A key indicator of the city’s financial health — recurring general fund revenue — in 2022 is expected to be within three percent of 2019 levels.
Category: Government & Politics
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Council defers vote on Cantrell’s $77M federal COVID recovery spending plan over lack of details
The ordinances would allocate the first dollars from the estimated $380 million the city expects to receive from the federal American Rescue Plan.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
NOPD would deputize civilian municipal employees under new plan from Cantrell administration
The plan received preliminary approval this week from a City Council committee, but still needs final approval from the full council.
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Hurricane Ida puts multi-million dollar dent in city coffers
The city is estimating an $8.6 million loss in 2021 and a $7.7 million loss in 2022 due to Hurricane Ida and a related tax cut from the Orleans Parish Assessor.
Posted inEnvironment
Entergy New Orleans reliability fell significantly in 2021 even before Hurricane Ida
The company’s report indicates that after a few years of improvements, the city’s electric reliability may be slipping once again.
Posted inHurricane Ida
‘No place to go but up’: Entergy critics urge a new look at abandoned plan to sell transmission grid, break up vertical monopoly
Entergy planned to sell its transmission assets a decade ago, a commitment that helped put a federal antitrust investigation to rest. It never happened.
Posted inHurricane Ida
‘We can’t depend on the government’: Mutual aid groups work to fill needs for immigrant communities after Ida
With FEMA cash aid limited to certain groups, grassroots organizations have mobilized to fill unmet needs.
Posted inHurricane Ida
Council committee advances several accountability measures related to Entergy and Hurricane Ida
Among the measures was one calling for a study of Entergy New Orleans ownership and control. All items will have to go before the full council.
Posted inHurricane Ida
Ineligible for federal aid, ‘unqualified’ immigrants in disaster zone face enormous barriers to recovery
FEMA provides cash aid only to citizens and ‘qualified immigrants,’ a category that doesn’t include undocumented people, many on temporary visas or DACA recipients.
Posted inHurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida revealed Entergy’s misplaced investments, critics say
A lack of investment in hardening the grid and the unfulfilled promises of a new gas plant leave regulators asking whether the utility should have done more.