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Jefferson Parish residents vote to give teachers pay raises
By WDSU
Source: WDSU
May 4, 2019
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. —Residents of Jefferson Parish voted to adopt a pay raise for teachers in the parish. A...Jefferson Parish backs tax for teacher pay raises
By Drew Broach
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
May 4, 2019
With a new School Board, new superintendent and new goal to improve academic performance from a C grade to...Jefferson Parish voters overwhelmingly approve tax raise to pay teachers more
By Faimon A. Roberts III
Source: The Advocate
May 4, 2019
Jefferson Parish voters on Saturday resoundingly approved a new 7.9-mill, 10-year property tax to fund raises for teachers and...Parks & Rec. millage approved by Orleans Parish voters
By Fox 8
Source: Fox 8
May 4, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – New Orleans voters approved a measure to consolidate taxes for the parish’s Parks and Recreation...New Orleans voters OK parks & rec tax consolidation
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
May 4, 2019
New Orleans voters approved a consolidation of soon-to-expire taxes for New Orleans parks and recreation organizations Saturday (May 4)....New Orleans voters overwhelmingly approve parks and recreation millage
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Advocate
May 4, 2019
New Orleans voters on Saturday roundly endorsed a new financial plan for parks and recreation in the city that...Our Views: Vote to back teacher pay plan for better Jefferson schools
By Advocate Editorial
Source: The Advocate
May 3, 2019
With broad backing of the parish’s leadership, including the business community and teachers unions at one time at odds,...New Orleans area voters to decide on tax issues in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Tammany on Saturday
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Advocate
May 3, 2019
Voters in much of the New Orleans area will head to the polls Saturday to consider mainly requests involving...New Orleans voters asked to carve up parks & rec tax pie
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
May 2, 2019
A measure to replace and redistribute expiring taxes for New Orleans parks and recreation organizations will be put to voters Saturday...
On hotel taxes, Cantrell close to securing part of ‘fair share’
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
April 30, 2019
The closing of a deal to secure millions of dollars in immediate and continuing money for the city’s drainage infrastructure and the Sewerage &...