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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.
by Michael Isaac Stein January 21, 2020 Updated January 22, 2020

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.
by Michael Isaac Stein January 17, 2020 Updated January 18, 2020

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.
by Michael Isaac Stein January 14, 2020 Updated January 14, 2020

City disposes of homeless residents’ property, fails to report on outreach efforts, in spite of new law

by Michael Isaac Stein January 9, 2020 Updated December 18, 2020

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
by Michael Isaac Stein January 6, 2020 Updated January 6, 2020

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.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 26, 2019 Updated December 27, 2019

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.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 19, 2019 Updated December 19, 2019

Convention Center general manager, Michael Sawaya, sued for violation of public records law

“The public records law means what it says — if the people want to review records of government spending or how decisions are made in positions of public trust those records have to be turned over in a timely fashion,” Scott Sternberg, McKay’s attorney, said.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 13, 2019 Updated December 13, 2019

‘It will be a mess:’ Traffic headaches from Convention Center Blvd. not expected to go away when construction ends

A plan from three years ago to fix the increased traffic from the lane reduction on Convention Center Boulevard has gone nowhere.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 12, 2019 Updated December 13, 2019

Entergy sues the City Council over lower profit rate and $1 million fine

Company wants to overturn recently passed resolution setting electric and gas rates for the city.
by Michael Isaac Stein December 10, 2019 Updated January 13, 2020

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