The tax was scheduled to go into effect on July 1, but now it won’t be collected until October at the earliest.
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Posted inCoronavirus
Suspended $24M state rental assistance program has only disbursed $115,000 in New Orleans
State expected $5.6 million to go to the city. $7 million worth of applications are still being processed two months after state stopped taking new applicants.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Police release body cam footage from expressway clash with protesters
Video released after criticism for use of tear gas, projectiles.
Posted inUncategorized
Los desastres naturales afectan a la salud mental. Cuéntanos de tu experiencia
Estamos investigando las consecuencias sobre el estrés que tienen los incendios forestales, los huracanes, las inundaciones, y ahora, además, el COVID-19. Necesitamos tu ayuda.
Posted inCoronavirus
Photos: See inside the Convention Center coronavirus medical facility and U.S. Navy housing units
The state is retrofitting the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center to house coronavirus patients who are still in recovery and need supervision, but don’t need to the acute care of a hospital setting.
Posted inCoronavirus
The Convention Center coronavirus step-down center: How will it work, and what’s the cost?
Contracts finalized this week total $76 million for the first month, though much of that is likely to be covered by the federal government.
Posted inSchools
Weak grading policy prompts district review of all high school promotion plans
One high school administrator said the district told her to change school policy in what may have been an overstep.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City Council creates special committee to examine the Hard Rock collapse
The council’s decision goes against the wishes of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, who argued the council has “no role” in investigating the collapse.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City seeking contract with nonprofit with questionable history handling public funds, but council delays vote
The Family Center of Hope received millions in public funds to build a community center. It was never completed, and the building is still vacant.
Posted inOpinion
New Orleans Just Took a Step Towards Ending the Criminalization of Poverty. Let’s Finish the Job.
By voting in support of the dismissal of municipal and traffic warrants, fines and fees, the New Orleans City Council created an opening for more than forty-thousand New Orleanians to escape a vicious cycle of poverty and incarceration. By coming together to imagine a more just criminal legal system, our city is positioned to jump from being the target of civil rights lawsuits to being a leader in reform.