City sales tax collections lag 2019, but are not as low as projected earlier in the crisis, according to Cantrell official.
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Council seeks to strengthen enforcement of city’s Living Wage Ordinance with new reporting requirements
Ordinance requires annual reporting, inflation adjustment provision in multiyear contracts.
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‘Text me!’ Mayor’s new direct-text service is run by her campaign, raising questions about how data is being used
Cantrell recently urged residents to text about a city commission, but the texts are not going to the city government.
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Evictions resume in New Orleans
In first day of eviction hearings at First City Court after three-month suspension, judge urges landlords to give their tenants some extra time.
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City employees cannot ‘engage or respond to negative or disparaging posts’ about city government under new policy
Attorney says the policy appears to be overly broad.
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Racial reckoning at the Ace Hotel, Krewe and other local businesses sparked by Black Lives Matter movement, coronavirus and social media
Former and current workers from the Ace accused the company of using the identities of its Black and LGBTQ employees to sell their brand, while standing idle as employees were harassed and held back over those very same identities.
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New evictions won’t go to court until July 6, but hearings on backlog will begin next week
On Monday, the court will start processing at least 106 eviction filings that were filed before the moratorium went into effect in March.
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City ‘pleasantly surprised’ at April tax collections as it moves to allocate $35 million for housing programs
In response to the death of George Floyd, dozens of residents call for reducing NOPD funding.
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Some New Orleans workers scramble to organize as they’re pushed back into frontline jobs
Charlotte Wilcox and three of her coworkers from Still Perkin’ Coffee Shop have been on strike for two weeks.
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City Council puts moratorium on electricity shutoffs until July and proposes $22 million bill assistance program
“It is likely the only program of its scale and scope in the country,” Councilwoman Helena Moreno said.