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Posted inGovernment & Politics

The Small Print

We scan the Times-Picayune’s legal ads so you don’t have to. Here’s a list of notable findings from the past week. Board of Regents seeks new chief – The Louisiana Board of Regents is on the hunt for a new Commissioner of Higher Education, or Chief Executive Officer. The top officer will answer directly to […]

Posted inCriminal Justice, Environment, Government & Politics, Schools

Successful post-Katrina programs in jeopardy of losing federal backing

Without a continuation of post-Katrina grants for education, health care and improving the criminal justice system, New Orleans risks losing gains made since the storm, says a report released Wednesday on the state of New Orleans five years after Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans Index at Five, a project of the Brookings Institution and the […]

Posted inGovernment & Politics

Eastern New Orleans & the Lower Ninth Ward demand a full accounting of recovery spending. So do we.

Along with grocery stores, functional roads, and less blight, the people of New Orleans’ hardest-hit neighborhoods want a full accounting of  recovery spending. This was the clearest takeaway of Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s two public budget meetings this week, with spending priorities taking a back seat to more overarching concerns about transparency and the way budget decisions […]