Employees will receive back pay from the date of their suspensions in September.
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City Council to hold a public hearing on the Hard Rock collapse
A statement from Councilwoman Helena Moreno said that “those responsible must be held to account.”
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Convention Center proposes agreement to end RTA hotel tax dispute, board member says
Proposal seeks to settle disagreement on transit agency’s hotel taxes, which it split with tourism agencies for years. Details on the proposed deal were not immediately available.
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Convention Center spent $1.35 million for products made by prison labor over past decade, board member calls for living wage requirement
Board member says he will introduce a proposal for the convention center to adopt the city’s living wage ordinance, which requires contractors to pay employees at least $11.19 per hour.
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Cantrell proposal would turn tourism marketing agency into grant fund for 'culture bearers'
The changes result from mayor’s ‘fair share’ infrastructure deal, merging NOTMC with New Orleans & Co.
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Preliminary Convention Center hotel deal could be done by end of month, but details won’t be immediately available for board or public
The board won’t be clued in until the time comes to sign the closing documents, which isn’t expected to happen until June.
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City disposes of homeless residents’ property, fails to report on outreach efforts, in spite of new law
The sun had just made its first sliver of appearance at 7 a.m. Tuesday, but the people staying under the I-10 overpass at the corner of Claiborne Avenue and Canal Street had already been up for hours. Several dozen people packed up what belongings they had and carried them out of the encampment and across […]
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City Council goes before state appeals court seeking to overturn ruling against Entergy plant
The council argued that there was no Open Meetings Law violation as a result of the Entergy paid actors scandal
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After 35 years, New Orleans is changing the way it regulates Entergy
When it comes to regulating Entergy New Orleans, the City Council has outsourced the vast majority of tasks to out-of-state consultants. Now, the city is trying to build in-house expertise.
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Convention Center again defers vote on master architect over lack of inclusion of minority businesses
While the vote was for a single contract, the debate broadened to how the Convention Center approached minority-business participation in general.