City Hall is once again asking residents to pay more to close its budget gaps. But to win over skeptical voters, we need real transparency. City leaders must pull back the curtain on spending and codify financial transparency into law.
New Orleanians who rely on transit can reach less than one-third of jobs in one hour. The city needs a dedicated transportation fund that prioritizes youth transit passes and connects residents of all ages to jobs, school, and ways to explore the city.
The public health department leads effective, innovative efforts to prevent violence, end homelessness, support youth, and maintain mental and maternal health in New Orleans. But it is facing a 64% cut in the city budget.
Youth were hit by 40% of previous budget reductions; they cannot afford to absorb more cuts.
Meta has held back crucial details about the jobs, investment and needed energy for its data center, argue advocates, who note that Louisianans could end up subsidizing 75% of data center power. For its single Hyperion data center, Meta has asked for 10 Entergy gas plants supplying 754 megawatts — more than the average demand of New York City.
Though the city of New Orleans is creating the 2027 amid a fiscal crisis, it cannot afford to dismantle the data-driven community safety programs that brought crime to a 50-year low.
The Right to Counsel program is a proven way to prevent evictions and homelessness — but the current city budget leaves it completely unfunded.
On budget holes, dead malls, and the habit of rebuilding what we let fall apart.
The Board of Commissioners traded the safety of immigrant families for a $530,000 contract on a toxic site. Though the doors are opening in a few days, the commissioners still have time. What they may not have is the courage to undo this mistake.
'A Louisiana state court holding court on a mass grave violates everything I learned in law school,' writes Moore, a retired attorney.
