The fight over S&WB's billing practices intensifies, two anti-LGBTQ+ bills move forward through the state legislature, Raising Cane's plans to increase its hourly wage to $19.50 and more. Here's a look at today's top stories in New Orleans for Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

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JP Morrell says city will sue if S&WB doesn't comply with new billing laws

Earlier this month, the Sewerage & Water Board said it couldn't comply with billing policies imposed by the New Orleans City Council. Now, City Council President JP Morrell is threatening to ask a judge to force them.

The Mississippi River runs through it. The Corps says that must be fixed

Neptune Pass is causing problems for shipping along the Mississippi River. But coastal scientists point to its land-building potential

2 Louisiana bills affecting LGBTQ+ rights, including 'Don't Say Gay' version, clear committee

Over furious objections, bills that would ban discussion of gender and sexual identity in Louisiana classrooms and force teachers to use certain pronouns to address students cleared a key hurdle in the state legislature Thursday, advancing amid a proliferation of similar legislation in statehouses nationwide.

Raising Cane's to increase its average hourly employee wage to $19.50, offer other benefits

Raising Cane’s will increase its average hourly employee wage to $19.50 and offer other benefits to help with employee retention.

Hours before she was shot dead, woman visited murdered sister's grave

 On what would have been her murdered sister's 35th birthday, Sully Simmons visited the young woman's grave. Hours later, Sully Simmons, 33, was shot dead in front of her 1-year-old son by unknown assailants in Mid-City.