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Category: Government & Politics
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Investigations
City continues to overpay its vendor for delinquent tax collections, IG says
Report’s findings are similar to those revealed in stories by The Lens earlier this year.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Civil Service staff takes issue with plan to consolidate 911 center dispatchers
Instead of working for police, fire or EMS, call takers would work for state and may lose accrued city benefits.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Investigations
Inspector General’s Office says complaint of retaliation makes no sense
City’s parking director says officials struck back at her after she alleged contract manipulations.
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Frustrated with changes, civil service employees argue case in appeals court
Case turns on whether New Orleans has an appropriate Civil Service Commission.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Investigations
Inspector General’s Office, two city officials under Ethics Board investigation
The Office of Inspector General and two top New Orleans officials are under an Ethics Review Board investigation after a city employee alleged they conspired to discredit her. Parking Administrator Zepporiah Edmonds said believes the officials retaliated against her for complaining about what she saw as a contract-steering scheme.
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See where Edwards beat Vitter with our statewide vote results map
Our expanded map features statewide, legislative and selected local races. New for the general election: precinct-level results for Jefferson, St. Tammany, East Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Caddo parishes. And, of course, Orleans.
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Fact-check: Edwards’ campaign ad about Vitter vote and prostitute call is mostly true
Though it doesn’t quite back up its implication that Vitter missed the vote because of the call.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
A judge’s lie obscures a deeper truth about the New Orleans region
The shifting balance between suburbs and the city provides an opportunity for regional thinking.
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Neighbors seeking to create another, less-dense zoning category
Development company says it’s worked for two years with another group to reach consensus.