A property tax trap for senior and disabled homeowners will soon be fixed
Housing affordability is a serious and persistent issue across neighborhoods, incomes, and age groups in Orleans Parish and across...
APPEL: Is New Orleans Mortgaging Its Future? It Depends On Your Level Of Faith In Current Leadership.
The City of New Orleans wants to monetize a cashflow stream of lease payments in order to refund a...
City Hall Plays High Stakes: New Orleans Cashes In Caesars Rent To Refill Rainy-Day Fund
New Orleans officials are getting ready to trade nearly nine years of Caesars casino lease payments for a lump...
New Orleans plan to sell casino lease payments needs guardrails, report says
(The Center Square) — New Orleans’ proposed deal to raise more than $100 million by selling rights to future...
$100M sale of Caesars leases is good, but New Orleans must protect its reserves, BGR says
New Orleans has raided its reserve fund too often, and before city officials boost the fund by $103 million,...
City Hall Snags $16 Million Lifeline From New Orleans Assessor
New Orleans city officials are using a short-term cash swap with the Orleans Parish Assessor’s Office to pump roughly...
Big changes could be coming to New Orleans courts, but are they moving too fast?
The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) is warning that proposed Louisiana bills to consolidate Orleans Parish’s civil and criminal...
Morris stands firm in New Orleans court overhaul
(The Center Square) – Sen. Jay Morris said he is standing by his push to overhaul Orleans Parish’s courts as...
Duncan takes oath of office
He may not have an office to assume if the legislature moves to eliminate the clerk of criminal court....
