Gov. Jeff Landry establishes a new commission to create a permanent memorial for victims of the terror attack in the French Quarter.

A new report urges changes to make Bourbon Street safer after a deadly New Year’s Day attack, including turning the New ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE ... designation for Mardi Gras, the highest federal event threat rating, to ensure additional security resources are allocated to the city. “Bourbon Street is extremely ...

New Orleans' most famous ... 400,000 residents, Mardi Gras weekend can easily welcome over 1 million visitors from around the world. In addition to the Bourbon Street changes, the report ...

Consultants hired to help New Orleans shore up its security after the Bourbon Street attack say the city should take these ...

A third-party review urges creation of a pedestrian-only zone on Bourbon Street and permanent Mardi Gras threat status to ...

IT COMES AS ONE OF THE BIG SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE TURNING BOURBON ... New Orleans City Council. Kirkpatrick thanked Bratton and his team for the report and their work securing the city during Mardi ...

Ultimately, New Orleans did successfully coordinate security for the Super Bowl and during Carnival season ... a long-discussed proposal to close Bourbon Street to vehicles entirely ...

Bratton’s report contains a long list of recommendations, but emerging as the most controversial is an idea to permanently block vehicle traffic on Bourbon from Canal to Dumaine streets. Officials and ...