The two-mill tax will generate about $6.6 million its first year, but the group says the city has not identified how that money will be spent. The proposal will be on the March 30 ballot in New Orleans.
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Entergy fined $5 million, can move forward with new power plant
The vote on a settlement with company automatically cancels proposed resolutions to repeal the City Council’s March 2018 power plant approval. Plant opponents criticized council members for taking contributions from the company.
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City Council directed Entergy to pursue power plant in 2015, months before company’s application for Michoud site
In an ongoing lawsuit, plant opponents say a 2015 council resolution shows that the approval of a new plant may have been predetermined. But City Council utility advisers say opponents are misinterpreting the resolution.
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Council committee takes no action on Entergy sanctions resolution, moving it to full council
Councilman Jay Banks was criticized at the meeting after it was revealed that he recently worked for one of the council’s utility advisers, a fact that does not appear in Banks’ financial disclosures.
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City Council scraps planned power plant repeal vote
A resolution to repeal the City Council’s approval of a $210 million Entergy power plant in eastern New Orleans will be withdrawn. A new resolution will impose a $5 million fine and require cost protections, maintenance requirements.
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City councilwoman wants to shift tourism funding to public transportation
A nearly 20-year-old agreement, resulting from a lawsuit, means that the RTA shares about half of its hotel taxes with tourism interests. Councilwoman Kristin Palmer wants all that money going to public transit.
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The case for cameras: a smart way to regulate nuisance bars and strip clubs
Ordinance would require exterior monitoring of delinquent bars.
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The city should get a bigger chunk of hotel tax revenue, report says
The report says New Orleans should get at least $12 million more annually from the hotel taxes, and that all 16 hotel taxes should be reexamined by the state legislature.
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Death penalty repeal gaining momentum — but needs your support
Pope Francis is unwavering in his opposition to capital punishment.
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Abortion access in Louisiana could soon be reduced to a single physician
A 2014 law set to take effect next month could leave only one clinic in the state. This week, lawyers seeking to overturn it tried to delay an appeals court ruling upholding it. They were denied. Now, the only place for them to go is the U.S. Supreme Court.