Edwards refuses to shift hotel tax dollars to S&WB

Gov. John Bel Edwards on Monday said definitively that he will not support a plan by Mayor LaToya Cantrell...

New Orleans City Planning Commission approves affordable housing plan minus key element

The New Orleans City Planning Commission has recommended dropping the core element of a plan aimed at increasing the...

Our Views: More action by New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board management needed over membership change

A charter amendment on the Dec. 8 ballot would make changes in the membership of the group that oversees...

Should a City Council member be on the Sewerage & Water Board? New Orleans will decide

New Orleans voters will decide next month whether to return a New Orleans City Council member to the Sewerage & Water Board’s 11-person...

On the Ballot: S&WB Governance Change, December 8, 2018

Today the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases a report to inform voters on a proposed City of New...

Gov. John Bel Edwards on State Priorities of Local Importance

Governor John Bel Edwards presented at a BGR Breakfast Briefing on State of Louisiana priorities of local importance. BGR...

Gov. Edwards opposes plan to redirect hotel taxes to New Orleans infrastructure

A plan by New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to ask state lawmakers to shift some hotel taxes from tourism...

Here’s the first look at proposed $558M Ernest N. Morial Convention Center hotel project’s exterior

The would-be developers of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s proposed $557.5 million, 1,200-room Omni Hotel have released the first design...

See the Morial Convention Center hotel developers want

The developer of a proposed 1,200-room Ernest N. Morial Convention Center hotel has released a rendering of the structure,...

Voters To Decide On Constitutional Amendment Meant To Ease Blow Of Property Tax Increases

There will be several proposed changes to the state constitution on the ballot next Tuesday. One of them, Amendment...