Heard Dat Kitchen's gumbo combo includes a grilled cheese sandwich and a side of potato salad. Photo: Chelsea Brasted/Axios
🍴 Time Out says New Orleans is the best city in the whole wide world for food. Damn straight. (Full list)
💰 The New Orleans School Board will vote today on a new plan to plug a $50M budget gap left behind by accounting errors. The move comes after the Cantrell administration reneged on a deal to help fill some of that gap. (The Times-Picayune 🔒)
🥃 City Council plans to extend its travel ban for city employees. Members are also considering banning the use of public funds for alcohol. (WWL)
👀 A Louisiana family says ICE lured them with a ruse before deporting them to Honduras. (Louisiana Illuminator)
🦋 Good news: The eastern monarch butterfly population nearly doubled this year at their wintering grounds in Mexico. The butterflies migrate through New Orleans on their way there. (World Wildlife Fund)
