Do short-term rentals have long-term consequences for New Orleans? Find out more at our April 21 Newsmaker.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
See how your neighbors voted on street bonds, police & fire tax proposals
City voters approved $120 million in bonds, mostly for street repairs, but rejected a property tax hike to fund police and fire services.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
What would Jane Jacobs make of our post-Katrina transition from ‘death’ to ‘life’?
A look at the post-Katrina city through the eyes of urban planning’s most important 20th-century visionary.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Jim Crow is alive and well — and shaping Israeli policy toward Palestinians
Southerners have a moral obligation to pay attention to injustices fomented against Palestinians.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Investigations
State treasurer denies bonus pay to 38 Orleans Parish deputies; Gusman sues
A state report released this week said some deputies have been getting the extra pay illegally.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics, Investigations
Legislative Auditor questions $1 million in pay bonuses handed out by Gusman
Employees got supplements meant for law enforcement personnel even if their jobs involved little, if any, law enforcement.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Taxes vs. Tulane scholarships: Towards a more equitable way to deal with exemptions
Raise city taxes? How about collecting some of the taxes we currently forego?
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Too young to take custody of his son, but old enough to be tried as an adult?
Teens join governor on Capitol steps in fight to pass ‘Raise the Age’ bill.
Posted inEnvironment
Here’s a FEMA map that actually delivers good news for New Orleans
Green will become the favorite color for thousands of New Orleans property owners when the new FEMA flood maps finally become official at the end of the month. That’s because it codes areas that will move out of flood zones and into areas with no insurance requirements – and the new map shows it washing over large sections of the city.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Repeat offender suspected as shots ring out at a drug market yards from school
Neighborhood bedeviled by Criminal Court’s revolving door.