Keith Hardie talks Audubon tax fight, Newcomb fence at Newsmakers event
Watch here at 8 a.m. Thursday; you'll have to supply the danishes and coffee.
Developer drops height of Holy Cross condos to allay neighbors’ complaints
Perez proposes 60-foot buildings rather than 75-feet, but a neighbor says that's still too high.
Landrieu seeks special riverfront tax district to pay for decrees and pensions
The tourism industry is falling in line behind the measure — to avoid yet another hotel/motel tax increase.
New Beginnings schools expect savings from shift to in-house janitorial services
UNO wants more rent for space leased to the network's accounting department, but recent cost reductions are expected to offset the increase.
Mission accomplished: Landrieu administration promises one thing on blight, delivers another
The mayor promised to remediate 10,000 blighted properties in New Orleans. In January, he announced he had met his goal. But that was based on a study of all properties that had been fixed up, regardless of whether the city got involved. The city is now cited as a model for blight reduction, but there’s no official count of properties that have been remediated.
Live chat: How well has the Landrieu administration dealt with blight in New Orleans?
The Lens' Charles Maldonado will talk with Lens readers at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Campus move yields hefty surplus — but its uses are limited to debt service, construction
Several milestones have been reached as NOMMA completes its build-out to a four-grade high school.
After-school programs can continue, thanks to renewed community-center funding
Unexpected influx in per-pupil funding pushes Crescent Leadership into the black
As recently as February, the school appeared to be heading for an annual deficit about as large as the surplus now projected.
For all the breast-beating about diversions, decision to build them has yet to be made
Ongoing cost/benefit research weighs more than a diversion's land-building capacity, including impacts on fisheries and flood protection.
