New Orleans and Company wants a refund of unspent money. But the city isn’t handing it over.
Category: Government & Politics
Posted inOpinion
New Orleans bar owner: It’s time to lift the ban on to-go drinks
The city’s ban is not stopping people from congregating. But it is putting hundreds of businesses and even more jobs in jeopardy.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Two competing visions for French Quarter security as tax shifts from state police patrols
Mayor LaToya Cantrell wants to use the money for a new grounds patrol division, while the French Quarter Management District wants use it solely for off-duty NOPD patrols.
Posted inCoronavirus
Suspended $24M state rental assistance program has only disbursed $115,000 in New Orleans
State expected $5.6 million to go to the city. $7 million worth of applications are still being processed two months after state stopped taking new applicants.
Posted inNews
‘I couldn’t sleep’: Unemployment recipients shocked by overpayment notices as LWC admits error
The agency is working to fix the issue, after incorrectly telling some 7,600 clients they would have to pay back thousands of dollars in overpaid benefits.
Posted inCoronavirus
Convention Center has spent nearly $50 million from reserves to keep operations going
Tax revenues for 2020 now expected to be less than half what officials estimated in 2019 due to collapsed tourism industry.
Posted inEnvironment
‘A very big rain event’: Mayor Cantrell warns that Hurricane Sally will impact New Orleans despite more favorable projections
Hurricane Sally’s track has shifted east, but city should still brace for effects.
Posted inOpinion
The Real Name Campaign: Trans-led group fights for accessible ID changes
The Real Name Campaign plans to elevate its fight to advocate for accessible, more expansive gender marker changes by taking on the DMV and the state of Louisiana
Posted inGovernment & Politics
How would libraries deal with a Cantrell-backed cut? Top official says shedding staff is one possibility
Montaño continues to insist that a nearly 40 percent cut in tax revenue will not hurt services.
Posted inCoronavirus
‘We’re looking at a lot of new homeless people’: Service providers report growing number of people on street as pandemic drags on
A recent survey by Unity of Greater New Orleans found the number of homeless people was more than four times its previous estimate a few months ago.