But Landrieu still has more than $1 million to spend.
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Despite public funding, NOLA for Life Fund grantmaking to continue in private
Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration says that it controls the source of its NOLA for Life Fund money, which it hands off to a private foundation to disburse. The Landrieu administration says the grantmaking doesn’t have to occur in public, but other nonprofits have been told they must let the public observe discussions about spending taxpayer dollars.
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Two mayoral challengers ran up years’ worth of federal, state tax debts
Michael Bagneris and Danatus King had overdue tax bills totaling more than $100,000 and $50,000, respectively. The two say that the debts have been cleared, and public records back them up. However, the failure to manage personal finances raise questions about a candidate’s fitness for overseeing a public budget.
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Report: NOPD should reassign or demote high-ranking officers doing lesser work
The officers work out of a trailer in City Park, which they believe is punishment for being critical of the department.
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State’s four-year colleges battle community & technical colleges for state funding
State policy limiting funding cuts benefits slower-growing four-year colleges.
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911 board clears way for Landrieu donor to build billboard along I-10
Marco Outdoor Advertising says the city promised the billboard location 10 years ago.
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Company closes in on no-bid deal to build billboard at city-controlled land along I-10
Marco Outdoor Advertising has tried for a few years to get the 911 board to let it build a billboard next to its call center — prime advertising space along the interstate. The board has refused, saying it should bid the work. Now the city has stepped in with an agreement that could enable it to approve the deal.
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Letter portends debate over how to spend money raised by tax amnesty program
Is the letter from state Rep. Joel Robideaux a cautionary tale or the blueprint for budget trickery?
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Wisner advisers narrowly give blessing to city’s plan for disbursing grants
With legal logjam mostly broken, city moves ahead with 2013 payments of $1.5 million.
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City to give sheriff $2 million to pay for jail consent decree next year
That’s not much more than was allocated for the last three months of 2013.