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  • Search results for: "flood protection"

24 Search Results Found For: ""flood protection""

  • Our Views: West Jefferson voters should approve property tax for flood protection

    When it comes to taxes, essential services have to be paid for, and one of them in Louisiana more than almost anyplace else in the world is flood protection. But a property tax millage for flood prote
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  • Let’s continue to move toward virtual public meeting and courtroom access

    One of the silver linings of the pandemic has been its effect on public meetings and our legal system. Because of limitations on persons gathering in close proximity, legislative and regulatory bodies
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  • Our Views: Even in in-person era, public meetings should be more accessible remotely

    During the pandemic, government, like everyone else, embraced the use of video conferencing platforms. Most public bodies are returning to business as usual these days, but that doesn’t mean we have
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  • BGR Urges Government Entities to Continue Online Access

    NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: BGR released a report today calling on more government entities in Louisiana to livestream and archive video recordings of their meetings onli
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  • Public Entities Should Continue Online Meeting Access after the Pandemic

    OVERVIEW This report calls on more government entities in Louisiana to livestream and archive video recordings of their meetings online, so citizens can continue to enjoy the benefits of remote access
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  • Gambit Editorial: Our endorsements for the March 20 special election

    On March 20, voters in Louisiana’s Second Congressional District will choose a successor to former U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, who now works as a top aide to President Joe Biden. Voters in state Hous
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  • It’s time to change how New Orleans’ tax dollars are spent, distributed, nonpartisan group says

    The Bureau of Governmental Research is once again calling for changes in the way taxes are distributed in New Orleans, issuing a new report just as Mayor LaToya Cantrell and representatives of the tou
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  • Mayor Cantrell: Tax money for tourism, sports industries, should help pay for drainage, infrastructure

    Mayor LaToya Cantrell outlined tentative plans Thursday to shift some tax revenue away from various local tourism, sports and marketing agencies to improve New Orleans’ crippled drainage and water s
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  • Our levees and pumps aren’t enough to keep New Orleans dry | Editorial

    The start of hurricane season always raises our collective anxiety level a bit. South Louisianians have to be on guard between June 1 and Nov. 30 — it’s a fact of life this close to the Gu
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  • West bank voters approve new levee millage

    Voters on the west bank of Jefferson Parish on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a new property tax that will fund critical maintenance work on the federal levees that protect the area from flooding. A
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