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Mardi Gras is on the brink of financial chaos as the city scrambles to cover nearly $4 million in annual costs, prompting talks of raising parade permit fees—long unchanged since the 2000s—for the 2027 season. Krewe captains, already stretched thin by rising insurance and material costs, are forming a unified board to negotiate new payment terms, while city officials hint at alternative fee structures. With payments due by December, time is running out to strike a deal that keeps the world’s greatest free show alive—and thriving.

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