For first time in 5 years, New Orleans closes out budget with cash in piggy bank City posted a surplus for 2013, a year earlier than expected. By Charles Maldonado June 4, 2014 4 comments
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. By Charles Maldonado November 21, 2013 1 comment
Live blog: City Council to vote on 2014 budget, water shutoff ordinance The meeting starts at 10 a.m. and could go most of the day. By Charles Maldonado November 21, 2013
City Council to vote on law shutting off water for customers late on trash fee Thursday's meeting will be the first time the ordinance, requested by Mayor Landrieu, will be debated in public. By Charles Maldonado November 19, 2013
New Orleans City Council budget hearings end not with a bang, but a whimper Friday afternoon's session focused on Safety and Permits and one of its divisions, the Taxicab Bureau. By Karen Gadbois November 15, 2013
Chief public defender sounds off: Time to fix a ‘perverse’ system of justice "Fines, fees and court costs are a part of criminal justice systems around the country, but Louisiana public defenders depend and rely on such costs to a dangerous degree." Opinion By Derwyn Bunton November 14, 2013 3 comments
City Council eyes once-a-week trash pickup as budget hearings continue New Orleans spends only half as much per capita on recreation as comparable cities. By Charles Maldonado November 13, 2013
RTA, public library burning through reserves; council lauds inspector general Budget director proposes taking money from school fund to meet library needs. By Tyler Bridges November 12, 2013 2 comments
NORA figures it will never sell some of its Road Home properties in Lower 9th Ward There’s a glut of low-value properties in New Orleans, said Executive Director Jeff Hebert. By Karen Gadbois and Bob Marshall November 11, 2013 1 comment
Council members seek more accountability in Wisner, NOLA for Life spending And they had plenty of questions for Code Enforcement too. By Charles Maldonado and Karen Gadbois November 6, 2013
