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New Orleans lawmakers see tough fight ahead for infrastructure money
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
March 10, 2019
With the Louisiana Legislature convening in exactly one month, the first proposals focused on raising more money for New Orleans road...
Planned New Orleans convention center hotel would not qualify for tax exemption, assessor says
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
March 10, 2019
Erroll Williams, the Orleans Parish tax assessor, is complicating plans for a hotel that officials of the Ernest N....Plan to save $330M on New Orleans Convention Center hotel has yet to draw interest from board
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
February 28, 2019
A respected investment banker has a plan that he says could save the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center hundreds...Hotel taxes are at the center of Cantrell’s fight to provide more money for New Orleans infrastructure
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
February 24, 2019
This year agencies in New Orleans charged with overseeing the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, running the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center...Cantrell pressing governor to use convention center funds for New Orleans infrastructure
By Beau Evans and Julia O'Donoghue
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
February 22, 2019
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell has signaled she wants $75 million for city infrastructure repairs straight from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s...Nonprofit finds ‘lost penny’ in hotel taxes
By William Wann
Source: The Maroon
February 19, 2019
What was originally meant to be a temporary move to ease the construction of the Superdome may still be...Mayor Cantrell launches task force seeking portion of Convention Center surplus
By Rob Masson
Source: FOX 8
February 19, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Mayor LaToya Cantrell wants millions of dollars from the Convention Center and said the city...Death and Hotel Taxes: BGR releases new report on New Orleans hotel sales tax
By Jennifer Gibson Schecter
Source: Biz New Orleans
February 2019
The old idiom that nothing is certain but death and taxes remains true, with the possible addition of Roger...Should New Orleans Receive Money In Hotel Taxes Collected?
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
February 18, 2019
Amy Glovinsky and Paul Rioux of the Bureau of Governmental Research joined Newell to talk about the tourism dollar...
Southeast Louisiana People in Business for Feb. 17, 2019
By The Advocate
Source: The Advocate
February 17, 2019
NEW ORLEANS AREA The Bureau of Governmental Research elected to chair its board of directors Ludovico Feoli, executive director of the Center for...