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Trash fee increase among highlights on council agenda

The City Council plans to vote tomorrow on an ordinance to double residential garbage pick-up fees to $24, even though Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration still has not even started drafting new contracts with two companies to actually haul the city’s trash.
by Matt Davis January 5, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Ohio State gets a Boehner; Arkansas gets the bird

I love to handicap college football games by carefully analyzing the merits of each team’s mascots, and factoring in ominous current events that might foretoken disaster for a particular football squad.
by Mark Moseley January 4, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Hookah bar loses liquor permit

Six nightclubs came under scrutiny at this month’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Board meeting Tuesday.
by Jessica Williams December 22, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

HANO moving forward with scattered-site demolitions

by Ariella Cohen December 20, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Mash this column, and Beck kisses Soros at a Hornets game to save the wetlands from oil

From Hornets to Glenn Beck to sand berms, here are various follow-ups to previous items.
by Mark Moseley December 17, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

New Orleans gets table scrap in GO Zone lending feast

As Louisiana wraps its Gulf Opportunity Zone lending program, only 3 percent of the $7.8 billion went to projects in New Orleans, a review of state records show.
by Ariella Cohen December 17, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

2 council members frustrated with tear-down tendencies

The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority should be developing houses not demolishing them, said two City Council members this week, as they considered a demolition request from the agency and a potential new owner.
by Karen Gadbois December 17, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Promises made for extending GO Zone tax credit deadline

A top Republican in the U.S. Senate is vowing to enhance a tax bill passed Wednesday to ensure that New Orleans housing developers don’t lose Gulf Opportunity Zone low-income housing tax credits.
by Ariella Cohen December 15, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Reason’s greetings: BESE sees the light in textbook debate

Educators agree that high school students deserve to learn “the very best science.” Hallelujah, right? Not quite.
by Mark Moseley December 15, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

Auditor critical of demo plan

The state agency tasked with the maintenance of Road Home properties will be unable to meet its own deadline to end the program next year, according to a report by the Legislative Auditor.
by Karen Gadbois December 15, 2010 Updated November 7, 2019

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