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  • New Orleans Council on Aging hopeful despite vote failure

    NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A last-ditch effort at the polls for a property tax to benefit elderly services fell flat Saturday (March 30). City Councilman Jason Williams sponsored the measure and poste
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  • New Orleans Council on Aging tax proposal brings political, policy debates before voters

    Before the fish plates were served Friday at the senior center on the edge of Pontchartrain Park, Joyce Rawlins and Rose George were on opposite sides of a debate. Rawlins, 73, supported giving the or
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  • New Orleans Council passes pension changes affecting only new hires

    Current New Orleans City Hall employees will avoid changes to their retirement plans under a deal City Councilwoman Stacy Head cut to apply changes designed to save taxpayers money only to e
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  • Checking In With New Orleans City Council

    Joe Giarrusso joins Tommy to talk about the Sewerage and Water Board and the changes it’s going to see.  Click here to listen to the interview. To access BGR’s report on the S&WB that
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  • Voters give New Orleans City Council power to approve mayoral appointees

    New Orleans voters on Tuesday approved an amendment to New Orleans’ home rule charter to require the mayor to get approval from the City Council before hiring certain department heads, such as the s
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  • New Orleans City Council gains power to approve mayoral appointees

    New Orleans voters on Tuesday night approved a significant change to how City Hall officials are appointed, setting up a new system that empowers the City Council to confirm or deny the mayor’s
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  • Should New Orleans City Council have a say over whom the mayor hires? It’s up to voters.

    New Orleans voters will determine Nov. 8 whether to alter the balance of power at City Hall by giving the City Council authority to approve or reject mayor-appointed department heads. The proposed cha
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  • Should New Orleans City Council Confirm Department Heads? BGR Analyzes Nov. 8 Ballot Proposal

    Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases a new report, On the Ballot: New Orleans Charter Amendment, November 8, 2022. The report is intended to help New Orleans voters make an inform
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  • Early voting for New Orleans City Council, sheriff, library millage starts Saturday

    Early voting in the Dec. 11 runoff elections for New Orleans City Council, Sheriff and Clerk of Criminal Court begins Saturday, and voters will also weigh in on tax propositions for the New Orleans Pu
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  • Infrastructure, bond issues dominate discussion on second day of New Orleans City Council budget hearings

    Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s top public works aides offered a roadmap Tuesday for the hundreds of millions of dollars they plan to spend on streets, drainage, parks and other infrastructure in coming yea
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