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Author Archives: Michael Stein and Charles Maldonado

Civil Service Commission approves citywide furloughs

by Michael Stein and Charles MaldonadoOctober 8, 2020October 8, 2020

The furloughs amount to a 10 percent pay cut for the rest of the year.

City Planning staff recommends raising bed cap at Orleans jail

by Michael Stein and Charles MaldonadoOctober 4, 2019November 7, 2019

Judge signs order voiding City Council Entergy plant votes

by Michael Stein and Charles MaldonadoJuly 3, 2019November 7, 2019

Proposed legal judgment would void City Council votes on Entergy plant, but lawyers for the city say final vote should stand

by Michael Stein and Charles MaldonadoJune 28, 2019November 7, 2019

Police found surveillance cameras with NOPD logos mounted to a Lakeview light pole. They weren’t the city’s. But they were near a house connected to a city crime-camera contractor.

by Michael Stein and Charles MaldonadoJune 20, 2019May 1, 2020

Entergy investigators: Company knew or should have known about paid actors at council meetings

by Michael Stein and Charles MaldonadoOctober 29, 2018November 7, 2019

How Entergy spent $1.3 million to polish its reputation, script support and monitor opposition to its new power plant

by Michael Stein and Charles MaldonadoJuly 12, 2018November 7, 2019

Councilwoman Nguyen’s nonprofit, two advisers to Cantrell worked on Entergy’s campaign for new power plant

by Michael Stein and Charles MaldonadoJuly 12, 2018November 7, 2019

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