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Government & Politics

Council works to rein in cameras at meetings

by Karen Gadbois March 15, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Primary politics: Does Jindal secretly want Obama to win?

by Mark Moseley March 15, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Judge's wife not the only appraiser for sheriff who lacks background but has connections

by Tom Gogola March 14, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Strike up the band: Bacchanal scores parking waiver, as permit tussle nears resolution

by Karen Gadbois March 13, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Sheriff finds job for chief judge's wife despite lack of appraisal experience

Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman hired the wife of Municipal Court Chief Judge Paul Sens as a real-estate appraiser about the same time the judge hired Gusman's wife.
by Tom Gogola March 12, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Saints bounty mystery: Why such a puny return on such a big risk?

by Mark Moseley March 9, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Would-be bidder miffed as NORA snatches 7th Ward property from the auction block

by Karen Gadbois March 8, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

A community organizer who knew better than Goldman Sachs’ boss

by Mark Moseley March 1, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Would-be local charter operators vent frustrations at state school board meeting

by Jessica Williams March 1, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

City seeks to demolish cemetery cottages, replace them with concrete block structures

by Karen Gadbois February 28, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

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