Check back here Saturday night for precinct-by-precinct results on the citywide school tax.
Decline and fall: Emperor Jindal as the ancient Romans might have seen him
Our government serves the interests of corporations over common people, much as the Caesars concentrated power within their bloodline alone.
School-tax vote Saturday comes even as some don’t know who controls schools
On Saturday, New Orleans voters will decide whether to invest as much as $150 million dollars into maintaining public school facilities through a property tax — but at key moments in the past week, important players don’t seem to know exactly who’s in charge of the buildings.
Landrieu, Civil Service win ruling that aimed to stop personnel overhaul
Judge decided that because sweeping personnel changes hadn’t harmed anyone yet, case was premature.
Some schools agree to remove banners encouraging a vote on school tax
Opponents say use of school property and intent of signs violate laws.
Slavery museum at upriver plantation stirs controversy on both sides of racial divide
Black and white folks alike — some of them skeptics, some of them cynics — seem to be mightily opposed to the idea of a slave museum.
Let’s pay more than lip service to citizen participation in the city budget process
Participatory Budgeting is a worldwide movement that needs to be adopted here in New Orleans.
Judge takes dim view of election banners on campuses, but they stay for now
No new signs can go up before Monday hearing; social-justice attorney wants them all taken down.
Orleans Parish School Board finding itself in the unusual role of a salesman
With more charters than ever eligible to return to the board, school officials looking for the best deal.
A holiday ritual for many charter schools: Deciding whether to leave the RSD
Three dozen charter schools face the decision to leave the Recovery School District if they want.