Author: Tyler Bridges

About Tyler Bridges: Tyler Bridges covers Louisiana politics and public policy for The Lens. He returned to New Orleans in 2012 after spending the previous year as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard, where he studied digital journalism. Prior to that, he spent 13 years as a reporter for the Miami Herald, where he was twice a member of Pulitzer Prize-winning teams while covering state government, the city of Miami and national politics. He also was a foreign correspondent based in South America. Before the Herald, he covered politics for seven years at The Times-Picayune. He is the author of The Rise of David Duke (1994) and Bad Bet on the Bayou: The Rise of Gambling in Louisiana and the Fall of Governor Edwin Edwards (2001). He can be reached at (504) 810-6222.

Fiscal Hawks flying below radar this year, but their efforts from last year are coming home to roost.

The tourism industry is falling in line behind the measure — to avoid yet another hotel/motel tax increase.

But it faces strong opposition from law enforcement. A committee will hear the bill Tuesday.

Mothballed building near Lee Circle will work with programs from Delgado, UNO and Tulane.

It also would allow court fees to fund the relocation of Civil District Court to the old Charity building.

The bill is one of several filed in response to the levee board's lawsuit against oil and gas companies.

Mayor pushing legislative efforts to increase revenues, rather than making cuts to city services.

Join us at 1 p.m. Thursday.

Parish-level lawsuits differ from flood-authority challenge in ways that may help parishes.

Members of Legislative Black Caucus say they're backing plan to extend consequences another year.

Our reporting has more urgency than ever.