The presentation came days after The Lens retracted a story, based on flawed documents provided by the city, that severely underrepresented the number of STR fines the city had actually collected since 2019.
Earlier in the week, Gov. John Bel Edwards ended the statewide mask mandate.
The dispute involves millions of dollars in contested hotel taxes that the transit agency previously passed on to the tourism industry.
A federal court judge who has previously criticized the city’s attempts to halt the facility once again appeared skeptical of its arguments.
The suit primarily seeks to recover fees from BP oil spill litigation. It is not clear how the dispute is connected to the 2020 agreement extending the Wisner Donation in perpetuity.
Public comment on the renaming of 20 facilities is open until Friday.
Councilwoman suggests reducing fines for possession to as little as $1.
The district is tracking 11 "active" cases, down from 14 last week.
Nearly $200,000 of that has been collected, far more than previously reported. City officials told The Lens on Monday that previous records provided to The Lens were incomplete and provided additional information.
The change won’t affect charter school names, which both advocates and opponents have criticized.
