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Residents of Gordon Plaza will continue their decades-long fight for relocation from their homes that sit on top of a former landfill known to cause cancer after city officials moved forward with a plan to assess the site rather than fund the residents’ move.
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New Orleans voters will find themselves inside a voting booth for the second month in a row this December, with two millages and six runoff races to decide on.The quick turnaround from the Nov. 13 election coupled with the holiday season could produce some upsets that would potentially reshape the City Council or even give the city its first female sheriff.
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New Orleans-born actor Anthony Mackie is trying to raise his Esplanade Avenue home to avoid floodwaters and give his family more room, he said in a letter to the City Council on Thursday.
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After delaying budget talks with the City Council for several days, the Sheriff of Orleans Parish presented his office's budget proposal for the 2022 budget, coming in at $4.2 million more than Mayor LaToya Cantrell allotted for the office.
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The hotly-contested At-Large Division II race was almost projected to be a runoff between former State Rep. JP Morrell and City Council member Kristin Gisleson Palmer until the very end, when all precincts were reporting and Morrell inched his way to the needed 51% of the vote.
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Election Day is here, and up for vote are several important municipal elections in New Orleans and a handful of statewide amendments.
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A tax renewal for the New Orleans Public Library that would impact the department’s budget for the next year and its ability to afford new projects will soon be up for vote, the library’s director said Monday during the beginning of city budget discussions.
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A poll conducted among New Orleans voters shows that residents approve of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, but a large number of voters are undecided for a key City Council seat in the Nov. 13 election.
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The New Orleans City Council is freezing Entergy’s rates for customers’ electricity bills for the next five months in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The council passed the legislation on the same day it approved Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s proposed 2021 budget.
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Two candidates running for a hotly contested City Council seat have unusual endorsements for their campaigns: each other.