While still just an idea, councilwoman holds hearing on rental registry, inspections
Possible city ordinance is being reworked before being reintroduced.
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Government & Politics
February’s Breakfast with the Newsmaker guest is Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell (video)
We'll talk with her about the city's new smoking ban, and her proposal to more closely regulate rental units.
Rental-unit inspections, registration would be required under proposed ordinance
Update: Council member delays ordinance; units would have to pass inspection every three years.
‘A David Duke without the baggage’ finds himself with a load to carry anyway
Memo to the GOP: "You can't go to the well again and again and then claim the water's toxic."
Emails show political interference for years in Civil Service system
The former chairman of Civil Service Commission, whose job was protect rank-and-file workers from political interference, was unusually deferential to Landrieu administration's agenda for years. In some cases, he and an administration official appeared to circumvent the state Open Meetings Law to lobby fellow commissioners.
‘The night they drove Old Dixie’ … back up: reflections on Landrieu’s demise
The triumph of the Republican Party's "Southern Strategy" can finally be called complete.
Council president wants to explore changes to city pension plan
New effort would explore several options; retirees or those close not likely affected.
Toadying to the Tea Party: Louisiana kids and the politics of the Common Core
To Marc Morial it’s simply “reprehensible” that politicians are putting their electoral ambitions ahead of Louisiana’s kids, indeed the state itself.
Voters approve tax extension to maintain New Orleans schools
Over time, an existing tax will be shifted to a fund to maintain school buildings.
Track U.S. Senate, New Orleans races tonight with our live election map
See where Bill Cassidy got the most support in his upset of Sen. Mary Landrieu. We're also tracking the two Orleans Parish judicial races and the school tax.
