Obama should order disclosure of campaign donations from fed contractors
An executive order from Obama would not end or limit donations, but it would shine light on a corrupting cash nexus.
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Government & Politics
Major error by city causes tax problems for its employees for 2013 and 2014
Comptroller says city inflated income by 25 percent for 2013; IRS sending penalty letters.
City could owe hundreds of thousands to firefighters who filled in for superiors
City says it will pay higher rate from now on, but it wants to avoid back pay.
Attorney for Civil Service Commission says he’s owed more than $70,000 by city
Outside lawyer says some past-due payments date back to 2013.
Landrieu’s Civil Service overhaul again survives a legal challenge by city workers
This is the second such ruling to favor the mayor; employee lawyer urges appeal.
While still just an idea, councilwoman holds hearing on rental registry, inspections
Possible city ordinance is being reworked before being reintroduced.
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.
