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Author Archives: 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.
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Letter portends debate over how to spend money raised by tax amnesty program
Is the letter from state Rep. Joel Robideaux a cautionary tale or the blueprint for budget trickery?
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Civil rights museum joins bidders for failed ArtWorks complex off Lee Circle
Runaway $25 million public investment now valued at $4.5 million, and federal loans must be repaid.
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Competing visions for ArtWorks building: culinary institute, ‘creative worker’ space
A private nonprofit board is looking for a buyer. The state and the city are looking for their loans to be repaid.
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Start-up incubator enters competing bid for failed ArtWorks building off Lee Circle
With provision for artist studios and gallery space, Launch Pad’s vision is closer to the original ArtWorks concept.
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Poll: Vitter, Kennedy, Dardenne more popular than Mary Landrieu and Jindal
Jindal’s approval rose slightly, but it’s still below 50 percent.
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BioDistrict won’t finance new home for Civil Court, a win for Landrieu administration
Landrieu wants the court to move into the former hospital, as co-tenants with City Hall.
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After ally loses key race, political elders say Jindal must focus on Louisiana
Jindal has been traveling throughout the state on a “64-parish tour.” But critics deride the events as little more than a series of photo ops, and key state lawmakers say they haven’t talked policy with the governor since the legislative session ended in June.
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Culinary school among options for ArtWorks building, but will the price pay the debts?
The building has been appraised for $4.5 million, but local and state governments have loaned the project more than $9 million.
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RTA, public library burning through reserves; council lauds inspector general
Budget director proposes taking money from school fund to meet library needs.