2012 New Orleans city budget Archives

By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | In a city confronting an ever-rising homicide count and profound infrastructural and economic challenges, one place remains relatively calm: City Hall. With a noticeable absence of strife or dissent, the City Council voted today to unanimously approve a $497 million general operating budget for 2012 that looks […]

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Despite previous grumbling, council meeting verges on love-fest in passing budget

Satellite government bodies doing just fine, not likely to return much money to city

Despite public's pleas for basic repairs, mayor wants to cut public works spending

New Orleans will soon boast bigger libraries — which will soon need bigger budgets

Overall crime may be lower, but council wants NOPD to bring down homicides

Councilwoman blasts Landrieu for not changing the way sheriff gets paid

With 20 percent ignoring costs, council pushes city to collect delinquent trash fees

Juvenile Court judges say they lack clerk, ask council to restore 10 percent budget cut

Council frustrated that rank-and-file jobs frozen while top-brass spots getting filled

Despite community input, Landrieu increases NOPD spending, cuts most other areas

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