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Proposed tax breaks raise questions as bid to build hotel near Morial center continues
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
June 17, 2018
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center officials are back at the negotiating table, hoping to finally realize their dream of building a...
NOPD faces ‘structural deficit’ from pay raises, overtime: Cantrell
By Greg LaRose
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
June 15, 2018
To provide New Orleans police officers with a pay raise starting in 2018, former Mayor Mitch Landrieu tapped into an initial...10 Louisiana parishes with the highest property tax rates – 3 are in metro New Orleans
By Robert Rhoden
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
June 7, 2018
Update: A clarification was added to this story to indicate that municipal taxes were not factored in the Louisiana Tax...
BGR Releases From Answers to Action: Post-Election Policy Making
June 4, 2018
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases From Answers to Action: Post-Election Policy Making. The report is the latest...‘She makes G. Gordon Liddy look like a wimp’
By John Pope
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
June 3, 2018
The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting...
Love to Learn, Learn to Lead: A 100-Day Investment for a Stronger Jefferson Parish Public School System
May 31, 2018
Dr. Cade Brumley, the new superintendent of the Jefferson Parish Public School System, addressed a BGR Breakfast Briefing on...After Round 1 stalled, New Orleans convention center officials restart talks for Omni Hotel
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
May 27, 2018
Second time’s the charm. That’s what members of the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority hope as they return to...
Our levees and pumps aren’t enough to keep New Orleans dry | Editorial
By The Times-Picayune Editorial Board
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
May 27, 2018
The start of hurricane season always raises our collective anxiety level a bit. South Louisianians have to be on...
People this Week: New hires, promotions, awards
By CityBusiness staff reports
Source: CityBusiness
May 23, 2018
Awards Insurance Business America has released its Top Producers 2018 report and Beth Carter-Drury, CIC, Zachary Fanberg and Marcus...Mayor LaToya Cantrell: New Orleans drainage projects have ‘been on hold far too long’
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
May 22, 2018
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell held a news conference on Tuesday (May 22) to level with the public about the city’s...