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  • Search results for: orleans blight

29 Search Results Found For: "orleans blight"

  • Despite recent hardships, New Orleans voters decide to scrap tax for housing programs

    New Orleans voters on Saturday narrowly rejected the renewal of a 0.91-mill property tax housing programs that had been in effect since 1991. The “no” vote prevailed with less than 51%, an
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  • Housing advocates, BGR spar over $4 million New Orleans property tax

    New Orleans voters will decide Saturday whether to continue paying a $4 million property tax for housing assistance. The 0.91-mill levy is relatively small compared to other citywide property taxes, b
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  • New Orleans voters to consider property taxes for libraries, housing

    New Orleans voters will consider two property tax proposals Saturday, one dedicated to the city’s library system and the other for a key housing fund. Both are intended to replace existing milla
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  • Newell: Watchdog group split on New Orleans’ library and housing tax propositions

    The Bureau of Governmental Research has published its report on two tax propositions under consideration in the New Orleans city elections taking place on December 11th. One proposition would help fun
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  • New Orleans runoff elections 2021: See candidates, millages on the ballot

    New Orleans voters will find themselves inside a voting booth for the second month in a row this December, with two millages and six runoff races to decide on. The quick turnaround from the Nov. 13 el
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  • On New Orleans tax propositions, BGR says yes for library and no for housing

    A prominent government watchdog group is recommending New Orleans voters renew one expiring property tax on the Dec. 11 ballot but reject another. In a report published Monday, the Bureau of Governmen
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  • BGR Weighs in on New Orleans Library and Housing Tax Propositions

    BGR has released a new report that analyzes proposed 20-year property taxes for public libraries and housing that New Orleans voters will decide in the Dec. 11 election. The report is intended to help
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  • New Orleans mayor threatens layoffs if tax changes fail

    NEW ORLEANS — Facing significant opposition to her proposed cut to public libraries and to separate tax increases for infrastructure and economic development, Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Friday that
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  • How New Orleans could reconfigure taxes if plan is passed: See propositions, funding changes, more

    New Orleans voters will be asked to reconfigure five soon-to-expire taxes into four new ones on the Dec. 5 ballot, leaving the overall tax rate the same but altering how much funding various city serv
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  • Despite city law, New Orleans’ hasn’t had public contract database since 2019 cyber attack

    Despite a local law requiring the city of New Orleans to post all of its contracts on its website, the city’s public facing contract database hasn’t worked since December 2019, when the local gove
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