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29 Search Results Found For: "orleans downtown"

  • A View from the Top: Insights on Law Enforcement in Orleans and Jefferson

    Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) presented its first in-person Breakfast Briefing in more than two years. The event, made free to the public by First Horizon Bank and held in downtown
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  • New Orleans voters head to polls Saturday. Here’s what’s on the ballot.

    New Orleans voters will head to the polls on Saturday with four City Council seats at stake along with a hotly contested race for Orleans Parish sheriff. Live election results: New Orleans sheriff, St
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  • Property taxes for New Orleans homes have surged; now businesses could get a huge tax cut

    Over the past two years, thousands of homeowners across New Orleans have opened unwelcome letters from the Orleans Parish assessor’s office providing notice of big jumps in the assessed values o
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  • Watchdog group in New Orleans calls for pause of Convention Center hotel project

    A new 1,200-room hotel at the Morial Convention Center downtown is a risky proposal now that the coronavirus has disrupted New Orleans’ tourism industry and its major business meeting schedule. That
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  • Coronavirus response to leave ‘gigantic hole’ in New Orleans economy; Cantrell weighs layoffs

    The coronavirus outbreak and the efforts to slow its spread are set to levy a massive toll on the New Orleans economy, with the hospitality sector already seeing a sharp downturn in business and offic
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  • ‘The Second Battle of New Orleans’ republished for 50th anniversary of end to Riverfront Expressway fight

    If you’re really lucky, at least once in your life you cross paths with someone truly extraordinary. I was very blessed to spend time with Bill Borah during his last years. He was an exceptionally i
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  • New Orleans will get millions of dollars for roads, drainage; here are 3 big winners

    New Orleans will receive tens of millions of dollars to replace antiquated sewage pipes, fix faulty drainage pumps and mend pothole-filled roads, mostly by levying higher taxes on visitors, after the
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  • On New Orleans tourism, see expert quotes on ‘world class’ city, key goals, more at forum

    An expert panel on tourism brought together a host of important industries and ideas Tuesday morning in downtown New Orleans. The forum, hosted at The New Orleans Advocate, delved into several subject
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  • Cantrell pressing governor to use convention center funds for New Orleans infrastructure

    New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has signaled she wants $75 million for city infrastructure repairs straight from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s reserve account, tapping money from h
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  • Latest New Orleans hotel tax idea could generate $6.7M for city projects; LaToya Cantrell calls plan ‘inadequate’

    Facing political pressure to share some of their hotel tax revenue with city agencies, New Orleans tourism leaders on Thursday proposed an alternative: a new hotel tax that would generate $6.7 million
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