shall be submitted within one year of adoption of this Ordinance by the City Council, unless extended as authorized by the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. The Executive Director of the City Planning Commission shall verify that the development plan incorporate all conditions set forth in this Ordinance and shall sign the plan to indicate final plan approval. The final approved plan shall be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Orleans, within 30 days of the date of final approval, and evidence of such recordation shall be submitted to the City Planning Commission. No use or occupancy certificates or permits, other than the building permits needed to fulfill the proviso(s), shall be issued until the final approved plan is recorded and evidence of recordation is submitted to the City Planning Commission. If the development plan is not approved and recorded, within the timeframes provided in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, then this Ordinance shall be null and void with no legal force or binding effect. Furthermore, if the requirements of Section 4.3.H.1 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance are not satisfied within the timeframe allotted by Sections 4.3.H.1 and 4.3.H.2 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, the conditional use will expire, and this Ordinance will be null and void. The preceding deadlines may be extended via motion in accordance with the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Willard – 5 NAYS: Morrell - 1 ABSENT: King - 1 RECUSED: 0 **Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,474 NO. 30705 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING AN ORDINANCE to rescind Ordinance No. 26,276 MCS (Zoning Docket 123/14) and grant a planned development which authorizes the expansion of an indoor amusement facility, on Square 337, Lots 3A and 3-A1, in the Second Municipal District, bounded by North Broad Street, North Dorgenois Street, Saint Peter Street, and Toulouse Street (Municipal Addresses: 636-650 North Broad Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number 39/26 was initiated by Art House NOLA, Inc. and Get the Gorilla, LLC and referred to the City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on this zoning petition and recommended approval of the requested amendment in its report to the City Council dated April 29, 2026, presented in Zoning Docket Number 39/26; and WHEREAS, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission was upheld, and the changes were deemed necessary and in the best interest of the City of New Orleans and the request was approved with modification by the City Council, subject to three (3) exceptions and three (3) provisos, as stated in Motion Number M-26-232 of the Council of the City of New Orleans on June 4, 2026. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That Ordinance No. 26,276 MCS (Zoning Docket 123/14) is hereby rescinded, as indoor amusement facilities are allowed by-right within the HU-MU District and no longer require conditional use approval. SECTION 2. A planned development which authorizes the expansion of an indoor amusement facility, on Square 337, Lots 3A and 3-A1, in the Second Municipal District, bounded by North Broad Street, North Dorgenois Street, Saint Peter Street, and Toulouse Street (Municipal Addresses: 636-650 North Broad Street); is hereby approved, subject to the following exceptions and provisos, as specifically set forth herein: EXCEPTIONS: 1. In accordance with Article 5, Section 5.2.D General Standards for Planned Developments of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance the developer shall be granted an exception of Article 12, Section 12.3.A.1 (Table 12-2: Bulk & Yard Regulations) Maximum Total Floor Area – Commercial Use to allow an indoor amusement facility to be greater than 10,000 square feet in total floor area. 2. In accordance with Article 5, Section 5.2.D General Standards for Planned Developments of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance the developer shall be granted an exception of all on-site parking requirements in Article 22, Section 22.4.A (Table 22-1) Off-Street Parking Requirements to support the expansion of an adaptive reuse of the historic structure in accordance with the Planned Development process.

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3.In accordance with Article 5, Section 5.2.D General Standards for Planned Developments of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, the developer shall be granted an exception of all minimum permeable open space in Article 12, Section 12.3.A.1 (Table 12-2). PROVISOS: 1. The Department of Safety and Permits shall issue no building permits or licenses for this project until final development plans are approved by the City Planning Commission and recorded with the Office of Conveyances. Failure to complete the conditional use process by properly recording plans within a one-year time period or failure to request an administrative extension as provided for in Article 4, Section 4.3.H of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance will void the Planned Development approval. 2. In accordance with Article 20.3.E Amusement Facility, Indoor or Outdoor – the developer shall submit a noise abatement plan, a security and operations plan, and surrounding area information to be reviewed by the Director of Safety and Permits, and all other relevant City agencies prior to permitting. 3. The developer shall indicate the installation of the minimum required bicycle parking spaces, as set forth in Article 22, Section 22.6 (Table 221) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, on the final plans submitted to the City Planning Commission. The design of bicycle parking spaces shall comply with the requirements as set forth in Article 22, Section 22.9 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. SECTION 3. Whoever does anything prohibited by this Ordinance or fails to do anything required to be done by this Ordinance shall be subject to whatever civil liabilities, penalties, or remedies the law prescribes. SECTION 4. This Ordinance shall have the legal force and effect of authorizing this conditional use after: (1) all proviso(s) listed in Section 2, which impose a one-time obligation have been completely fulfilled and complied with; and (2) all proviso(s) listed in Section 2, which impose a continuing or ongoing obligation have begun to be fulfilled. Fulfillment of a continuing or ongoing obligation is based on the City Planning Commission’s approval of the final site plan, which shall be submitted within one year of adoption of this Ordinance by the City Council, unless extended as authorized by the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. The Executive Director of the City Planning Commission shall verify that the development plan incorporate all conditions set forth in this Ordinance and shall sign the plan to indicate final plan approval. The final approved plan shall be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Orleans, within 30 days of the date of final approval, and evidence of such recordation shall be submitted to the City Planning Commission. No use or occupancy certificates or permits, other than the building permits needed to fulfill the proviso(s), shall be issued until the final approved plan is recorded and evidence of recordation is submitted to the City Planning Commission. If the development plan is not approved and recorded, within the timeframes provided in the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, then this Ordinance shall be null and void with no legal force or binding effect. Furthermore, if the requirements of Article 4, Section 4.3.H.1 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance are not satisfied within the timeframe allotted by Article 4, Sections 4.3.H.1 and 4.3.H.2 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, the conditional use will expire, and this Ordinance will be null and void. The preceding deadlines may be extended via motion in accordance with the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard – 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 **Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,475 NO. 30706 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS AN ORDINANCE to effect a zoning change from an HU-RD2 Historic Urban Two-Family Residential District to HU-MU Historic Urban MixedUse District, on Square 389, Lots 12 and 13 in the Fourth Municipal District, bounded by Jackson Avenue, South Claiborne Avenue, Josephine Street, and Willow Street (Municipal Addresses: 2819-2821 Jackson Avenue); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number 44/26 was initiated by Lisan Shell, LLC and referred to the City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on this zoning petition and recommended approval of the zoning change in its report to the City Council dated May 15, 2026, presented in Zoning Docket Number 44/26; and WHEREAS, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission was upheld, and the changes were deemed necessary and in the best interest of the City of New Orleans and were granted approval, as stated in Motion Number M-26-236 of the Council of the City of New Orleans on June 4, 2026. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the Executive Director of the City Planning Commission be and is hereby directed to change the appropriate zoning district maps together with all the notations, references, and other information shown thereon, together with the lot line zoning districts maps referred to in Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26413 M.C.S., as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of New Orleans, for a zoning change from an HU-RD2 Historic Urban Two-Family Residential District to HU-MU Historic Urban Mixed-Use District, on Square 389, Lots 12 and 13 in the Fourth Municipal District, bounded by Jackson Avenue, South Claiborne Avenue, Josephine Street, and Willow Street (Municipal Addresses: 2819-2821 Jackson Avenue); in accordance with Motion Number M-26-236 of the Council of the City of New Orleans, approved on June 4, 2026. SECTION 2. Whoever does anything prohibited by this Ordinance or fails to do anything required to be done by this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of such a misdemeanor, the individual shall be subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both, in accordance with Section 1-13 of the Code of the City of New Orleans. Such a conviction shall be cause for immediate cancellation of the Use and Occupancy Permit for the premises. Alternatively, the individual shall be subject to whatever civil liabilities, penalties, or remedies the law prescribes. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard – 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 **Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,476 NO. 30707 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN AN ORDINANCE to effect a zoning change from an S-RS Suburban Single-Family District to an OS-N Neighborhood Open Space District, on Square 3038, Lots 6, 8-B, 9 and 10, in the Third Municipal District, bounded by Touro Street, Frenchmen Street, Mandolin Street, and Pelopidas Street (Municipal Addresses: 4235-4237 Touro Street, 21102116 Mandolin Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number 45/26 was initiated by Hebrew Rest Cemetery Association, Inc., and referred to the City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held a public hearing on this zoning petition and recommended approval of the zoning change in its report to the City Council dated May 15, 2026, presented in Zoning Docket Number 45/26; and WHEREAS, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission was upheld, and the changes were deemed necessary and in the best interest of the City of New Orleans and were granted approval, as stated in Motion Number M-26-228 of the Council of the City of New Orleans on June 4, 2026. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the Executive Director of the City Planning Commission be and is hereby directed to change the appropriate zoning district maps together with all the notations, references, and other information shown thereon, together with the lot line zoning districts maps referred to in Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26413 M.C.S., as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City

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of New Orleans, for a zoning change from an S-RS Suburban SingleFamily District to an OS-N Neighborhood Open Space District, on Square 3038, Lots 6, 8-B, 9 and 10, in the Third Municipal District, bounded by Touro Street, Frenchmen Street, Mandolin Street, and Pelopidas Street (Municipal Addresses: 4235-4237 Touro Street, 2110-2116 Mandolin Street); in accordance with Motion Number M-26-228 of the Council of the City of New Orleans, approved on June 4, 2026. SECTION 2. Whoever does anything prohibited by this Ordinance or fails to do anything required to be done by this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of such a misdemeanor, the individual shall be subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both, in accordance with Section 1-13 of the Code of the City of New Orleans. Such a conviction shall be cause for immediate cancellation of the Use and Occupancy Permit for the premises. Alternatively, the individual shall be subject to whatever civil liabilities, penalties, or remedies the law prescribes. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard – 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 **Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,477 NO. 30708 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBERS KING AND HARRIS (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to ordain and establish Chapter 70, Article III, Division 56 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, consisting of sections 70415.350 through 70-415.354, for the purpose of creating the Crescent City Connection Bridge Lighting Fund to manage funding for decorative bridge lighting; to ordain and establish Chapter 146, Article XIV of the Code, consisting of sections 146-786 through 146-793, to provide relative to the maintenance, operation, and purchase by third parties of decorative lighting on the Crescent City Connection; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the Code of the City of New Orleans is amended to add Sections 70-415.350 through 70-415.354 which shall read as follows: “CHAPTER 70 – FINANCE *** ARTICLE III. – FUNDS *** DIVISION 56. – CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION BRIDGE LIGHTING FUND Sec. 70-415.350. – Fund created. There is hereby created a special fund designated as the Crescent City Connection Bridge Lighting Fund (hereinafter “fund”). Sec. 70-415.351. – Funding and purpose. The fund shall be used exclusively for maintenance, operational, and programming costs associated with decorative lighting on the Crescent City Connection Bridge. All revenues collected from the operation of any bridge-lighting display program shall be deposited into the fund. Sec. 70-415.352. – Restrictions on the fund. Moneys deposited into the fund shall remain in the fund until spent for the purposes specified in this division. The funds may not be transferred into the general fund or any other funds. Sec. 70-415.353. – Reports. The director of the department of finance shall keep detailed and accurate records in the administration of the fund and shall make annual reports to the chief administrative officer and the city council, giving a complete and detailed written accounting of all revenues and expenditures of the fund. Sec. 70-414.354. – Administration of the fund. The fund shall be administered by the director of the department of finance in accordance with Home Rule Charter section 6-207 and shall be maintained in an interest-bearing account with interest accruing to the benefit of and to become part of the fund.” SECTION 2. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the Code of the City of New Orleans is amended to add Article XIV of Chapter 146 which shall contain sections 146-786 through 146-792 and shall read as follows: “CHAPTER 146 – STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES *** ARTICLE XIV. – CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION BRIDGE LIGHTING Sec. 146-786. – Generally. The city, through a department or operating unit designated by the chief administrative officer, may implement a program regulating displays of illumination on the Crescent City Connection Bridge and the purchase of lighting displays by third parties in accordance with this article. Sec. 146-787. – Application process and approval. The city may authorize lighting displays on the Crescent City Connection at the request of a third party upon approval of the responsible department and upon payment of the program fee established pursuant to this article. The application and approval process, including any required forms, submittals, and submission deadlines, shall be established by the responsible department and published online. Approval shall not be denied, nor any approved display cancelled, based upon a disagreement with the viewpoint of the applicant. Sec. 146-788. – Program fee. The schedule of fees for participation in the bridge lighting program shall be established by the responsible department and published online. The daily fee for bridge lighting displays shall be based on the complexity and cost of creating and implementing the lighting configuration and shall not be less than $1,000 per night. nor more than $15,000 per night. All fees collected pursuant to this article shall be deposited into the Crescent City Connection Bridge Lighting Fund established in chapter 70, division 56 of this code. Sec. 146-789. – Blackout days and use by the city. (a) The responsible department shall establish a schedule of days on which bridge lighting displays are reserved for lighting displays requested by the city, including displays necessary to comply with existing contractual obligations or to commemorate holidays, matters of local significance, and special events. (b) The city shall have an absolute right to cancel or reschedule any scheduled lighting program and may substitute a city-initiated lighting display in its place. City-initiated lighting displays shall be subject to the approval of the chief administrative officer. City-initiated displays shall be made at no cost to the city; however, the chief administrative officer, in his or her discretion, may require the transfer of budgeted funds from a requesting department to the Crescent City Connection Bridge Lighting Fund to offset any foregone revenue. (c) The city shall not circumvent the prohibition against fee waivers by requesting lighting displays on behalf of third parties pursuant to this section, absent an overriding public, economic, or cultural benefit of general applicability. Sec. 146-790. – Prohibitions. The department shall not authorize any custom lighting display that may distract vessel or vehicle bridge traffic. Sec. 146-791. – Cancellations and refunds. (a) Applicants may request cancelation of a purchased lighting display up to 14 days before the first scheduled lighting display date and receive a 50 percent refund of the daily lighting fee. Cancelations at the request of the applicant occurring less than 14 days before the display date shall not be refunded. (b) In the event a cancelation or rescheduling at the order of the city, the applicant shall be notified in writing and shall be offered a full refund of program fees or the opportunity to reschedule the lighting display on a different day at no additional charge. Sec. 146-792. – Waivers. The fees imposed pursuant to this article shall not be waived. Sec. 146-793. – State exemption. To the extent required by contract, the state of Louisiana shall be exempt from the fees provided herein. Secs. 146-794—146-795. – Reserved.” ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard – 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026

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CALENDAR NO. 35,478 NO. 30709 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to grant a non-exclusive wireless franchise to SQF, LLC DBA VERTA to construct, maintain, operate, and authorize new wireless facilities on and under the public rights-of-way within the corporate limits of the City of New Orleans, with locations subject to the approval of the Grantor, to provide for annual payments, and the furnishing of a surety bond; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That a non-exclusive wireless franchise is hereby granted to SQF, LLC DBA VERTA (“Grantee”) to construct, install, maintain, and operate wireless facilities, on and under the public rights-of-way within the City of New Orleans (“City”), with locations subject to approval by the Grantor. The purpose of the installation of these facilities is to provide wireless service within the corporate limits of the City. Each facility shall be designed and constructed in compliance with all applicable city, state, and federal codes, and are subject to the conditions of and approval by the Grantor, including the Department of Public Works, the Department of Safety and Permits, the Department of Parks and Parkways, the Historic Districts Landmark Commission, the Vieux Carré Commission, and/or any other appropriate agency. A detailed design for each facility shall be filed with the Grantor. All required information and/or amended exhibits shall be submitted with any application to amend this Franchise to the Grantor. SECTION 2. THAT THIS NON-EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE IS GRANTED AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 2 THROUGH 18. A. Grant of Authority 1. Grantor grants to Grantee, a Delaware Limited Liability Company qualified to do business in the State of Louisiana, and Grantee’s successors and assigns, as approved by the Grantor under Section 13 of this Franchise, the limited privilege and authority to access utility poles located in City rights-of-way, to construct, repair, replace, maintain, and operate Wireless Facilities in, under, and on the surface of City rights-ofway, including the right to attach such Facilities to the City’s utility poles subject to the approvals required herein. 2.The Wireless Facilities will be used to provide telecommunications and transmission of data. Grantee represents that it has applied for and received all necessary regulatory authority to provide any telecommunication services provided by Grantee using the Wireless Facilities. B. Term. The term of this Franchise, and all rights and obligations pertaining thereto, shall be ten (10) years. After ten (10) years, the parties may opt to: Allow the Franchise agreement to continue under its terms and conditions with no changes for an additional five (5) years which shall require no action by either party; or Re-negotiate the terms prior to continuing the Franchise agreement for an additional five (5) years. If no mutual written modification is agreed upon by both parties, the Franchise shall expire. The term of this Franchise is measured from its effective date, unless terminated sooner as provided in this Franchise or renewed in accordance with Section 15. C. Effective Date. The effective date of the Franchise shall be the date of acceptance of the Franchise by the Grantee as provided in Section 19. D. Franchise Not Exclusive. This Franchise is not exclusive. Grantor expressly reserves the right to grant rights to other persons, as well as the right in its own name as a municipality, to use the rights-of-way for similar or different purposes allowed Grantee hereunder, by lease, franchise, permit, or otherwise. E. Charter and General Ordinances to Apply. To the extent authorized by law, this Franchise is subject to the Charter of the City of New Orleans and general ordinance provisions passed pursuant thereto, affecting matters of general City concern and not merely existing contractual rights of Grantee, now in effect or hereafter made effective. Nothing in this Franchise shall be deemed to waive the requirements of the various codes and ordinances of the City regarding permits, fees to be paid or the manner of construction. SECTION 3. DEFINITIONS. A. Captions. Throughout this Franchise, captions to sections are intended solely to facilitate reading and to reference the sections and provisions of this Franchise. The captions shall not affect the meaning and interpretation of this Franchise. B. Definition. For the purpose of this Franchise, the following terms, phrases, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated below, and any other capitalized terms, phrases, and their derivations not otherwise defined in this Franchise shall have the meanings stated in the City Code in the Wireless Franchise Act. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular include the plural number. The word “shall” is always mandatory and not merely directory. 1. “City Council” means the Council of the City of New Orleans. 2. “Force Majeure” means acts of God, including landslides, earthquakes, lightning, fires, hurricanes, volcanic activity, storms, floods, washouts, droughts, civil disturbances, acts of terrorism or of the public enemy, partial or entire failure of utilities, strikes, explosions, lockouts or other industrial disturbances, insurrections, public riots, or other similar events which are not reasonably within the control of the parties hereto. 3. “Franchise” means the authority granted by this ordinance to occupy the public rights-of-way and public property in the City for the use, installation, maintenance and/or repair of Wireless Facilities, pursuant to the Home Rule Charter. 4. “Grantee” means SQF, LLC DBA VERTA 5. “Grantor” means the City of New Orleans, as represented by the City Council acting within the scope of its authority to grant franchises pursuant to the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, or any of the City’s departments, agencies, political subdivisions, boards, commissions, officers, officials, employees, and volunteers. 6. “Hazardous Substance” means any gaseous, liquid, or solid material which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or biological composition when released into the environment poses a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, the environment, or property, and which material is identified or designated as being hazardous by rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the secretaries of the Department of Environmental Quality or of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, regardless of whether it is intended for use, reuse, or is to be discarded. 7. “Lease” means the right, however framed or structured, and the document or agreement evidencing such right, granted by Grantee to a third party to occupy any of Grantee’s equipment and plant for the transaction of the third party’s business. The term does not include the provision of Grantee’s wireless services, nor does it include the sale by the Grantee to a third party of any of Grantee’s tariffed telecommunications services. 8. “Penalty” means any and all monetary penalties provided for in this Franchise. 9. “Public right-of-way,” “ROW,” “rights-of-way” or “Streets” means the surface of and the space above and below any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, neutral ground, right-of-way, or highway within the Grantor, used or intended to be used by the general public for travel, to the extent the Grantor has the right to allow Grantee to use them. 10. “Wireless Facility” or “Facility” means (1) equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network including (a) equipment associated with wireless communications and (b) radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cables, regular and backup power supplies and comparable equipment; (2) includes a small wireless facility; and (3) does not include: (a) the structure or improvements on, under or within which the equipment is collocated; (b) a wireline backhaul facility, coaxial cable or fiber-optic cable between wireless support structures or utility poles; or (c) coaxial or fiber-optic cable otherwise not immediately adjacent to, or directly associated with, an antenna. The term “Wireless Facility” does not apply to any wireless facility exempted from the Wireless Franchise Act by federal law or state law. SECTION 4. COMPENSATION AND AUDITING. A. Amount of Compensation. As compensation for the benefits and privileges under this Franchise and in consideration of permission to use the ROW of the Grantor, the Grantee shall pay as an annual franchise fee to the Grantor, through the duration of this Franchise: $300.00 per Wireless Facility per year on a City-owned asset or co-located upon an asset owned by a public utility or wireless services provider operating pursuant to a Franchise from the Grantor. The annual Franchise fee shall be payable in quarterly installments. No wireless equipment may be installed, erected, or otherwise placed pursuant to this Franchise without first securing a permit for same from the Grantor. B. Franchise Fee Payments. 1. The Franchise fee shall be payable in quarterly installments. For the first calendar year of this Franchise, the first installment of Grantee’s Franchise fee shall be paid forty-five (45) days after the end of the calendar quarter including the effective date of this Franchise. Thereafter, Grantee’s franchise fee payable under Section 5(A) shall be paid to the Grantor quarterly in arrears if owed. Each such franchise fee payment shall be made for the immediately preceding calendar quarter, and each quarterly payment shall be paid on or before forty-five (45) days after the end of the preceding calendar quarter. All payments due under this Franchise shall be made to the Department of Finance with copy to the Department of Safety and Permits. 2. Franchise fee payments not received by the Grantor on or before the due date shall be assessed interest of 1% per month commencing on the first day after the due date. 3. Any payment not paid when due shall be subject to a delinquency penalty charge of five percent (5%) of the unpaid amount. Failure to make full payment and penalty charges within sixty (60) days of the applicable payment date shall constitute a violation of this Franchise. C. Reports. Each payment under Section 5(B) shall be accompanied by a written report to the Grantor, verified by an officer or other

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authorized representative of Grantee, containing an accurate statement in summarized form of each Wireless Facility deployed pursuant to this Franchise agreement, including those attached to utility poles during the preceding calendar quarter, together with franchise fees based upon such statement. Such reports shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Grantor. Such written reports shall be held confidential by Grantor and include all corresponding permit numbers. D. Cost of Pre-franchising and Publication. Upon request by Grantor, Grantee shall pay all costs associated with promulgation and publication of the Franchise ordinance within thirty (30) days of receipt of said request. E. Acceptance of Payment and Recomputation. No acceptance of any payment from Grantee shall be construed as an accord by the Grantor that the amount paid is in fact the correct amount, nor shall any acceptance of payments by the Grantor be construed as a release of any claim the Grantor may have for further or additional sums payable. 1. All amounts paid under Section 5 shall be subject to confirmation and recomputation by the Grantor. The Grantee agrees to reimburse the Grantor for: a. The costs of such confirmation if the Grantor’s recomputation discloses that the Grantee has paid less than 95% of the franchise fees owing for the period at issue upon receipt of an invoice from the Grantor showing such costs were actually incurred and directly related to the audit. b. One-half of the costs of such confirmation if the Grantor’s recomputation discloses that the Grantee had paid 95% or more, but less than 98%, of the franchise fees owing for the period at issue. c. The Grantor’s costs which may be reimbursed under this Section 5(E) shall not exceed $10,000.00 per audit or financial review. d. If the Grantor determines that Grantee made any underpayment, and that the underpayment is 5% or less of the amount due, Grantee shall pay interest pursuant to Section 5(B)(2) above. Interest shall be due on the entire underpayment from the date on which payment was due until the date on which full payment is received. In such case, the delinquency penalty of Section 5(B)(3) shall not be applicable. e. If the Grantee disputes any of the franchise fees to be paid to the Grantor under Section 5, the Grantee shall place the entire disputed amounts in an escrow account until final resolution of the dispute. f. The Grantor and its agents and representatives shall have authority to arrange for and conduct reviews of the relevant financial obligations payable hereunder. The Grantor may reasonably determine the scope of review in each instance. All amounts paid by Grantee shall be subject to review by the Grantor, provided that such review be completed within five (5) years from the date payment was due. Grantor requests for reviews shall be in writing. If Grantee has not provided copies of all information within the scope of the review to the Grantor within thirty (30) days from the date of the written request, Grantee shall readily provide access at a mutually agreeable location during normal business hours. If the Grantor requests in writing that the Grantee provide, or cause to be provided access to, copies of any information within the scope of the review, and the Grantee fails within thirty (30) days of receipt of the request to provide, or cause to be provided access to, such information, a penalty charge of 5% of the quarterly franchise fee may be assessed if Grantee fails to provide, or fails to cause to be provided access to, such requested information. SECTION 5. GENERAL INSURANCE AND BONDING PROVISIONS. A. Insurance. 1. Except as provided in subsection (3) below, Grantee shall maintain in full force and effect, at its own cost and expense, commercial general liability insurance (CGL) covering CGL on an “occurrence” basis, including products and completed operations, property damage, bodily injury and personal and advertising injury with limits of $1,000,000.00 per occurrence, and $2,000,000 in the aggregate. In addition, the grantee Grantee shall obtain worker’s compensation coverage for work done under the Franchise and as required by the State of Louisiana, with statutory limits, and employer’s liability insurance with a limit of $1,000,000.00 per accident for bodily injury or disease, policy limit. 2. Grantee shall provide the director and the Grantor’s Risk Manager with a certificate of insurance including the Grantor as an additional insured as their interest may appear under this Franchise on each policy (except workers compensation and employer’s liability) and extension or renewal thereof. Grantee shall maintain on file with the director and Grantor’s Risk Manager a current certificate of insurance certifying the coverage required. The certificate of insurance shall be subject to the reasonable approval as to form by the Grantor’s Risk Manager. Upon receipt of notice from its insurer(s), Grantee shall provide at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Grantor of such cancellation of required coverage that is not replaced. 3. In the event Grantee is self-insured as to any required coverage, then in lieu of the certificate of insurance required herein, Grantee shall provide Grantor upon the effective date of the Franchise, proof that Grantee’s selfinsurance program is sufficiently liquid or that Grantee has sufficient net worth to cover all losses in the amount shown in subsection (1) above. Grantee shall immediately notify Grantor of any change in its self-insured status as to any coverage required hereunder, and of any change in the ability of Grantee to cover the losses specified in subsection (1) above. 4. Grantee shall, at its own expense, maintain in full force and effect throughout the duration of the Franchise, a liability insurance policy or policies underwritten by a carrier rated by A.M. Best’s as A- or better and authorized to do business in the state, and upon prior notice and at reasonable times, a copy of such policy or policies shall be available for review by Grantor at the offices of Grantee. Such policy or policies, with the exception of workers compensation and employer’s liability policy, shall name the Grantor as an additional insured as their interest may appear under this Franchise. Such policy or policies shall apply as primary insurance and shall stipulate that no other insurance in effect by the City will be called on to contribute to a loss covered hereunder and shall provide for a waiver of subrogation. Upon the effective date of the Franchise, the Grantee shall furnish certificates of insurance as proof to the Grantor that satisfactory insurance policies have been obtained. A copy of the certificate of insurance shall be on file with the department of safety and permits and maintained current at all times. B. Faithful Performance Bond. 1. Upon the effective date of this Franchise, Grantee shall furnish proof of the posting of a faithful performance bond running to the Grantor, with good and sufficient surety approved by the Grantor, in the penal sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the first five years of the Franchise term and thereafter shall be in the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the subsequent ten-year period, conditioned that Grantee shall well and truly observe, fulfill, and perform each term and condition of this Franchise. Grantee shall pay all premiums charged for the bond, and shall keep the bond in full force and effect at all times throughout the term of this Franchise, including, if necessary, the time required for removal of all of Grantee’s Facilities installed in the City’s rights-of-way. The bond shall contain a provision that it shall not be terminated or otherwise allowed to expire without thirty (30) days’ prior written notice first being given to the City’s Risk Management, Law Department, and Department of Public Works, with the approval of Director of the Department of Public Works. The bond shall be subject to the approval as to form by the City Attorney. 2. During the term of this Franchise, Grantee shall file with director of Safety and Permits with copy to the Grantor’s Risk Management a duplicate copy of the bond along with written evidence of payment of the required premiums. C. Construction Bond. During all times when Grantee is performing any construction work in, on, or under the ROW, Grantee shall post a performance bond, in the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the first five years of the Franchise term and thereafter shall be in the amount of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for the subsequent ten-year period. The bond shall be conditioned that Grantee shall well and truly observe, fulfill and perform each term and condition under Section 7. Grantee shall pay all premiums or other costs associated with maintaining the bond, and shall keep the same in full force and effect at all times during the construction work. The bond shall provide that it may be terminated upon final approval of Grantee’s construction work in or under the ROW by the Department of Public Works. During the duration of the construction work, Grantee shall file with the Department of Public Works and Risk Management a copy of the bond, along with written evidence of the required premiums. The bond shall be subject to the approval as to form by the City Attorney. SECTION 6. COVENANT TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD GRANTOR HARMLESS; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. A. General Indemnification. The Grantee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Grantor, its elected officers, employees, agents, and representatives, against all claims, costs, losses, expenses, demands, actions, or causes of action, including reasonable attorney’s fees and other costs and expenses of litigation, which may be asserted against or incurred by the Grantor or for which the Grantor may be liable, to the extent caused by the negligence or willful misconduct, of the Grantee, its employees, agents, or subcontractors arising out of the construction, operation, maintenance, upgrade, repair or removal of Grantee’s Facilities, except for those claims, costs, losses, expenses, demands, actions, or causes of action which arise from the negligence, willful misconduct, or other fault of the Grantor. The Grantor does not and shall not waive any rights against the Grantee which it may have by reason of this indemnification, or because of the acceptance by, or the Grantee’s deposit with the City of any of the insurance policies described in this Franchise. The indemnification by the Grantee shall apply to all damages, penalties and claims of any kind, regardless of whether any insurance policy shall have been determined to be applicable to any such damages or claims for damages. B. Relocation Indemnification. Grantee also hereby agrees to indemnify the Grantor for any damages, claims, additional costs, or expenses assessed against or payable by the Grantor arising out of or resulting, directly or indirectly, from Grantee’s failure to remove, adjust or relocate any of its Facilities in the Grantor ROW in accordance with a relocation schedule furnished to Grantee by the Department of Public Works under this Franchise.

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C. Neither party will be liable under or in connection with this Franchise for consequential, indirect, special, incidental or punitive damages for any cause of action, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, even if the party was or should have been aware of the possibility of these damages, whether under theory of contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise. SECTION 7. CONSTRUCTION, REPLACEMENT, REPAIRS, AND MAINTENANCE. A. Permits. Grantee shall apply for and obtain all permits for the construction, installation, and operation of its Facilities in the right-of-way. Grantee shall pay all applicable fees due for City construction permits. Upon receipt of a permit for construction or installation of its Facilities, Grantee shall provide a construction schedule for the installation and removal of equipment to the Department of Public Works. Such schedule shall be subject to modification by the Department of Public Works. All construction and maintenance of any and all Grantee’s Facilities within the right-of-way shall, regardless of who performs installation and/or construction, be and remain the responsibility of Grantee. B. Installation and Removal of Equipment. Grantee’s Facilities shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana and the ordinances and standards of the City regulating such construction. Grantee may remove its Facilities from the right-of-way at any time at Grantee’s discretion provided that Grantee complies with all applicable permitting requirements in connection with such removal, and Grantee shall not owe any franchise fees with respect to a Facility following its removal. C. Common Users. Grantee’s Facilities may be attached to utility poles within the ROW, including proprietary poles installed and owned by Grantee. Grantee shall also allow and encourage other wireless carriers to co-locate facilities on utility poles with Grantee’s Facilities, provided (i) with respect to Facilities that are Grantee’s proprietary poles, that such co-location shall be pursuant to rates, terms, and conditions reasonably agreed to by Grantee, (ii) such co-location does not interfere with Grantee’ s Facilities or jeopardize the physical integrity of the utility poles, (iii) the owner of the utility poles and the Grantor consents to such co-locations, and (iv) the Grantor approves the co-location. 1. Damage to Utility Poles. If a utility pole falls or is damaged due to the actions or omissions of Grantee such that there is an imminent threat of harm to persons or property, then the Grantor may require the utility pole to be removed. Grantee shall, after written notice from the Grantor that damage to or removal of such utility poses the risk of imminent harm to persons or property, immediately undertake efforts to repair or replace or remove the utility pole and the utility pole shall be repaired or replaced within thirty (30) days after the Grantor’s written notice. Grantee shall, in all other instances, repair or replace or remove such damaged utility pole within ninety (90) days, provided Grantee commences such repair or replacement during the thirty (30) day period after receiving written notice from the Grantor and thereafter diligently pursues to completion. The cost to repair and/or replace any such utility pole damaged by Grantee, including the replacement Grantor streetlight, bulb, and ancillary equipment shall be paid by Grantee; provided, however, that if the utility pole is damaged or destroyed by normal wear and tear, the Grantor, or any third party, then the Grantee shall not be responsible to repair and/or replace the utility pole. D. Relocation. The Grantor shall have the right to require Grantee to change the location of its Facilities in the ROW when the public use requires such change, and the expense thereof shall be paid solely by Grantee. The Grantor shall provide Grantee with the standard notice given under the circumstances to other lessees, franchisees, licensees, or permittees, but no less than ninety (90) days’ notice (except in the case of imminent risk to persons or property, in which case ninety (90) days’ notice is not required). Should Grantee fail to remove or relocate any such Facilities by the date established by the Grantor, the Grantor may cause and/or effect such removal or relocation, and the expense thereof shall be paid by Grantee, including all expenses incurred by the Grantor due to Grantee’s delay. 1. The provisions of this section shall in no manner require or preclude Grantee from making any arrangements with third parties it may deem appropriate when responding to a request for relocation of its Facilities by any person or entity, other than the Grantor where the Facilities to be constructed by said person or entity are not or will not become Grantor owned, operated or maintained Facilities. E. Maps and Records. The Grantee shall produce and maintain a complete set of “as built” GIS layer(s) and, to the extent available, shall provide the Grantor two updated complete sets of as-built GIS layer(s) annually, at a minimum, upon request by the Grantor. The “As-built” asset attributes shall be produced in a form acceptable to the Grantor’s GIS Manager, the Director of the Department of Safety and Permits, and any other relevant manager of the authorizing department. All costs associated with this work are the responsibility of the Grantee. F. Restoration after Construction. Grantee shall, after construction, maintenance, or repair of Facilities, leave the ROW in as good or better condition in all respects as it was before the commencement of such construction, maintenance or repairs, excepting normal wear and tear. Grantee agrees to promptly complete restoration work and to promptly repair any damage caused by such work at its sole cost and expense. Restoration work required to protect against an imminent threat to persons or property shall be commenced immediately and shall be completed within thirty (30) days of the Grantor’s written notice. Any and all other restoration work not creating a threat of imminent harm shall be completed within ninety (90) days, provided Grantee commences such repair or replacement during the forty five (45) day period after receiving written notice from the Grantor and thereafter diligently pursues to completion. When any opening is made by Grantee in a hard surface pavement in any street, Grantee shall notify the Grantor thirty (30) days in advance. Grantee shall promptly refill the opening and restore the surface to a condition satisfactory to the Grantor. All excavations made by Grantee in the ROW shall be properly safeguarded for the prevention of accidents. All of Grantee’s work under Section 8 shall be done in strict compliance with all applicable rules, regulations and ordinances of the Grantor. G. Tree Pruning. 1. After obtaining a written permit from the Grantor, Grantee may prune or cause to be pruned, using proper arboricultural practices in accordance with such permit, any tree in or overhanging the ROW which interferes with Grantee’s Facilities. 2. Grantor may, at its discretion, waive the notification and permit process in the case of single trees, if Grantee adequately demonstrates to the Grantor’s satisfaction the ability to consistently apply proper arboricultural practices to the pruning of trees. Before any tree trimming permit may be issued, any contractor to be used by Grantee shall be subject to the approval of the Grantor. Grantor shall have the discretion to cancel the permit if, at any time, Grantee or its agents, fails to use proper arboricultural practices. SECTION 8. RESERVATION OF CITY STREET RIGHTS Nothing in this Franchise shall be construed to prevent the Grantor from constructing sewers, grading, paving, repairing, and/or altering any street or laying down, repairing, or removing water mains or constructing or establishing any other public work or improvement. All such work shall be done, insofar as practicable, so as to not obstruct, injure, or prevent the unrestricted use and operation of Grantee’s Facilities in the ROW. However, if any of Grantee’s Facilities interfere with the construction or repair of any Street or public improvement, including construction, repair or removal of a sewer or water main, Grantee’s Facilities shall be removed or replaced in the manner the Grantor shall direct in accordance with Section 8(D); provided, however, the Grantor will cooperate with Grantee to identify alternate locations within the ROW. Any and all such removal or replacement shall be at the expense of Grantee. Should Grantee fail to remove, adjust or relocate its Facilities by the date established by the Grantor written notice to Grantee, the Grantor may cause and/or effect such removal, adjustment or relocation, and the expense thereof shall be paid by Grantee, including all costs and expenses incurred by the Grantor due to Grantee’s delay. SECTION 9. MAINTENANCE OF FACILITIES. Grantee shall provide and put in use all Facilities necessary to control and provide wireless services so as to prevent injury to the Grantor’s property or property belonging to any person within the City. Grantee, solely at its own expense, shall repair, renew, change and improve said Facilities from time to time as may be necessary to accomplish this purpose. New or modified Wireless Facility designs shall be approved by and routed to the appropriate departments and commissions for approval. SECTION 10. DISCONTINUED USE OF FACILITIES. A. Whenever Grantee intends to discontinue use of its Facilities within all or part of a particular portion of the ROW and does not intend to use said Facilities again for six months or more, Grantee shall provide no less than ninety (90) days advance notice to the Grantor. In addition, Grantee shall submit for the Grantor’s approval a completed application describing the Facilities and the date on which Grantee intends to discontinue using the Facilities. B. The Grantor may require Grantee to remove the Facility from the ROW or modify the Facility in order to protect the public health and safety or otherwise serve the public interest. The Grantor may require Grantee to perform a combination of modification and removal of the Facility; provided, however, that Grantee may elect to remove its Facility entirely in the event the Grantor requests any modification. Grantee shall complete such removal or modification in accordance with a reasonable schedule set by the Grantor, provided that the Grantor shall provide no less than ninety (90) days advanced notice of any required removal or modification. Until such time as Grantee removes or modifies the Facility as directed by the Grantor, or until the rights to and responsibility for the Facility are accepted by another person having authority to construct and maintain such Facility, Grantee shall be responsible for all necessary repairs and relocations of the Facility, as well as maintenance and restoration of the ROW, in the same manner and degree as if the Facility were in active use, and Grantee shall retain all liability for such Facility. SECTION 11. HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. A. Compliance. Grantee shall comply with all applicable state and federal

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laws, statutes, regulations, and orders concerning Hazardous Substances relating to Grantee’s Facilities in the ROW. B. Maintenance and Inspection. l. Grantee shall maintain and inspect its Facilities located in the ROW. If Grantee discovers any leaks, spills, releases, or other contamination associated with, arising from, or due to its Facilities in the ROW, Grantee shall report the discovery to the Grantor within 48 hours. Grantee shall immediately proceed to repair, contain, extract, detoxify, and remediate any Hazardous Substances in the ROW associated with, resulting from, or due to any leaks, spills, releases, or other contamination from its Facilities. 2. Upon notice to Grantee and in the presence of an authorized representative of Grantee, the Grantor may inspect Grantee’s Facilities in the ROW to determine if any release of Hazardous Substances has occurred, or may occur, from or related to Grantee’s Facilities. C. Remediation. In the event Grantee creates a discharge or release of Hazardous Substances in violation of law, Grantee shall remove all contamination or residue of Hazardous Substances in compliance with applicable environmental cleanup standards. If Grantee fails to remove all such contamination or residue, in compliance with standards set by federal, state, and local laws, statutes, regulations, and orders, the Grantor may arrange for the cleanup, extraction, detoxification, removal, or remediation of the Hazardous Substances and the costs of such clean up, extraction, detoxification, or neutralization shall be charged to the Grantee and the Grantee shall promptly pay such charges. 1. Upon request, the Grantor shall provide Grantee with information within the Grantor’s possession which identifies other potentially responsible parties for the purposes of recovering such removal costs. D. Indemnification. Grantee agrees to indemnify the Grantor against any claims, costs, and expenses, of any kind, whether direct or indirect, incurred by the Grantor arising out of the release or threat of release of Hazardous Substances caused by Grantee’s ownership or operation of its Facilities in the ROW except for those claims, costs and expenses which arise from the negligence, willful misconduct, or other fault of the Grantor or any public agency operating under the authority thereof. Nothing in this Franchise agreement transfers or is intended to transfer any liability to the Grantor for remediation of any such Hazardous Substances in the ROW. The indemnification herein shall survive the expiration or termination of this Franchise. SECTION 12. GRANTOR’S WRITTEN CONSENT REQUIRED FOR ASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER, MERGER, LEASE OR MORTGAGE. A. Nontransferable Requirements (1) Grantee shall provide the Grantor with written notice of any transfer, sale, or assignment resulting in a change in control of Grantee within ten (10) days after the completion of such transfer, sale, or assignment. Grantee shall provide Grantor with copies of material petitions, applications, communications, and reports submitted by the Grantee to the Federal Communications Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal or state regulatory commission or agency having jurisdiction over any aspect of such transfer, sale or assignment. (2) Except for sales, assignments, or transfers of Franchise by reason of transfers, sales, or assignments resulting in a change of control of Grantee, the Franchise shall not be sublet or assigned, nor shall any of the rights therein granted or authorized be leased, assigned, sold or transferred, either in whole or in part, nor shall title thereto, either legal or equitable, or any right, interest or property therein, pass to or vest in any person or entity, except the Grantee, without the prior consent of the Grantor expressed by ordinance. Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Grantor shall be deemed to have consented if the Grantor has not acted within one hundred twenty (120) days after receipt of Grantee’s request for approval unless Grantor and Grantee agree to an additional period of time for Grantor’s review. The granting of such consent shall not render unnecessary any subsequent consent. For the purpose of determining whether it will consent to such change, transfer, or assignment of the Franchise, the Grantor may inquire into the qualifications of the prospective holder of the Franchise, including, but not limited to proof of such person or entity’s compliance with the insurance and Security Fund requirements of this Franchise, and Grantee shall assist the Grantor in any such inquiry. (3) Within sixty (60) days after transfer, sale, or assignment of the Franchise, Grantee shall file with the Grantor a copy of the deed, agreement, mortgage, lease, or other written instrument evidencing such sale, transfer or assignment, certified and sworn to as correct by the Grantee. (4) For purposes of this Franchise, a change in control of Grantee occurs: a. When a 51 percent ownership interest in the Grantee is acquired; b. When an ownership interest changes from 51 percent or more to 50 percent or less; c. When substantially all of the assets of the Grantee are acquired by a third party; or d. When control, as defined by the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is acquired. (5) Notwithstanding any provision in this Franchise to the contrary, Grantee shall have the right to assign this Franchise, in whole or in part, to any parent, subsidiary, affiliate, or any person, firm, or corporation that shall control, be under the control of, or be under common control with Grantee, or to any entity into which Grantee may be merged or consolidated or which purchases all or substantially all of the assets of Grantee that are subject to this Franchise, provided in each case Grantee provides Grantor with prior written notice of such assignment as soon as reasonably possible but in no event less than thirty (30) days prior to such assignment. B. Transfers without Consent in Ordinary Course of Business. Grantee shall not Lease any of its Facilities without the City’s prior consent as expressed by ordinance. However, and notwithstanding Section 13(A), Grantee may Lease, license, or grant the right to use any portion of its Facilities in the ordinary course of its business without otherwise obtaining the City’s consent by ordinance, so long as Grantee remains solely responsible for locating, servicing, repairing, relocating, and removing such Facilities, and Grantee provides Grantor with written notice of the Lease, which includes Grantee’s assumption of Grantee’s continued responsibility for locating, servicing, repairing, relocating and removing its Facilities. A lessee of Grantee’s Facilities shall not obtain any rights under this Franchise. 1. Notwithstanding Section 13(A)(l), Grantee may sell portions of its Facilities in the ordinary course of its business, so long as Grantee complies with the following conditions (to the extent that Grantee does not remain responsible for the operation of such Facilities pursuant to a lease, license, or right to use the Facilities compliant with Section 13(B)): a. The purchaser acquires a new franchise with the City within sixty (60) days of the sale execution. If the purchaser is not granted a new franchise, the purchaser shall remove, at its cost, any Facilities that are the subject of the sale. b. Within fourteen (14) days of the sale being executed and becoming final, Grantee shall provide written notice to the City, describing the Facilities sold by Grantee, identifying the purchaser of the Facilities, the location of the Facilities (in accordance with the requirements of Section 7(G), and providing an executed counterpart or certified copy of the sales documents to the Department of Safety and Permits. c. Grantee shall remain solely responsible for locating, servicing, repairing, or removing its remaining Facilities. SECTION 13. FORFEITURE AND REMEDIES. A. Forfeiture. In addition to any other rights set out elsewhere in this Franchise, the Grantor reserves the right to declare a forfeiture of the Franchise, and all of Grantee’s rights arising thereunder, in the event that: 1. Grantee violates any material provision of the Franchise and does not cure such violation in accordance with Section 14(D). For purposes of this Franchise, the following are material provisions of this Franchise, allowing the Grantor, without limitation, to exercise its rights under this Section or as set forth elsewhere in this Franchise: a. The failure to pay Grantee’s payments of franchise fees to the Grantor for use of the ROW under this Franchise; b. Any failure by Grantee to submit timely reports regarding the calculation of its franchise fees to the Grantor; c. Any failure by Grantee to maintain the liability insurance required under this Franchise; d. Any failure by Grantee to maintain the performance bond required under this Franchise; e. Any failure by Grantee to otherwise fully comply with the requirements of Sections 3 through and including Section 18 of this Franchise. 2. Grantee is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have practiced any fraud or deceit upon the Grantor. 3. There is a final determination that Grantee has failed, refused, neglected, or is otherwise unable to obtain and/or maintain any permit required by any federal or state regulatory body regarding Grantee’s operation of its Facilities or services within the City. 4. Grantee files for bankruptcy. B. Additional Remedies. In addition to any rights set out elsewhere in this Franchise, as well as its rights under the City Code, the Grantor reserves the right at its sole option to apply any of the following remedies, alone or in combination: 1. Impose a financial penalty of up to $1,000.00 per violation; and 2. Suspend Grantee’s rights under this Franchise, until Grantee corrects or otherwise remedies the violation. C. Determination of Remedy. In determining which remedy or remedies are appropriate, the Grantor shall consider the nature of the violation, the person or persons burdened by the violation, the nature of the remedy required in order to prevent further such violations, and any other matters the Grantor deems appropriate. D. Notice and Opportunity to Cure. The Grantor shall give Grantee thirty (30) days prior written notice of its intent to exercise its rights under this Section, stating the reasons or such action. If Grantee cures the stated reason within the thirty (30) day notice period, or if Grantee initiates efforts satisfactory to the Grantor to remedy the stated reason and the efforts continue in good faith, the Grantor shall not exercise its remedy rights. If Grantee fails to cure the stated reason within the thirty (30) day notice period, or if Grantee does not undertake and/or maintain efforts

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satisfactory to the Grantor to remedy the stated reason, then the Grantor may impose any or all of the remedies available, including termination of the Franchise agreement. SECTION 14. EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL. Renewal. The term of this Franchise agreement is ten (10) years. To accommodate rapid changes in technology, increase transparency, facilitate inclusion of feedback from community stakeholders, and provide opportunities to improve the Franchise agreement before the expiration of the ten (10) year period, this Franchise agreement allows, but does not require, the Grantor and Grantee to re-negotiate the terms of this Franchise agreement that will be in effect after an initial ten (10) year period. If both parties remain satisfied with the Franchise agreement, at the ten (10) year mark, they may do nothing, in which case the Franchise agreement shall continue under its terms and conditions for another five (5) years in accordance with Section 3.B. However, the parties also may opt to revise the Franchise agreement to satisfy changed circumstances in accordance with Section 3.B. If no mutual written modification is agreed upon by both parties, the Franchise shall expire pursuant to Section 3.B. Until such time as the Grantor exercises its rights as set forth in this Section, Grantee’s rights and responsibilities within the Grantor shall continue to be controlled by the terms and conditions of this Franchise. SECTION 15. MISCELLANEOUS. A. Compliance with Laws; Change of Law. 1. Both Grantee and the Grantor shall comply with all applicable federal and state laws. 2. Both Grantee and the Grantor shall comply with all applicable Grantor ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations adopted or established pursuant to the Grantor’s lawful authority. 3. If any federal, state, or local laws or regulations (including, but not limited to, those issued by the Federal Communications Commission or its successor agency) and any binding judicial interpretations thereof (collectively, “Laws”) that govern any aspect of the rights or obligations of the parties under this Franchise shall change after the effective date of this Franchise and such change makes any aspect of such rights or obligations inconsistent with the then-effective Laws, then the parties agree to promptly amend the Franchise as reasonably required to accommodate and/or ensure compliance with any such legal or regulatory change. B. Severability. If any section, provision, or clause of this Franchise is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable or is preempted by federal or state laws or regulations, the remainder of this Franchise shall not be affected. C. Regulation and Non-enforcement by the Grantor. The Grantor shall be vested with the power and authority to reasonably regulate the exercise of the privileges permitted by this Franchise in the public interest. Grantee shall not be relieved of its obligations to comply with any of the provisions of this Franchise by reason of any failure of the Grantor to enforce prompt compliance, nor does the Grantor waive or limit any of its rights under this Franchise by reason of such failure or neglect. D. Force Majeure. 1. If Grantee is wholly or partially unable to carry out its obligations under this Franchise as a result of Force Majeure, Grantee shall give the Grantor prompt notice of such Force Majeure, describing the same in reasonable detail, and Grantee’s obligations under this Franchise, other than for the payment of franchise fees or other monies due, shall not be deemed in violation or default for the duration of the Force Majeure. Grantee agrees to use its best efforts to remedy as soon as possible, under the circumstances, Grantee’s inability by reason of Force Majeure to carry out its responsibility and duties under this Franchise. E. Choice of Forum. Any litigation between the Grantor and Grantee arising under or regarding this Franchise shall occur, if in the state courts, in the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans, and if in the federal courts in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana. F. Consents. To the extent either party is required hereunder to obtain the consent or approval of the other, such consent or approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. G. Notice. Any notice provided for under this Franchise shall be sufficient if in writing and (1) delivered personally to the following addressee, (2) deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt requested, or (3) sent by overnight or commercial air courier (such as Federal Express) addressed as follows, or to such other address as the receiving party hereafter shall specify in writing: 1. If to the Grantor: City Attorney’s Office 1300 Perdido Street, Ste. 5E03 New Orleans, LA 70112 504-658-9800 2. With a copy to: Chief of Staff & Counsel Council Utilities Regulatory Office 1300 Perdido Street, Ste 6E07 New Orleans, LA 70112 504-658-1110 And Mayor’s Office of Utilities Real Estate and Records Department of Public Works Department of Parks and Parkways City’s Risk Manager 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA 70112 3. If to Grantee: SQF, LLC DBA VERTA Attn: Legal 16 Middle Street, Suite 201 Portland, ME 04101 4. Any such notice, communication, or delivery shall be deemed effective and delivered upon the earliest to occur of actual delivery, three (3) business days after depositing in the United States mail as aforesaid, or one (1) business day after shipment by commercial air courier as aforesaid. SECTION 16. CITY CONTRACTING PROVISIONS. A. Convicted Felon Provision. (Code Sec. 2-8(c)): Grantee complies with Section 2-8 (c) of the Code of the City of New Orleans, which requires that no principle, member, or officer of the Contractor has, within the proceeding five years, been convicted of, or plead guilty to a felony under state or federal statues for embezzlement, theft of public funds, bribery, or falsification or destruction of public records. B. Non-solicitation Statement. (Code Sec. 46-51): Grantee acknowledges that it has not employed or retained any SQF, LLC dba VERTA or person, other than a bona fide employee working solely for him, to solicit or secure the subject contract. The Grantee has not paid or agreed to pay any person, other than a bona fide employee working for him, any fee, commission, percentage, gift, or any other help consideration contingent upon or resulting from the subject contract. C. Audit and Compliance. The Grantee will abide by all provisions of City Code § 2-1120, including but not limited to City Code § 2-1120(12), which requires the Grantee to provide the Office of Inspector General with documents and information as requested. Failure to comply with such requests shall constitute a material breach of the contract. The Grantee agrees that it is subject to the jurisdiction of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court for purposes of challenging a subpoena. D. Creature of Government. It is understood and agreed that the Grantor is a creature of government. Should public necessity require it, this Franchise agreement may be terminated (or amended to reflect partial termination) upon the giving of sixty (60) days’ written notice by Grantor to Grantee. Under these circumstances all franchise fee payments shall cease and the liability of the Grantee to the extent of the termination shall also cease. SECTION 17. TERMINATION OF FRANCHISE. A. The Grantor may terminate this Franchise on grounds of Grantee’s Franchise violations consistent with the Chapter 30, Article II, Division 3 of the City Code and for reasons stated in this Franchise. B. Should the Grantee opt to discontinue use of all of its Facilities in the ROW pursuant to Section 11 of this Franchise agreement or if at any time Grantee have no Facilities located in the ROW, the Grantee must file a notice to terminate this agreement for convenience by providing ninety (90) days’ written notice to Grantor. C. Upon termination, all rights of the Grantee shall immediately be divested without further act upon the part of the Grantor. Grantor may require Grantee to remove its equipment and plant from the public property and rights-of-way. If Grantor requires removal, the Grantee shall forthwith remove its structures or property from the rights-of-way and restore it to such condition as the Grantor may require. Upon failure to do so, the Grantor may perform the work and collect the cost against Grantee’s performance bond. The cost thereof shall be a lien upon all equipment and plant and property of the Grantee. Such lien shall not attach to property of Grantee located on poles of other utilities until removal of such property from the pole or poles. D. Upon Grantee’s voluntary termination of this Franchise agreement, the Grantor may elect to acquire ownership of the franchised Wireless Facilities. In such event, the purchase price shall be negotiated and require mutual agreement of Grantee and Grantor. Additionally, Grantor may, in any lawful manner and upon the payment of fair market value lawfully ascertained, purchase, condemn, acquire, take over and hold the Facilities of the Grantee, in whole or in part, through the exercise of its powers of eminent domain. In such event, the actions of the Grantor and the Grantee shall be governed by state law. E. Upon voluntary termination of this Franchise agreement, Grantee’s Franchise compensation to the Grantor for the active year of termination shall be prorated based on the number of months and/or days remaining in the calendar year. The prorated Franchise compensation shall be based on a franchise fee pursuant to Section 5(A) and due within thirty (30) days from the effective date of termination of this Franchise agreement. Prorated Franchise compensation not received by the Grantor within thirty (30) days from the termination of this Franchise agreement shall be subject to Section 5(B)(2) interest and a Section 5(B)(3) delinquency penalty charges. F. The effective date of termination of this Franchise agreement shall

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be after Grantor’s collection of any and all claims, liens, fees, and or taxes due which may arise by reason of construction, operation, and/ or maintenance of the Facilities against Grantee’s performance bond, if necessary. SECTION 18. ACCEPTANCE. Grantee shall, within sixty (60) days after the passage of this Ordinance by the City Council, file with the Clerk of Council, with copies filed with the Director of Finance and the City Attorney, a written acceptance of this Ordinance, said Acceptance to be signed and acknowledged by the President, Vice President, or other authorized officer of the Grantee and attested by its Secretary or other designated employee or officer of Grantee. Said acceptance shall be substantially in the following form: “TO THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS” The Grantee, a limited liability SQF, LLC dba VERTA existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, does hereby accept Ordinance No. _________ M.C.S., enacted the _ day of _______________ 2026, granting SQF, LLC dba VERTA the privilege to erect, construct, maintain and/or operate Facilities, subject to certain terms, conditions, and limitations as set forth therein. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: King - 1 RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,479 NO. 30710 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE authorizing the acquisition by the City of New Orleans (City) from the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) of (a) 900 Elmira Avenue, designated as the front portions of lots 19 & 20 in square 260 of the Fifth Municipal District; (b) 909-15 Homer Street, designated as the rear portions of lots 19 & 20 in square 260 of the Fifth Municipal District; (c) 3617 Third Street, designated as part of lot 15 in square 459 of the Fourth Municipal District; (d) 3621 Third Street, designated as lots B, C, E, & F in square 459 of the Fourth Municipal District; and (e) 3623 Third Street, designated as lot G in square 459 of the Fourth Municipal District (collectively, the “NORA Properties”); authorizing the transfer of the land and improvements comprising 2021 Danneel Street, designated as Lot A1 in square 293 of the Fourth Municipal District (the “City Property”); and otherwise provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, the City of New Orleans may transfer property that is no longer needed for public purpose and may obtain property that is necessary for public purpose; WHEREAS, the City desires to transfer to NORA the City Property, in exchange for NORA’s transfer to the City of the NORA Properties; WHEREAS, the City of New Orleans wishes to create a park on the site of 900 Elmira Avenue and 909-15 Homer Street; WHEREAS, the City has active stormwater management sites at 3623 Third Street and 3621 Third Street that began in April of 2025 to help mitigate flooding; WHEREAS, Parks and Parkways has agreed to maintain the property at 3617 Third Street to facilitate this land swap; WHEREAS, the various departments of the City have declared that they have no public use for the City Property at 2021 Danneel Street; WHEREAS, NORA has agreed to cause the environmental remediation of the site of 900 Elmira Avenue and 909-915 Homer Street so that the City may create a park for the children of New Orleans Algiers neighborhood within a park desert; and WHEREAS, the parties have determined that the values of the NORA Properties and the City Property are proportionate to one another, and that the exchange, including all improvements to the NORA Properties, satisfies Louisiana State Constitution Article VII, §14(A). No monetary compensation is due either party to this Exchange; NOW, THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the City Property at 2021 Danneel Street is no longer needed for public purposes and that the Mayor of the City of New Orleans, or a person designated by her, is hereby authorized to transfer and exchange with the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority the City Property, and acquire the NORA Properties from the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority. Said properties more being particularly described in the attached Exchange document, herein incorporated by reference. SECTION 2. That in accordance with the recommendations of the City Planning Commission, (1) A Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) must be valid and provided to the City prior to the final acquisition of any property into City holdings, for liability and environmental protection. a. Including but not limited to residential, commercial, educational, public facilities, preschool/daycare facilities or any site where residents, especially children, have direct contact to the structure, soil, water, park, or land. b. Phase I ESA must be less than a year old at submission and updated if timed out before full acquisition. c. Phase I ESA must be prepared and developed by a licensed environmental contractor. d. Phase I ESA must be verified by CNO CPC Brownsfields Program Director and CNO Property Management Director. (2) If remediation is indicated as necessary in the Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, the full scope of contamination will be fully addressed and remediated to above LDEQ public park standards concurrent with “no further interest” letter coordinated between CPC Brownsfields Program and LDEQ before being used as a park or public recreation area. If a remediation plan is needed, the method for and identification of the party responsible to complete the remediation should be determined prior to the site’s sale. SECTION 3. That the Mayor be and is hereby authorized to execute the necessary Exchange before the City Notary for the property described in Section 1. Said exchange and transfer to be without warranty, but with full substitution and subrogation of warranty. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,483 NO. 30711 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL AN ORDINANCE to require continued use of the City’s current enterprise resource planning system (BRASS) by the Orleans Parish Clerk of Court; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, Ordinance Number 30,569 M.C.S. became effective on June 1, 2026 and requires the City’s criminal justice agencies to establish and implement the City’s current enterprise resource planning system (BRASS) or similar contracting and procurement database approved by the City Council to provide the City Council full, itemized accounting of the agencies’ personnel costs, operating costs, and contract obligations; WHEREAS, the ordinance did not specifically name the Clerk of Criminal District Court because the Criminal Clerk was already in full compliance at that time, having previously implemented full use of BRASS; WHEREAS, the Louisiana Legislature recently enacted Act 15, which is intended to combine the Clerk of Criminal Court with the Clerk of Civil Court into an office now known as the Clerk of Court for Orleans Parish; WHEREAS, the City continues to face significant budgetary issues and must reduce spending and allocate funds only where necessary; WHEREAS, it is imperative that the Clerk of Court continue full utilization of BRASS for criminal justice operations to ensure financial transparency and accountability as any additional funding of criminal justice agencies, including the Clerk of Court, requires proportional spending cuts to other City programs and services; WHEREAS, it is in the public’s best interest that the Council continue to receive full transparency from the Clerk of Court on its expenditures and encumbrances of city money as it pertains to its criminal justice operations; NOW THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, the Clerk of Court for Orleans Parish shall continue to utilize the City’s current enterprise resource planning system (BRASS) or similar contracting and procurement database approved by the City Council for all criminal justice operations.

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SECTION 2. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, that the Clerk of Council shall provide a certified copy of this ordinance via U.S. Mail, and the Council’s Fiscal Office shall also provide an electronic copy of this ordinance, to the Clerk of Court for Orleans Parish. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: King - 1 RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,484 NO. 30712 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS, MORRELL, WILLARD, MCCARRON AND KING (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30530 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2026”, to appropriate Housing Bond Funds to the Office of Housing and Community Development for FY24 and FY25 projects; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, that Ordinance No. 30530 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained to the contrary, to transfer funds allocated therein as follows: FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES – FUND 6699 Intergovernmental Revenues Grants, Contributions, and Fund Transfers $17,034,118 TOTAL $17,034,118 TO: HOUSING BOND FUND– FUND 5157 Total Housing Bond Fund $17,034,118 TOTAL $17,034,118 ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard – 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: June 24, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,485 NO. 30713 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS, MORRELL, WILLARD, MCCARRON AND KING (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30531 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2026”, to appropriate Housing Bond Funds to the Office of Housing and Community Development for FY24 and FY25 projects; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, that Ordinance No. 30531 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained to the contrary, to transfer funds allocated therein as follows: FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES - FUND 6699 INTERGOVERNMENTAL 600 – GRANTS, CONTR. AND FUND TRANSFERS $17,034,118 TOTAL $17,034,118 TO: HOUSING BOND FUND – FUND 5157 OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 200-OTHER OPERATING $17,034,118 TOTAL $17,034,118 ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard – 6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Hughes - 1 RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE (AS AMENDED) (AS CORRECTED) CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: July 9, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,491 NO. 30714 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain sections 34-3, 34-14, 34-17, 34-18, 34-19, 34 24, 34-28, 34-33, 34-48, 34-49 of Chapter 34 and section 54-420 of Chapter 54 of the Code of the City of New Orleans to provide relative to the regulation of carnival, including to increase the fine for violations of the provisions of Chapter 34; update requirements for parade permit applications and float parade elements; to prohibit glass and smoking on floats and glass throws; to establish that violations of certain provisions constitute a criminal offense; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That sections 34-3, 34-14, 34-17, 34-18, 34-19, 34-24, 34-28, 34-33, 34-48, and 34 49 of Chapter 34 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana are amended to read as follows: “Chapter 34 – CARNIVAL, MARDI GRAS *** Sec. 34-3. – Application requirements. Before any parade permit is issued under this chapter, each carnival organization shall submit the following documents to the designated offices prior to 5:00 p.m. of each date specified: (a) On or before August 15, a parade permit application must be submitted to the department of finance, with copies to the department of police. The application must: 1. Designate whether the carnival organization will conduct a pre-parade party and the location of any proposed pre-parade party. 2. Designate the disbanding area of the carnival parade. 3. Designate the official reviewing stands and one other stop along the parade route to make a ceremonial toast, including the exact location of the stop and a list of no more than three floats, identified by float number and float name which will participate in the stop. Additional stops may be authorized only upon a showing of good cause. 4. Include the name, address and phone number of one current officer of the carnival organization who will be the main point of contact between the city and that carnival organization. 5. Include a copy of the articles of incorporation of the carnival organization, filed with the Louisiana Secretary of State, if the carnival organization was not issued a parade permit in the previous carnival season. A copy of any amendment to the articles of incorporation must be included if the applicant has not included a copy in a prior application for a carnival parade permit. 6. Include an affidavit of an authorized agent of the carnival organization, attesting that the organization has no written or unwritten provision in its charter, bylaws, rules, regulations or policies which call for the refusal, withholding or denying of membership, or any of the services, accommodations, advantages, facilities or privilege offered by the respondent to members or others, because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or ancestry, or which unreasonably calls for such discrimination on the basis of age, sex, physical condition or disability, and that the applicant and its members will, except as otherwise authorized by chapter 86, section 86-39 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, treat all proposals for membership in a nondiscriminatory manner in accordance with the procedures contained in the carnival organization’s bylaws and regulations. The filing of such an affidavit shall be a prerequisite to the granting of the permit. 7. 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the marching bands participating in its parade. *** (d) On or before January 15 of every year, the carnival organization shall submit to both the department of finance and the department of police (i) a signed affidavit attesting that all obligations of the carnival organization required by this code are satisfied; and (ii) a parade lineup form, supplied by the department of police, completed to designate the position of each float, minifloat, vehicle, marching band, element, and all other components of the parade. This completed form shall be also submitted to the city council president, with copies of all contracts between the carnival organization and the marching bands indicated in its completed parade lineup form. *** ARTICLE III. – GENERAL REGULATIONS *** Sec. 34-14. – Float parades. All float parades conducted during carnival parade season shall be subject to the following additional requirements: (1) Each parade shall consist of no less than 14 and no more than 45 pull units. Each pull unit shall bear a unique, sequential arabic number corresponding to the order in which the pull unit appears on the parade route, beginning with the number “1”. (2) A tandem float shall be considered a single float for the purposes of this section. (3) The number of automobiles or minifloats or any combination thereof shall not exceed 14 or a number equal to 75 percent of the number of floats in a parade, whichever is the greater. Occupancy per automobile shall be limited to the driver, three maskers, and one escort riding therein. 4) The number of marching bands participating in a parade is based on the total number of pull units in the parade, as follows:

14 to 27 pull units

A minimum of seven marching bands

28 to 36 pull units

A minimum of ten marching bands

37 to 45 pull units

A minimum of 14 marching bands

Parades which are rescheduled because of inclement weather shall not be required to comply with the minimum number of marching bands. Any element that contains at least one person under the age of 18 shall provide a minimum of one adult chaperone per every 15 participants, regardless of age. Such adult chaperones shall also be required to have affixed to their clothes, within clear, unobstructed and plain view, while the parade is in progress, placards, badges, or similar identification associating them with the band or parade that individual is chaperoning. (5) Only members of the military band and their supervisors may participate in military bands marching or riding in carnival parades. All persons participating in military bands shall be in uniform. (6) Each Mardi Gras float that uses 120-volt fixed electrical wiring must register annually with the electrical division of the department of safety and permits and have an official annual electrical inspection sticker. Any float that does not have electrical wiring is exempt from the requirements of this paragraph. (7) The annual fee for an inspection sticker is $10.00 per float. For purposes of this section only, tandem floats are considered one float. (8) The annual registration fee is $40.00 per carnival organization. (9) Inspection stickers will be issued after a licensed electrician has completed an official inspection form which states that the relevant floats have been examined by the electrician who certifies that the electrical systems conform to the requirements of this section. (10) The inspection sticker must be installed on the tongue of the float and must be visible for inspection. (11) The fire department will inspect each float for the presence of the electrical inspection sticker during the formation area inspection immediately prior to the start of the parade. Any float that does not have a valid sticker will be withdrawn from the parade. (12) Every float and minifloat must conform to the following electrical requirements: (a) All wiring must be over-current protected with circuit breakers meeting the minimum requirements of NFPA 70, Article 240: National Electrical Code. Example: 15-amp circuit breakers for 14-gauge wiring or 20-amp circuit breakers for 12-gauge wiring. (b) The electrical distribution panel must be located in an accessible location. (c) All electrical connections must utilize wire nuts or insulated butt splices. (d) All electrical connections must be housed within covered junction boxes, except for butt splices. (e) All staples used to secure wiring must have nonmetallic insulation. (f) All electrical work must be inspected by and signed off by an Orleans Parish class A licensed electrician. (g) A manual shutoff device for the generator must be within ten feet of the tractor driver or conspicuously marked for easy identification. (h) All pin socket light fixtures must be installed using the correct polarity. (i) Any float which uses electrical energy for anything other than lighting, i.e. disc jockey, musical equipment, animation etc., shall provide a minimum of one 20-amp circuit which may be placed anywhere on the float. Each circuit may have no more than two weatherproof duplex receptacles or one weatherproof quad receptacle. Extension cords shall not be used. The float shall also have a current inspection sticker for this year’s parade on the tongue of the float. (13) Each float shall be pulled by either a tractor or traditional equine team. (14) Each parade shall consist of no more than 12 elements before the first float and no more than one element between each float. (15) No carnival parade may have more than three elements that are primarily composed of motor vehicles including, for example, dune buggies, go-karts, mini-cars, Jeep-type vehicles, or motorcycles. Operators of the motorized vehicles that are part of a parade element primarily composed of such vehicles shall ride two abreast for the duration of the carnival parade. (16) Any support vehicles for a parade element shall immediately follow or precede its element. The police department may remove a support vehicle from the parade for continued violation of this paragraph following an initial warning. (17) Marching bands shall not impede the progress of a parade and may not stop a moving parade to perform. The police department may remove from a parade any marching band that continues to violate this provision following two or more warnings. *** Sec. 34-17. – Riders. (a) No float rider may possess glass bottles or glass objects, with the exception of necklaces incorporating glass beads, while participating in a carnival parade. The police department may remove from the float any rider who violates the provisions of this section. (b) No person shall ride on the exterior of an automobile during a parade, except that one person may ride on the back of a convertible automobile. Sec. 34-18. – Smoking prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke while participating in a carnival parade or truck parade. A “no smoking” sign shall be securely attached and plainly visible to all occupants of a float, minifloat or tandem float. For the purposes of this section, smoking includes the use of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic cigarettes, vapes, hookah, electronic smoking devices as defined in Sec. 66-36, or any other lighted device. The police department may remove from the parade any person who violates the provisions of this section. Sec. 34-19. – Obstructing parades. (a) No person in control or charge of any motorized vehicle, including, but not limited to, automobiles, golf carts, and all-terrain vehicles, may park, loiter, or stop on any street, roadway, or boulevard, including intersections, neutral grounds, and public rights of way, as follows: (1) Within the designated parade formation area beginning four hours before the designated parade start time until two hours after the last float leaves the formation area; (2) Along the designated parade route beginning two hours before until two hours after the start time for the carnival parade; and (3) On any designated parade route for Mardi Gras Day between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. (b) The police department may tow any vehicle in violation of this section. The provisions of this section do not apply to public safety vehicles, authorized parade vehicles, buses used for transportation of any parade element, any horse ridden by a law enforcement agency or that is part of the parade pursuant to the parade permit. *** ARTICLE IV. – FLOATS *** Sec. 34-24. – Safety precautions In all parades there shall be: *** (4) Safety positioning devices. a. All float riders and truck parade riders shall be equipped with a safety positioning device which consists of the following components: i. Nylon safety belt or harness with a minimum width of one and threequarter’s inches seatbelt grade flat webbing material. ii. Nylon tether rope with a minimum diameter of one-quarter-inch and of enough length to restrict a rider’s fall over the side of a float to no more than two feet. iii. Anchor point eye bolts, steel welded O rings, steel safety hook with Grommets, or any other similar devices shall be metal with a corrosionresistant finish. iv. Minimum diameter of anchor point eye bolts will be three-eighths of an inch and will be threaded to use nuts and washers. v. Minimum diameter of steel welded O rings will be 6 mm and two inches round. vi. Minimum diameter of the steel safety hook with grommets will be 10 mm or three-eighths inches. vii. The anchor point eye bolt shall be securely fastened to the body or framework of the float. b. Any safety positioning device utilized by riders must be submitted to the NOFD for approval a minimum of 30 days prior to the date of the parade.

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In addition to any other penalties specified in this chapter, violations of this section shall subject the offending float rider to removal from the float. c. Riders must keep both feet on the float and avoid standing on bags, throws, or other objects not permanently attached to the float. *** ARTICLE V. – THROWS AND THROWING *** Sec. 34-28. – Prohibited throws. (a) No carnival parade may include nor shall any carnival parade participant, while participating in a parade on the parade route, in a parade staging area or in a parade disbanding area, possess or have in the participant’s custody or control any of the following: (1) Any life-threatening objects or safety-threatening objects, including, but not limited to “bomb bags”; (2) Any noxious substance or any liquid intended to be poured, tossed, handed out or otherwise distributed; (3) Any throw containing sharp points, including but not limited to plastic spears or plastic, paper or silk flowers with wire stems, except as otherwise provided in this section; (4) Any insects, marine life, rodents, fowl or other animals, dead or alive; (5) Any “silly string” or other such item which, when used, emits a stringlike or streamer-like substance that is shot or expelled from a pressurized container; (6) Confetti or confetti cannons, whether mechanical or handheld; or (7) Glass, except as otherwise provided in this section. (b) Except as provided in this subsection, no carnival parade participant may throw toilet paper, bathroom tissue, paper streamers or any other similar paper product customarily shipped and stored in a rolled condition and capable of being unrolled to a length of more than 36 inches. A member of the Krewe of Tucks may, during the Tucks parade, dispense the krewe’s traditional toilet paper throw, provided that the paper is fully biodegradable, marine grade, and made of most readily degradable form of paper commercially available. Paper cannons or any other mechanical device intended to launch or disburse paper products are strictly prohibited. (c) No carnival parade participant shall knowingly throw any doubloon, trinket or other throw which would be redeemable for or entitle the bearer to a prize or a discount on the price of any food, beverage, merchandise, service or admission to any event or which displays, conveys or communicates any commercial, political or religious message. (d) No carnival parade participant, while participating in a parade on the parade route, shall hand out, throw, toss, or in any way discard boxes, corrugated boxes, paper steamers or other paper products exceeding 36 inches in length regardless of whether the paper biodegrades when wet, or empty single-use plastic bags. Any package containing bulk throws, including but not limited to doubloons, beads, cups, trinkets, or toys shall be handed to parade attendees and shall not be thrown or tossed. Bulk throws shall be removed from any plastic packaging before being thrown or tossed. (e) No carnival parade participant, while participating in a parade on the parade route, in a parade staging area, or in a parade disbanding area, shall hand out, throw, or distribute in any way, any condom or prophylactic or any sexually-oriented device. Sexually-oriented device shall include but not be limited to any paraphernalia that is designed in whole or part for specified sexual activities as defined in the comprehensive zoning ordinance. (f) No member of a carnival organization, rider on a float in its parade, or participant in any element of its parade may throw, toss, hand out, or otherwise distribute or knowingly possess any throw that was not approved by the carnival organization in advance of the parade. (1) A carnival organization shall not approve any throw that exceeds three and one-half pounds in total weight. (2) Approved beads must be either plain and unadorned or display the carnival organization’s logo, name, or other identifying feature specific to the organization. (3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a carnival organization may approve the throwing of the following items that contain the manufacture’s logo or trademark: candy, snacks, food and small personal items. Small personal items include soap and similar bath products, toothbrushes, candles, glitter, plant seeds, drink mixes and other similar items. Small personal items cannot be larger than 12 inches or exceed eight ounces in weight. (g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a carnival organization may approve, and a rider may throw, glass bead necklaces that do not exceed 220 grams in weight. (h) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a carnival organization may approve the individual distribution of silk flowers by any participant of a parade element that traditionally hands-out individual silk flowers to parade spectators. No carnival participant riding on a float or in a vehicle may throw silk flowers. (i) A participant in a carnival parade may not throw or otherwise distribute alcoholic beverages, including, but not limited to beer, wine, malt liquor, mixed alcoholic drinks and Jello shots, to any parade spectator. *** ARTICLE VI. – STANDS AND STRUCTURES *** Sec. 34-33. – Ladders, tents, grills, personal items, and portable toilets. (a) Prohibited items. Upholstered furniture, including, for example, chaise lounges, and sofas or couches; scaffolding; platforms; open flames; and gas generators shall not be placed in any public space including, but not limited to, public rights-of-way, neutral grounds, sidewalks, and intersections during the carnival season. (b) Ladders and chairs. All ladders used by parade spectators shall be structurally sound and the top cap of the ladder shall not exceed six feet in height. Ladders, chairs, canopies, grills, and other personal effects shall be placed at least six feet back from the street curb. Additionally, the practice of fastening two or more ladders together shall be prohibited. Ladders must be free-standing and not connected, permanently or temporarily, to any other ladder or object, provided that a small seat box capable of accommodating small children may be affixed to the top of any ladder. (c) Enclosures prohibited. Any item used to enclose a public area, including, but not limited to, tents, canopies, shelters, screens, awnings, ropes, spray paint, or any other type of barricade, is prohibited. The use of any object that obstructs foot traffic or line of sight is prohibited. (d) Removal of items. All ladders, chairs, ice chests, and other personal items placed on the public right-of-way, including the neutral ground, four hours or more prior to the start of a parade, may be removed and discarded. Items left unattended on the public right-of-way upon the conclusion of the final parade for that day may be removed and discarded. Items prohibited by this section are subject to removal from the parade route at any time during the carnival season. (e) Portable toilets. Except for the city, no person shall place a portable toilet during the carnival season on any public rights-of-way, neutral grounds, sidewalks, or intersections within a three-block radius of a parade route, unless authorized by the department of safety and permits. A fine of $1000.00 for the first day and $2000.00 each day thereafter shall be assessed against the individual, organization, or legal entity responsible for the placement of any portable toilet in violation of this section. A fine of $1000.00 for the first day and $2000.00 each day thereafter shall be assessed against the owner of any portable toilet found to be in violation of this section. *** ARTICLE VIII. – ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES Sec. 34-48. – Enforcement. (a) The department of police, the fire department, and department of safety and permits shall issue citations for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. (b) The department of police, the fire department, and the department of safety and permits may remove any person, element, float, or vehicle of any sort from a carnival parade if the person, element, float or vehicle is in violation of any provision of this chapter. (c) The department of police, the fire department, the department of safety and permits, and the department of sanitation may remove any items, ladders, chairs, enclosures, or portable toilets prohibited pursuant to or placed in violation of the provisions of section 34-33. (d) Any person responsible for the violation of any provision of section 3433 may be charged with a criminal offense under chapter 54. Sec. 34-49. – Penalties. (a) Failure of any carnival organization to comply with any provisions of this chapter may subject the carnival organization to revocation of its parade permit, and/or may be punishable up to the maximum limit provided by law. (b) If any carnival organization, its member, or any individual riding on its float, willfully violates or permits a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the carnival organization may be subject to a $1000.00 fine for the first violation and $2000.00 for each subsequent violation thereof and to other sanctions which may be imposed by the city council, including revocation of the carnival organization’s permit for the following and subsequent years. (c) If any individual willfully violates a provision of this chapter, the individual shall be punished by a fine of $1000.00 fine for the first violation and $2000.00 for each subsequent violation thereof and may also be subject to imprisonment as allowable by law, or as otherwise provided in this chapter.” SECTION 2. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That section 54-420 of Chapter 54 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana is amended to read as follows “Chapter 54 – CRIMINAL CODE *** ARTICLE VI. – OFFENSES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC GENERALLY *** DIVISION 4. – OFFENSES AGAINST GENERAL PEACE AND ORDER *** Sec. 54-420. – Prohibited actions along a carnival parade route.

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It shall be unlawful for any individual to have in their custody or control along a carnival parade route any items or conditions in violation of section 34-33.” ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 REDLINED VERSION: “Chapter 34 – CARNIVAL, MARDI GRAS *** ARTICLE II. – PARADE PERMITS *** Sec. 34-3. – Application requirements. Before any parade permit is issued under this chapter, each carnival organization shall submit the following documents to the designated offices prior to 5:00 p.m. of each date specified: (a) On or before August 15, a parade permit application must be submitted to the department of finance, with copies to the department of police. The application must: 1. Designate whether the carnival organization will conduct a pre-parade party and the location of any proposed pre-parade party. 2. Designate the disbanding area of the carnival parade. 3. Designate the official reviewing stands and one other stop along the parade route to make a ceremonial toast, including the exact location of the stop and a list of no more than three floats, identified by float number and float name which will participate in the stop. Additional stops may be authorized only upon a showing of good cause. 4. Include the name, address and phone number of one current officer of the carnival organization who will be the main point of contact between the city and that carnival organization. 5. Include a copy of the articles of incorporation of the carnival organization, filed with the Louisiana Secretary of State, if the carnival organization was not issued a parade permit in the previous carnival season. A copy of any amendment to the articles of incorporation must be included if the applicant has not included a copy in a prior application for a carnival parade permit. 6. Include an affidavit of an authorized agent of the carnival organization, attesting that the organization has no written or unwritten provision in its charter, bylaws, rules, regulations or policies which call for the refusal, withholding or denying of membership, or any of the services, accommodations, advantages, facilities or privilege offered by the respondent to members or others, because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation or ancestry, or which unreasonably calls for such discrimination on the basis of age, sex, physical condition or disability, and that the applicant and its members will, except as otherwise authorized by chapter 86, section 86-39 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, treat all proposals for membership in a nondiscriminatory manner in accordance with the procedures contained in the carnival organization’s bylaws and regulations. The filing of such an affidavit shall be a prerequisite to the granting of the permit. 7. Provide the names and contact information for the members of the carnival organization responsible for organizing or otherwise coordinating the marching bands participating in its parade. *** (d) Not less than 30 days prior to the beginning of the carnival parade season, but on On or before January 15 of every year, the carnival organization shall submit the following to both the department of finance and , with copies to the department of police, and other agencies as indicated below: 1. A letter signed by the owner of any floats to be used in the carnival organization’s parade which states that no float in the parade will be used more than twice in that carnival parade season, unless that float’s exterior will be redecorated to the extent that at least 75 percent of the float’s exterior appears different than when it was used previously. 2. A (i) a signed affidavit attesting that all obligations of the carnival organization required by this code are satisfied; and (ii) a parade lineup form, supplied by the department of police, completed to designate the position of each float, minifloat, vehicle, marching band, element, and all other components of the parade. This completed form shall be also submitted to the agency designated by the City to maintain its animal control program under Chapter 18, and to the city council president, the latter with copies of all contracts between the carnival organization and the marching bands indicated in its completed parade lineup form. 3. An affidavit attesting that all obligations have been satisfied. *** ARTICLE III. – GENERAL REGULATIONS *** Sec. 34-14. – Float parades. All float parades conducted during carnival parade season shall be subject to the following additional requirements: (1) Each parade shall consist of no less than 14 and no more than 45 pull units. Each pull unit shall bear a unique, sequential arabic number corresponding to the order in which the pull unit appears on the parade route, beginning with the number “1”. (2) A tandem float shall be considered a single float for the purposes of this section. (3) The number of automobiles and/or or minifloats or any combination thereof shall not exceed 14 or a number equal to 75 percent of the number of floats in a parade, whichever is the greater. Each automobile Occupancy per automobile shall be limited to the driver, three maskers, and one escort riding therein. (4) The number of marching bands participating in a parade is based on the total number of pull units in the parade, as follows: 14 to 27 pull units

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float and no more than one element between each float. (15) No carnival parade may have more than three elements that are primarily composed of motor vehicles including, for example, dune buggies, go-karts, mini-cars, Jeep-type vehicles, or motorcycles. Operators of the motorized vehicles that are part of a parade element primarily composed of such vehicles shall ride two abreast for the duration of the carnival parade. (16) Any support vehicles for a parade element shall immediately follow or precede its element. The police department may remove a support vehicle from the parade for continued violation of this paragraph following an initial warning. (17) Marching bands shall not impede the progress of a parade and may not stop a moving parade to perform. The police department may remove from a parade any marching band that continues to violate this provision following two or more warnings. *** Sec. 34-17. – Riders. (c) No float rider may possess glass bottles or glass objects, with the exception of necklaces incorporating glass beads, while participating in a carnival parade. The police department may remove from the float any rider who violates the provisions of this section. (d) No person shall ride on the exterior of an automobile during a parade, except that one person may ride on the back of a convertible automobile. Sec. 34-18. – Smoking prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke while participating in a carnival parade or truck parade. A “no smoking” sign shall be securely attached and plainly visible to all occupants of a float, minifloat or tandem float. For the purposes of this section, smoking includes the use of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, electronic cigarettes, vapes, hookah, electronic smoking devices as defined in Sec. 66-36, or any other lighted device. The police department may remove from the parade any person who violates the provisions of this section. Sec. 34-19. – Obstructing parades. (c) No person in control or charge of any motorized vehicle, including, but not limited to, automobiles, golf carts, and all-terrain vehicles, may park, loiter, or stop on any street, roadway, or boulevard, including intersections, neutral grounds, and public rights of way, as follows: (1) Within the designated parade formation area beginning four hours before the first float of the carnival parade is scheduled to leave its starting point until two hours after the last float leaves the formation area; (2) Along the designated parade route beginning two hours before until two hours after the start time for the carnival parade; and (3) On any designated parade route for Mardi Gras Day between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. (d) The police department may tow any vehicle in violation of this section. The provisions of this section do not apply to public safety vehicles, authorized parade vehicles, buses used for transportation of any parade element, any horse ridden by a law enforcement agency or that is part of the parade pursuant to the parade permit. (a) During and two hours prior or subsequent to the publicized start of a passage of any parade of the carnival krewes, organizations and/or societies of the city and on Mardi Gras Day between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., it shall be unlawful for any person in control or charge of a horse or vehicle, including a motor vehicle: (1) To park, loiter or stop on or upon any street, roadway or boulevard of the parade route, on the line of route from sidewalk curb to sidewalk curb; (2) To park, loiter or stop on or upon the sidewalk of any street, roadway or boulevard of the parade route, or on or upon the neutral ground of any boulevard of the parade route; or (3) To obstruct the passage of traffic on any intersecting or adjacent street to the parade route. (b) Where the offending vehicle is unoccupied, the police are authorized to have the vehicle towed. The provisions of this section shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles; to horses ridden by the police department; to mass transit vehicles; to vehicles used by public utilities for any necessary installation, maintenance or repair of public utility facilities or to any vehicle or horse forming a part of the parade authorized by its permit. *** ARTICLE IV. – FLOATS *** Sec. 34-24. – Safety precautions In all parades there shall be: *** (4) Safety positioning devices. a. All float riders and truck parade riders, ages six to 12 years old shall be equipped with a safety positioning device which consists of the following components: i. Nylon safety belt or harness with a minimum width of one and threequarter’s inches seatbelt grade flat webbing material. ii. Nylon tether rope with a minimum diameter of one-quarter-inch and of enough length to restrict a rider’s fall over the side of a float to no more than two feet. iii. Anchor point eye bolts, steel welded O rings, steel safety hook with Grommets, or any other similar devices shall be metal with a corrosionresistant finish. iv. Minimum diameter of anchor point eye bolts will be three-eighths of an inch and will be threaded to use nuts and washers. v. Minimum diameter of steel welded O rings will be 6 mm and two inches round. vi. Minimum diameter of the steel safety hook with grommets will be 10 mm or three-eighths inches. vii. The anchor point eye bolt shall be securely fastened to the body or framework of the float. b. Any safety positioning device utilized by riders must be submitted to the NOFD for approval a minimum of 30 days prior to the date of the parade. In addition to any other penalties specified in this chapter, violations of this section shall subject the offending float rider to removal from the float. c. Riders must keep both feet on the float and avoid standing on bags, throws, or other objects not permanently attached to the float. *** ARTICLE V. – THROWS AND THROWING *** Sec. 34-28. – Prohibited throws. (a) No carnival parade may include nor shall any carnival parade participant, while participating in a parade on the parade route, in a parade staging area or in a parade disbanding area, possess or have in the participant’s custody or control any of the following: (1) Any life-threatening objects or safety-threatening objects, including, but not limited to “bomb bags”; (2) Any noxious substance or any liquid intended to be poured, tossed, handed out or otherwise distributed; (3) Any throw containing sharp points, including but not limited to plastic spears or plastic, paper or silk flowers with wire stems, except as otherwise provided in this section; (4) Any insects, marine life, rodents, fowl or other animals, dead or alive; (5) Any “silly string” or other such item which, when used, emits an adhesive a string-like or adhesive streamer-like substance that is shot or expelled from a pressurized container; or (6) Confetti or confetti cannons, whether mechanical or handheld.; or (7) Glass, except as otherwise provided in this section. (b) Except as provided in this subsection, no carnival parade participant may throw toilet paper, bathroom tissue, paper streamers or any other similar paper product customarily shipped and stored in a rolled condition and capable of being unrolled to a length of more than 36 inches. A member of the Krewe of Tucks may, during the Tucks parade, dispense the krewe’s traditional toilet paper throw, provided that the paper is fully biodegradable, marine grade, and made of most readily degradable form of paper commercially available. Paper cannons or any other mechanical device intended to launch or disburse paper products are strictly prohibited. (c) No carnival parade participant shall knowingly throw any doubloon, trinket or other throw which would be redeemable for or entitle the bearer to a prize or a discount on the price of any food, beverage, merchandise, service or admission to any event or which displays, conveys or communicates any commercial, political or religious message. (d) No carnival parade participant, while participating in a parade on the parade route, shall hand out, throw, toss, or in any way discard boxes, corrugated boxes, paper steamers or other paper products exceeding 36 inches in length regardless of whether the paper biodegrades when wet, or empty single-use plastic bags. Any package containing bulk throws, including but not limited to doubloons, beads, cups, trinkets, or toys shall be handed to parade attendees and shall not be thrown or tossed. Bulk throws shall be removed from any plastic packaging before being thrown or tossed. (e) No carnival parade participant, while participating in a parade on the parade route, in a parade staging area, or in a parade disbanding area, shall hand out, throw, or distribute in any way, any condom or prophylactic or any sexually-oriented device. Sexually-oriented device shall include but not be limited to any paraphernalia that is designed in whole or part for specified sexual activities as defined in the comprehensive zoning ordinance. (f) No member of a carnival organization, rider on a float in its parade, or participant in any element of its parade may throw, toss, hand out, or otherwise distribute or knowingly possess any throw that was not approved by the carnival organization in advance of the parade. (1) A carnival organization shall not approve any throw that exceeds three and one-half pounds in total weight. (2) Approved beads must be either plain and unadorned or display the carnival organization’s logo, name, or other identifying feature specific to the organization. (3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a carnival organization may approve the throwing of candy or other commercially packaged snacks that contain the manufacturer’s logo

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or trademark. No carnival participant shall knowingly throw beads that contain words or images that are unrelated to the carnival organization’s parade, the parade theme, or the theme of the float on which the parade participant is riding. Beads must either be plain and unadorned or contain the carnival organization’s logo, name, or other identifying feature specific to that carnival organization. Elements may throw beads if the designs have been individually pre-approved and documented by the permitted carnival organization. (g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a carnival organization may approve, and a rider may throw, glass bead necklaces that do not exceed 220 grams in weight. (h) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, a carnival organization may approve the individual distribution of silk flowers by any participant of a parade element that traditionally hands-out individual silk flowers to parade spectators. No carnival participant may throw silk flowers. (i) A participant in a carnival parade may not throw or otherwise distribute alcoholic beverages, including, but not limited to beer, wine, malt liquor, mixed alcoholic drinks and Jello shots, to any parade spectator. *** ARTICLE VI. – STANDS AND STRUCTURES *** Sec. 34-33. – Ladders, tents, grills, personal items, and portable toilets. (a) Prohibited items. Upholstered furniture, including, for example, chaise lounges, and sofas or couches; scaffolding; platforms; open flames; and gas generators shall not be placed in any public space including, but not limited to, public rights-of-way, neutral grounds, sidewalks, and intersections during the carnival season. (b) Ladders and chairs. All ladders used by parade spectators shall be structurally sound and the top cap of the ladder shall not exceed six feet in height. Ladders, chairs, canopies, grills, and other personal effects shall be placed at least six feet back from the street curb. Additionally, the practice of fastening two or more ladders together shall be prohibited. Ladders must be free-standing and not connected, permanently or temporarily, to any other ladder or object, provided that a small seat box capable of accommodating small children may be affixed to the top of any ladder. (c) Enclosures prohibited. Any item used to enclose a public area, including, but not limited to, tents, canopies, shelters, screens, awnings, ropes, spray paint, or any other type of barricade, is prohibited. The use of any object that obstructs foot traffic or line of sight is prohibited. (d) Removal of items. All ladders, chairs, ice chests, and other personal items placed on the public right-of-way, including the neutral ground, four hours or more prior to the start of a parade, may be removed and discarded. Items left unattended on the public right-of-way, upon the conclusion of the final parade for that day may be removed and discarded. Items prohibited by this section are subject to removal from the parade route at any time during the carnival season. (e) Portable toilets. Portable toilets are prohibited Except for the city, no person shall place a portable toilet during the carnival season on all any public rights-of-way, neutral grounds, sidewalks, and or intersections within a three-block radius of a parade route, unless authorized by the department of safety and permits. A fine of $250.00 per day $1000.00 for the first day and $2000.00 each day thereafter shall be assessed against the individual, organization, or legal entity responsible for the placement of any portable toilet in violation of this section. A fine of $250.00 per day $1000.00 for the first day and $2000.00 each day thereafter shall be assessed against the owner of any portable toilet found to be in violation of this section. *** ARTICLE VIII. – ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES Sec. 34-48. – Enforcement. (c) The department of police, the fire department, and department of safety and permits shall issue citations for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. (d) The department of police, the fire department, and the department of safety and permits may shall be authorized to remove any person, element, float, or vehicle of any sort from a carnival parade if the person, element, float or vehicle is in violation of the provisions any provision of this chapter. (c) The department of police, the fire department, the department of safety and permits, and the department of sanitation may remove any items, ladders, chairs, enclosures, or portable toilets prohibited pursuant to or placed in violation of the provisions of section 34-33. (d) Any person responsible for the violation of any provision of section 34-33 may be charged with a criminal offense under chapter 54. Sec. 34-49. – Penalties. (d) Failure of any carnival organization to comply with any provisions of this chapter may subject the carnival organization to revocation of its parade permit, and/or may be punishable up to the maximum limit provided by law. (e) If any carnival organization, its member, or any individual riding on its float, willfully violates or permits a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, the carnival organization may be subject to a $500.00 fine per violation $1000.00 fine for the first violation and $2000.00 for each subsequent violation thereof and to other sanctions which may be imposed by the city council, including revocation of the carnival organization’s permit for the following and subsequent years. (f) If any individual willfully violates a provision of this chapter, the individual shall be punished by a fine of $500.00, such fine and/or by $1000.00 fine for the first violation and $2000.00 for each subsequent violation thereof and may also be subject to imprisonment as are allowable by law, or as otherwise provided in this chapter. *** Chapter 54 – CRIMINAL CODE *** ARTICLE VI. – OFFENSES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC GENERALLY *** DIVISION 4. OFFENSES AGAINST GENERAL PEACE AND ORDER *** Sec. 54-420. – Prohibited actions along a carnival parade route. It shall be unlawful for any individual to have in their custody or control along a carnival parade route any items or conditions in violation of section 34-33. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: July 9, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,492 NO. 30715 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to waive the requirements of Section 70-12 of the City Code applicable to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (the “City”) and Mercy Partners, LLC, approved on April 23, 2026 by Ordinance No. 30,642, M.C.S. (the “Mercy Partners CEA”); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, the Mercy Partners CEA furthers the valuable public purpose of constructing water-retention and control infrastructure on the site of the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center (the “Property”), including an underground water-retention tank and inflow and outflow structures that connect to the existing public drainage system (the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the Mercy Partners CEA obligates the City to contribute $11,500,000 to fund demolition of existing blighted structures on the Property and the construction of new water-retention infrastructure; and WHEREAS, the Project is subject to certain contribution requirements set forth in City Code §70-12, because it involves publicly funded improvements on private property; and WHEREAS, the City Council may waive those requirements by ordinance after receipt of a written request from the Chief Administrative Officer that contains a detailed description of the project, the reasons for requesting the waiver, and an explanation as to why the waiver is in the best interests of the City of New Orleans; and WHEREAS, the Chief Administrative Officer has requested in writing that the City Council waive the requirements of Code § 70-12 applicable to the Mercy Partners CEA; NOW, THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS,That the requirements of City Code § 70-12(a) applicable to the Mercy Partners CEA (as defined in the preamble to this Ordinance) are hereby waived for the reasons set forth in the written request from the Chief Administrative Officer, attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof, in accordance with City Code § 70-12(b). ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 **Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: July 9, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,500

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NO. 30716 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Amendment No. 1 (“CEA”) between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), and Toole Design Group, LLC and Fehr & Peers, relative to develop, refine and implement data applications that address specific roadway safety problems for the Safe Streets and Road for All Program, the provisions thereof as set forth more fully in the CEA form as Exhibit “A” and made a part hereof; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto . WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority contained in Article 7, Section 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and statutory authority supplemental thereto, the State of Louisiana and its political subdivisions, including the City, may enter into cooperative endeavors with each other, or with any public or private corporation or individual; and further pursuant to Section 9-314 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, the City may enter into cooperative endeavors with any public or private association, corporation, or individual for activities in support of economic growth and other public purposes; and WHEREAS, the City and Toole Design Group, LLC and Fehr & Peers desire to enter into this Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Amendment No. 1 to extend its term relative to develop, refine, and implement data applications the address specific roadway safety problems for Safe Streets and Road for All Program to set forth certain other matters in connection there with; NOW THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the Mayor, on behalf of the City of New Orleans, is hereby authorized to enter into this Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Amendment No. 1, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, between the City of New Orleans and Toole Design Group, LLC and Fehr & Peers for the valued purpose of partnering to improve public health and wellness with the Safe Streets and Road for All Program in the City of New Orleans. SECTION 2. That said Cooperative Endeavor Agreement is as Exhibit “A” and incorporated and made a part hereof. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS JULY 23, 2026 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON JULY 23, 2026 APPROVED: JULY 27, 2026 HELENA MORENO MAYOR

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RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON JULY 28, 2026 AT 3:10 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, King, McCarron, Morrell, Willard - 7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 **Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: July 9, 2026 CALENDAR NO. 35,503 NO. 30717 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY: COUNCILMEMBER MCCARON (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”) between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), and the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans (“S&WB”), relative to the administration, planning and construction of the Monticello Canal Culverts State Capital Outlay Project (FP&C #50-ML2-22-03) as set forth more fully in the CEA form as Exhibit “1” and made a part hereof; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority contained in Article 7, Section 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and statutory authority supplemental thereto, the State of Louisiana and its political subdivisions, including the City, may enter into cooperative endeavors with each other, or with any public or private corporation or individual; and further pursuant to Section 9-314 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, the City may enter into cooperative endeavors with any public or private association, corporation, or individual for activities in support of economic growth and other public purposes; and WHEREAS, the City and the S&WB desire to enter into a CEA between the City and the S&WB relative to the valued public purpose of limiting storm water drainage by the administration, planning and construction of the Monticello Canal Culverts State Capital Outlay Project (FP&C #50ML3-22-03) in the City of New Orleans; and WHEREAS, the City and the S&WB desire to enter into this Cooperative Endeavor Agreement to provide for the acceptance and use of funding available to the S&WB commensurate with the State of Louisiana, Division of Administration, Office of Facility Planning and Control funds for the Project, and to set forth certain other

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Germaine Bazzle

Mélange Dance Co. will stage three performances the story of Yvette and Roger, a young French couple separated during the German occupation of France, among other stories of resilience, including Louisiana’s “Frenchies,” whose knowledge of French became instrumental to the Allied victory. The ballet will be Friday through Sunday at The Josephine, 2400 Napoleon Ave. Tickets start at $35. melangedanceofnola.com.

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annual harp concert The New Orleans Harp Society’s event will be preceded by a workshop with local harp teachers and performers Jesse Autumn, Patrice Fisher and Cathy Anderson at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Jefferson Parish Eastbank Regional Public Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave., Metairie. Admission is free.

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Tova Friedman, one of the youngest survivors of the AuschwitzBirkenau concentration camp, will share her life story at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Jefferson Performing Arts Center, 6400 Airline Drive, Metairie. The appearance by the Polish-native therapist, social worker and author is presented by Chabad of Louisiana and the Chabad Jewish Center of Metairie. A VIP reception will be at 6 p.m. Tickets start at $10. jewishlouisiana.com/tova.

Jackie Harris and Deacon John Moore are the dynamic duo set for the New Orleans Museum of Art and the Congo Square Preservation Society conversation in honor of Germaine Bazzle at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at 1 Collins Diboll Circle in City Park. The program is included with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. No registration required. noma. org.

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A jester shoots off confetti between pedicabs carrying royalty during the 2023 Mid-Summer Mardi Gras parade on Oak Street in New Orleans. Photo by Sophia Germer. This year marks 40 years for the parade. Writer Doug MacCash has the details for Saturday’s event on Page 6.

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The World War II cruiser named after the Crescent City will be the topic of Dinner With a Curator on Sept. 3 at The National WWII Museum, 945 Magazine St.; tickets sales end at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Curator Cory Graff looks at the ship that served in the Paciﬁc, survived damage and returned to battle. A three-course tropicalthemed dinner is paired with special beverages. nationalww2museum.org.

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Wildlife biologist Carissa Thiel, left, gives a presentation on bats to an overflow crowd during the Science Time happy hour July 30 at Siberia in New Orleans.

Bat lovers flock to metal bar Siberia for happy hour series

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The sweltering sunshine was still out in full force when the ﬁrst few excited patrons arrived at Siberia on the last Thursday in July, before the St. Claude Avenue metal bar had even opened its doors for the night. As people fanned themselves in the shade and lined up on the sidewalk, an employee carefully listed the evening’s schedule on a chalkboard. “Bats,” she wrote. “Bats really turned them out,” said Claire Ellis, who had claimed prime real estate on a centrally located barstool as people streamed into the bar moments later. She was there for “obvious reasons, as a goth.” Bats may be the name of an edgy punk band somewhere, but Ellis was talking about the ﬂying, nocturnal mammals. The winged creatures were the topic of the night for Science Time, a free event that’s been bringing metal heads, goths, nerds and anyone who loves a happy hour special and a good PowerPoint presentation to the bar nearly once a month for the past year. It started as an experiment for Siberia’s science-loving staff, but Science Time has become an antidote to social media scrolling and a meetup for likeminded brainiacs across the city to learn and present their own research — while enjoying a discounted alcoholic

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beverage. er Charley Cameron is a While Siberia staff geologist who also dabbles Next topic: agreed bat night brought in grant writing, and KosExtreme events in record-breaking attena changing mopoulos is a naval archidance, other topics also tect by day. The metal muclimate have garnered surprissic scene in general tends 5 p.m. Thursday to attract the analytically ingly large audiences, Siberia, 2227 St. minded, as Kosmopoulos from presentations on Claude Ave. pointed out. blood spatter analysis to siberianola.com When Evers pitched the antibiotic resistance and idea a little over a year gene editing. ago, the team at Siberia decided it was “This is basically an opportunity for worth a shot. Their staff alone could the people in STEM to present their research to the masses,” bartender An- lead the ﬁrst few lectures, and Kosmoastassia Kosmopoulos told the crowd at poulos presented on the implosion of bat night. “The people want graphs!” OceanGate’s Titan submersible. But, perhaps unsurprisingly for a bar The people’s science that has always doubled as a kind of The idea for Science Time came from community center, Science Time quickSara Evers, a Siberia bartender who on ly attracted larger crowds than anyone July 30 poured drinks for the bat-loving expected. To Kosmopoulos, it speaks to masses decked out in T-shirts and the appetite for accurate information dresses featuring UFOs, stars, moons from trusted sources. and Edward Cullen. Evers said she frequented a similar science-themed happy hour back when she lived in Philadelphia and missed it when she moved to New Orleans. “I guess since I couldn’t ﬁnd it, I decided to make it,” Evers said. Fortunately, Siberia is something of a haven for science lovers. The sound guy’s girlfriend is a biologist, part-own-

“People really want to know about this stuff,” Kosmopoulos said.

Frickin’ bats It was Carissa Thiel’s bat expertise that drew crowds to Siberia last month. A wildlife biologist, Thiel was thrown into the world of bats through her work with environmental consulting and con-

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Louisiana announces Rose Parade float design and performer Staff report Louisiana’s Robin Barnes will be the midparade entertainment for the 138th Rose Parade on Jan. 1 in Pasadena, California. During this moment of the parade, the procession pauses while the featured entertainment performs a song or two and dances in front of the reviewing Barnes stand. Past Louisiana performers highlighted include 2019 “American Idol” winner Laine Hardy, Cajun ﬁddler Amanda Shaw and 2025 “American Idol” runner-up John Foster. The ﬂoat will celebrate the many traditions that bring Louisianans and visitors together, including festivals,

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tracting company Mendez Group, work that often involves removing bats from buildings or helping crews ﬁnd ways to work around habitats. She recently helped launch a statewide bat working group aiming to ﬁll data gaps for local and coastal bat species. She was getting drinks with colleagues after the Southeastern Bat Diversity Network conference in March when she met some of the Siberia staff and heard about Science Time. She’d done other public speaking and educational events before, but never quite like this one. Thiel described her presentation as “bats at large,” hitting on the shocking size variations across the world and debunking common myths. Most bat species don’t drink blood, for example, and the few that do don’t really consume it

food and music. It will feature a majestic pelican surrounded by Mardi Gras colors of purple, green and gold, along with alligators, crawﬁsh, Spanish moss and elements inspired by the charm of the French Quarter. The ﬂoat will be decorated with approximately 25,000 roses, orchids, coconuts and other natural materials. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser made the announcement last week in a news release. Barnes, dubbed the “Songbird of New Orleans,” makes music celebrating both the rich traditions and evolving sounds of her hometown. Her debut full-length album, “Louisiana Love,” was released in May. “It is a love letter to her home state and the people and traditions that make it special, celebrating the people, places, traditions and cultural experi-

like a vampire. “They lap up the blood — which is cuter,” she said to laughs. But Thiel also got into the speciﬁcs of Louisiana’s bats, some of which are known to live within the folds of Spanish moss in lieu of caves, and most of which are our allies in the battle against mosquitoes and other pests. The packed bar was near silent throughout Thiel’s lecture, save for frequent oohs and ahhs, a rarity for a place that generally gives out free earplugs. Bat night was a ﬁrst for attendees Mary Bordelon and Shaye Patton, who said they saw an advertisement for Science Time on social media and couldn’t resist the chance for weekday whimsy. “I saw science and I saw bats and I saw happy hour,” Bordelon said. “And I was like, what could be better?” “I’d rather do that than brain rot,” Patton agreed. Email Kasey Bubnash at kasey. bubnash@theadvocate.com.

For a sixth consecutive year, Louisiana will be represented in the Rose Parade with its float ‘Bienvenue en Louisiane.’ PROVIDED IMAGE By LOUISIANA OFFICE OF TOURISM ences that shaped Barnes’ understanding of home,” according to the release. “As a New Orleanian, I am so proud of where I come from and feel honored to have the opportunity to share my music, along with the culture and spirit of Louisiana, on a stage this iconic,” Barnes said in the release. Next year will mark the sixth consecutive year that the Louisiana Ofﬁce of Tourism has sponsored a Rose Parade ﬂoat.

The New Year’s Day parade will be broadcast live around the world and on streaming services beginning at 10 a.m. through Rose Parade broadcast partners, including ABC, NBC and Univision. “Louisiana knows how to make an impression, and every year people tell us how excited they are to see our ﬂoat,” Nungesser said. “They see the colors, hear the music and get a taste of what makes Louisiana so special.”

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distastefully Built on alcohol and anarchy, Mid-Summer Mardi Gras parade turns 40

The Krewe of OAK’s MidSummer Mardi Gras parade is certainly the Crescent City’s steamiest, sweatiest Carnival procession. Hundreds and hundreds of costumed marchers will ramble along Carrollton Doug at dusk on MacCash Avenue Saturday, marking what is roughly the halfway point between the last Fat Tuesday and the next. True, it’s not an actual Carnival parade, since it doesn’t take place between Twelfth Night and Fat Tuesday, but the Krewe of OAK — an acronym for Outrageous And Kinky — isn’t terribly concerned with technicalities. The group is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. What began as a rambling, barely organized bar crawl has become a popular neighborhood tradition that provides a distraction during the heat of summer and the height of hurricane season.

Costumer cavorts at the 2022 Krewe of OAK’s Mid-Summer Mardi Gras Parade. STAFF FILE PHOTO By DOUG MacCASH

Marchers make their way down Oak Street during the 2018 Krewe of OAK Mid-Sum

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The Bayou Babes of New Orleans walk in the 2024 parade.

The roots of the ramble From the start, the parade has been anchored at the Maple Leaf bar, a charming dive on Oak Street that’s long been the source of steamy late-night concerts. Owner Hank Staples said the Mid-Summer Mardi Gras parade was preceded by a notorious, annual costumed party at a big house in the Carrollton neighborhood that dated back to the 1970s. “But the place would get so trashed,” Staples recalled, that eventually the homeowners pulled the plug. That’s when a Maple Leaf bartender, the late Terri Tucker, lured the midsummer celebration to the saloon. Staples said the trans-

plantation took place in the mid-’80s. Once the party moved to the Maple Leaf, it didn’t remain stationary for long, Staples said. People just naturally migrated to Jed’s and Carrollton Station and other drinking holes within range. “They were a ragtag bunch, like hobos doing costumes for Mardi Gras,” Staples recalled. “Essentially,” he said, “a lot of the women were as close to naked as possible.” In other parts of civilization, the parade probably would have been extinguished there and then, but this being New Orleans, it became a beloved

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The parade lines up on Oak Street above Carrollton Avenue starting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. At 7 p.m., parade ofﬁcials will issue proclamations from the balcony above the Maple Leaf Bar, 8316 Oak St., and at 7:30 p.m., the parade begins. The route heads out toward South Carrollton Avenue, where it turns right, U-turns on Freret Street then U-turns again on Spruce Street, returning back to Oak Street, where a block party continues until 10:30 p.m.

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Crescent City Stage gives the Bard some outdoor space A pair of unique productions with women at the forefront will be offering audiences a variety of words and styles in the coming days.

‘Bard at the Batture — Ladies’ Night’ Crescent City Stage takes the words of William Shakespeare for an outing at the riverside recreational spot The Batture for a new installment of popular al fresco entertainment. For two nights, Oct. Victor 5-6, six performers will Andrews bring to life some of the Bard’s most “commanding female characters,” including Cleopatra, Lady Macbeth, Portia, Hermione and Timora. The characters appear in a curated selection of monologues. “This is exactly the kind of programming that keeps our mission alive,” said Michael A. Newcomer, director of the production and executive director for Crescent City Stage. “Shakespeare wrote for the open air and crowds who could wander in and be a part of a community. Partnering with The Batture lets us meet people where they already gather and bring our commitment to providing artist-centered work to them.”

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‘Laurel Canyon 1979’ What happens when the present catches up to a group of people living in the past? That’s the premise of the show written by Grace Caroline Curley, a recent graduate of LSU New Orleans’ Playwright program. The show won the award for outstanding thesis. The Irene Collective Theater Co., a female-focused local theatrical ensemble, will perform a staged reading at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the New Marigny Theatre, 2301 Marais St. Jaclyn Bethany will direct. The story looks at Laurel Canyon resident Marigold, described as a “mother-hippie” whose followers “cling to a time gone by. When a new PROVIDED By CRESCENT CITy STAGE neighbor moves in, Marigold and her Mallory Osigian, left, and Nia Ragini of Crescent City Stage perform a recent ‘Bard friends must come to terms with the changing world around them.” at the Batture.’ In addition to Bethany, other perLocated at 25 Walnut St., the Batture Wendy Miklovic, Erin Cessna, Lorene formers include Leslie Nipkow, Ward Chesley, Elizabeth Elkins Newcomer is a gathering space along the MissisEmling, Malik Elrod and Aria Jackson. The performance is free by reservasippi River that includes green spaces, and Tenea Intriago. Seating is varied, ranging from picmaritime structures and options for tions are requested. Visit irenecollecfood and beverages. nic tables and chairs to bring-your-own tive.net. The production takes advantage of options with open seating and guaranthe live river action as a backdrop Email Victor Andrews at vandrews@ teed spots. for the performances by Nia Ragini, The shows are at 6:30 p.m. Tickets theadvocate.com.

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tradition. Staples, who assumed the role of captain of the event, said the nascent parade became increasingly organized, in spite of the participants, “whose personal lives were so completely dedicated to irresponsibility.”

The last parade before Katrina In the early days, Staples said, there would be post-parade deSTAFF FILE PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER brieﬁngs, during which the group tried to “focus on mistakes,” in the TAP DAT dance krewe performs with Nicole ‘Nikki’ Miner, interest of improvement. The pocenter, the 2024 queen of the Krewe of OAK Midlice ofﬁcers who escorted the proSummer Mardi Gras. cession, they learned, were rather insistent that the event begin on

time and keep to a schedule. For safety purposes, the parade organizers decided to dispatch street crossing guards at all intersections — though some were dressed as clowns. And it was discovered that “portalets were necessary,” considering the devoted consumption of adult beverages. In the early years, the Mid-Summer Mardi Gras parade meandered the neighborhood from bar to bar, with stragglers sprinting through the streets to catch up. Later, it traveled to Palmer Park (now Marsalis Harmony Park) where a party took place. These days, the parade travels up and down Carrollton Avenue, beginning and ending at an Oak Street block party. The 2005 parade happened to be

on the Saturday before Hurricane Katrina struck, Staples recalled, though the turnout was scant. He said the parade ended with everyone running in the rain. Through the decades, both the parade and its audience grew. Stables said that 2014 may have been the biggest year, with an estimated 10,000 people involved. This year, he said, there should be about 1,500 marchers and who knows how many viewers. The Krewe of OAK also parades on the Friday before Mardi Gras, though it’s a much smaller affair.

A Carnival throwback The Mid-Summer Mardi Gras parade includes marching bands

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‘Duck Dynasty’ couple head to Texas for new series BY JUDY BERGERON

Staff writer

After ﬁnding TV fame on the West Monroe-set “Duck Dynasty” series, Jep and Jessica Robertson hope to make a splash on their own nonscripted series. “Jep & Jess: Beyond the Bayou” will premiere at 8 p.m. Saturday on Great American Family and GFAM+. The show is also streaming on Great American Pure Flix. For 11 seasons, from 2012 to 2017, “Duck Dynasty” on A&E followed the large Robertson family, led by patriarch Phil Robertson, and its Louisiana hunting and outdoor company specializing in handmade duck calls. Beyond the business, the show stressed family and faith while highlighting the quirky personalities of the main and secondary cast. “Duck Dynasty” became a hit, leading to a line of popular merchandise, books, podcasts, spinoff series (including “Duck Dynasty: The Revival,” “Duck Family Treasure”) and the headquarters becoming a northeast Louisiana tourist spot.

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“Leaving behind the Louisiana bayous that ﬁrst made them household names, Jep and Jessica are building a new life in Texas, transforming Comanche Moon Ranch (outside Dallas) into a thriving community rooted in craftsmanship, hospitality and legacy,” states a show synopsis. “Along the way, viewers will witness the joys and challenges of creating a place where neighbors become family, love grows deeper, and every project serves a greater purpose.” Jep and Jessica Robertson are the youngest son and daughter-in-law of Phil and Kay Robertson. Phil Robertson died in 2025, and his widow and much of PROVIDED PHOTO By GREATAMERICANFAMILy.COM the rest of the family still live in West Monroe. Jep and Jessica Robertson star in ‘Jep & Jess: Beyond “More than a home and lifestyle series, ‘Jep & Jess: Beyond the Bayou’ is a weekly destination where the Bayou’ on Great American Family and GFAM+. purpose, faith, meaningful work, enduring relationDuring the show’s run, the family also made ships and authentic community take center stage,” headlines for its controversial, ultra-conservative the show synopsis also states. views. Phil Robertson’s disparaging comments to Meanwhile, “Duck Dynasty” is still available on GQ magazine in 2013 about same-sex relationships several streaming platforms. and African Americans even triggered his indeﬁnite suspension from the series. A&E backtracked on the Email Judy Bergeron at jbergeron@theadvocate. suspension after fan complaints. com.

1980s band The Song Dogs, will serve as parade queen with drummer extraordinaire Johnny Vidacovich as king. In Staples’ view, the Mid-Summer Mardi Gras is a throwback to the earliest Carnival parades, which were relatively casual, spontaneous processions,

and several dance troupes including the WeatherGirls, Muff-A-Lottas, Jamettes and Lucha Krewe, plus satirically costumed marching clubs and a contingent from the Intergalactic Krewe of Chewbacchus. There are no ﬂoats, nor do most participants throw beads or baubles. Each year, the krewe selects royalty, mostly from the Maple Leaf bar/Oak Street orbit. Saints superfan Leroy “Whistle Monsta” Mitchell Jr. once reigned as king, as did the action painter Frenchy and Jacques Leonardi, owner STAFF FILE PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER of Jacques-Imo’s restaurant. King Robustus XXXVIII Andrew Quaid rolls in the Staples said the Krewe of 2024 Krewe of OAK Mid-Summer Mardi Gras OAK “could put together an absolute all-star band” with parade. past royals, including guicelebrating “alternative lifestyles and tarist Walter “Wolfman” Washington, having fun.” Phillip “Tuba Phil” Frazier and bass maestro George Porter Jr. This year, Alison Young, the lead Email Doug MacCash at dmaccash@ singer with the fondly remembered theadvocate.com.

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A controversial rapper with a Superdome-sized show tops the list of live music in New Orleans this week.

FRIDAY, CAESARS SUPERDOME Ye, the rapper and producer formerly known as Kanye West, once ranked among hip-hop’s most respected and successful artists, one who was not afraid to innovate or take chances. In recent years, he’s morphed into one of popular music’s most polarizing artists. Bizarre public behavior, racist and antisemitic comments, aligning himself with Nazi symbols and Hitler speeches — all have taken a toll on his reputation and career. In January, he publicly apologized with a fullpage ad in The Wall Street

Journal. He attributed his hateful rhetoric and bizarre behavior to bipolar disorder, the result of an undiagnosed brain injury suffered in a 2002 car crash. Whether that apology is enough to rehabilitate his reputation and career remains to be seen. Never one to shy away from grand artistic statements, he’s mounted a stadium tour that finds him performing atop a huge half-sphere that is essentially one big LED screen set in the middle of each stadium’s floor. Recent shows in Los Angeles and Tampa Bay, Florida, went off without incident. Ye’s intermittent tour stops Friday at the Caesars Superdome. Plenty of tickets remain. Standing-room-only floor tickets are $678. Upper-level terrace seats start at $85.

OTHER NOTEWORTHY SHOWS THURSDAY

Four Unplugged

FOUR UNPLUGGED 30TH ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY, ROCK ‘N’ BOWL Since 1996, Four Unplugged has been a staple of northshore nightclubs, festivals, weddings and any other place where a solid, seasoned and versatile cover band’s services are needed. Setlists range from classic rock to contemporary pop, with funk, Motown favorites and Mardi Gras music thrown in the mix. Think the Beatles to Bruno Mars, Barry White to The White Stripes, Cameo to Coldplay. Four Unplugged consists of Ricky Windhorst on vocals, wife Jan Windhorst on keyboards — they’re both members of the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame — Randy Bidleman on drums, Kenny Schnieder on guitar and vocals and Craig Courtney on bass and vocals. The band appears regularly at private and charitable events in New Orleans but hasn’t played a public show in the city in more than 20 years. That changes on Saturday when Four Unplugged celebrates the band’s 30th anniversary at Rock ’N’ Bowl. Admission is $17.

New Orleans-based bassist Amina Scott has backed an array of contemporary jazz singers and musicians and showcased her own music on an album called “Where the Wild Seed Grows.” She’ll perform at Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Thursday, joined by Gladney on saxophone, Steve Lands on trumpet, Oscar Rossignoli on piano and Peter Varnado on drums. Tickets are $30. Sunpie & the Louisiana Sunspots, fronted by accordionist and harmonica player Bruce “Sunpie” Barnes, keeps dancers moving for Zydeco Night at Rock ’N’ Bowl. Tickets are $17. Andre Bohren is featured for the Maple Leaf Bar’s weekly “Booker & Beyond” piano series at 6 p.m. Later at the Leaf, New Orleans drum legend Johnny Vidacovich is joined by his Astral Project bandmates James Singleton on bass and Steve Masakowski on guitar at 8 p.m.; tickets are $18. Email Keith Spera at kspera@theadvocate.com.

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La. HBCU marching bands featured in national ad campaigns BY MARCO CARTOLANO Staff writer

Before the 2026 football season begins, two Louisiana marching bands at historically Black colleges and universities are already being broadcast across the nation this summer. Six students in Grambling State University’s Tiger Marching Band were featured in a recent Urban Outﬁtters back-to-school commercial centered on college students. And denim-clad members of Southern University’s Human Jukebox collaborated with Gap for a video posted to social media. The Grambling band members performed a game-day routine with students from nine other universities in the Urban Outﬁtters commercial, which touts the brand’s “All Together Now” line focused on college students and university

try was something special,” Marshall said. “The (band) has taught me to be prepared, disciplined and confident wherever the opportunity takes me, and I was proud to carry that with me into this experience.” The Tiger Marching Band is commemorating its 100th anniversary this year. The band, which is acclaimed in its own right, is also spotlighted annually at the Bayou Classic during the Battle of the Bands, played with Southern University’s Human Jukebox. STAFF FILE PHOTO By SCOTT THRELKELD The Human Jukebox is part The Grambling Tiger Marching Band performs during the 2024 of Gap’s new ad campaign, Bayou Classic between the Southern and the Grambling State “Denim on my own,” a play on pop singer Robyn’s dance hit universities at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. “Dancing On My Own.” traditions, Grambling officials As part of the Instagram shall Jr., of Shreveport; Harmosaid in a news release. ny West, of Garland, Texas; and campaign, Gap included the Students starring in the official video of the band playJaylin Williams, of Lafayette. 30-second commercial include “To step onto a national set ing the dance hit as well as still Destiny Day, of Rayville; and represent Grambling photos of the band members Raina Delee, of Dallas; Haylen alongside students from wearing full dark denim and a Maller, of Lafayette; Dale Mar- universities across the counbehind-the-scenes video featur-

OTHER NOTEWORTHY SHOWS FRIDAY Tipitina’s summer-long “Free Fridays” series of no-cover concerts continues with a quartet consisting of drummer Stanton Moore of Galactic, keyboardist Joe Ashlar, guitarist Danny Abel and saxophonist Brad Walker. Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph, the featured vocalist in Galactic, opens the show at 9 p.m. Admission is free. At Snug Harbor, Jason Marsalis plays vibraphone for a jazz tribute to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. He’ll be Walker joined by Seth Finch on piano, Jason Stewart on bass and Gerald T. Watkins, Jr. on drums. Tickets are $40. Long-running cover band The Topcats is at Rock ’N’ Bowl; tickets are $17.

SATURDAY Singer-songwriter Don McLean, who once drove his Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry, will sing “American Pie” and other favorites at The Fillmore on Saturday. The show is all reserved seating; rows of chairs will be set up on the Fillmore’s ﬂoor. Tickets are $89.

ing band director Kedrick D. Taylor. “Through dedication, precision, and hard work, Southern University’s Human Jukebox — or just “Juke” as they call it — brings their power to some of the largest arenas,” the Instagram caption says. The caption for the main ad says the band “does it their way” by bringing their interpretation to the song and “putting a new lens on the track that feels distinctly theirs.” Old Navy, which is owned by Gap Inc., partnered with another Louisianian in April, when the brand released a collection with designer and Baton Rouge native Christopher John Rogers. Staff writer Joy Holden contributed to this story. Email Marco Cartolano at Marco.Cartolano@ theadvocate.com

New Orleans master drummer Herlin Riley, a longwriting workshop, at the Jefferson Parish Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave. Admission is free. time collaborator of Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center SUNDAY Orchestra, powers a quartet at Snug Harbor at 7:30 p.m. and Texas guitar slinger Gary Clark Jr. plugs in at the Or9:30 p.m. Tickets are $45. pheum Theater. Tickets start at $65. The Pretty Reckless brings its Guitarist John Fohl, who spent many years in Dr. Dear God Tour to the House of John’s band, plays a free happy hour Gary Blues. Only resale tickets are set at 4:30 p.m. at Snug Harbor. Later Clark Jr. available. Sunday, Snug Harbor presents saxoCatch Phoush, a New Orphonist Brad Walker’s birthday shows at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.; tickets are $30. leans-based Phish tribComedian Lucas Zelnik holds court at the ute band, at Tipitina’s Civic Theatre. Tickets start at $31. at 9 p.m. Admission is $15. TUESDAY On Saturday at 1 p.m., proliﬁc Pioneering punk band Circle Jerks hits Tipitina’s songwriter and with Negative Approach and Upchuck. Showtime is documentary ﬁlm8 p.m. Tickets are $35. maker Steve ScafWEDNESDAY fidi hosts a “Song Showcase Event,” New Orleans singer-songwriter Paul Sanchez perduring which forms in the lounge of the New Orleans Jazz & Blues he’ll showcase Market on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard at 7 p.m. recordings of Tickets are $17. songs written by Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra participants in swing out at Snug Harbor at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. his recent songTickets are $45.

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