Wastewater treatment plant expected to be fully operational by the end of the day.
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‘Hopefully not weeks’ for New Orleans power restoration, mayor says
City officials urge caution with gasoline-powered generators after at least 12 people hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Power returns to parts of New Orleans following Hurricane Ida’s blackout
The utility is using its relatively new gas plant to generate power.
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Cantrell to evacuees: ‘Now is not the time for reentry’
Lack of electricity, reduced drainage power make the city unsafe. Damage assessment is underway.
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Raising city employee minimum wage to $15 an hour would cost roughly $10M, administration says
The ultimate price tag largely depends on fire fighter pay increases, which could cost the city anywhere from $280,000 to $11.3 million a year.
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City Council members maintain legally dubious hotel exemption while reinstating French Quarter sales tax
Even after the vote, how the money is administered will still have to be worked out in an agreement between the Cantrell administration, the City Council and the French Quarter Management District.
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New Orleans to mandate vaccination or negative COVID test to enter many businesses
The rules go into effect on Monday, Aug. 16.
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New Orleans Ethics Review Board recommends barring City Council campaign donations from Entergy, Cox and other utilities
The City Council still needs to vote on the recommendations before they become law.
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Cantrell administration lays out plans for $70M in federal coronavirus aid
The Cantrell administration said it would ask the City Council in September to increase the 2021 budget by $70 million.
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Future of Broadside venue in question as city delays action on outdoor music ban
Several venues have recently stopped operating after the city claimed they were out of compliance.