Bill allows private development, with an eye toward upriver hotel and condos.
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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Live blog: Louisiana Senate passes 2014 budget
The budget is now before the House.
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Delgado, other community colleges get $250 million for bricks and mortar
Delgado Community College in New Orleans among those to see building boom start in 2015.
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Tax credit change favored by film industry could cause $22 million budget hole
By changing which projects are affected, the bill would not raise more money next year, according to the Legislative Fiscal Office.
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Unnoticed bill fills $87 million budget gap, but it breaks promise to repay savings
One frustrated legislator says tactic offered by Jindal is akin to money laundering.
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Busting debt limit to fund community colleges could imperil state’s bond rating
The bill showers money on commununity colleges, but requires overriding a constitutional amendment.
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Economist: Tax amnesty scheme doesn’t purge budget of shaky revenue sources
The amnesty plan was proposed after Gov. Jindal blocked a proposal to trim business tax breaks.
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Opponents of Jindal’s one-time money in budget craft plan with short-term money
The Lens is live-blogging Friday’s action in the House.
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Jindal team, business lobbyists join forces to beat back Fiscal Hawks budget plan
Two days after plan is drafted to trim some tax exemptions, vote count is uncertain.
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After years of arms-length relationships, Jindal needs friends now more than ever
Lawmakers and statewide officials describe decreasing access to a governor who has cultivated alliances, but few friendships, over the years. His allies say they are satisfied dealing with Jindal’s staff; others say he would accomplish more if he were more hands-on.