“When you’re a lame duck, there’s very little you can do productively,” said Gary Clark, a political science professor at Dillard University.

Months before New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was set to leave office because of term limits, she has been indicted in what prosecutors allege was a yearslong scheme to conceal a romantic relations...

The indictment also alleges that the pair "coordinated to spend time together" at a city-owned apartment while Vappie was supposed to be on duty, arranged "14 domestic and international trips to maxim...