Four N.O. City Council members re-elected
Four members of the New Orleans City Council were re-elected Saturday, while a new person will fill the District C race and March 6 runoffs will determine who will fill two seats. Incumbents Arnie...
View ArticleHotel LaSalle apartment conversion gets tax credit approval
A nonprofit affordable housing developer has succeeded in securing $914,175 in state tax credits to turn the former Hotel LaSalle property on Canal Street into apartments. The Louisiana Housing Finance...
View ArticleHospitality District bill hits major obstacle
New Orleans Convention Center Chairman Melvin Rodrigue said he “can’t live with” amendments to the district's taxing zone that pits residents, City Council members and state legislators against tourism...
View ArticleFinger-pointing ensues after Hospitality District killed in legislature
The Hospitality Zone proposal for downtown New Orleans appeared to meet a bitter end today as the blame game gathered momentum. A bill in the Louisiana Legislature that would have created a special...
View ArticleHospitality zone clings to life as political differences emerge
An argument over resources, and who should allocate them, led to the apparent demise of the proposed New Orleans Hospitality Zone this week. The history was short but eventful for the proposal to...
View ArticleHomebuilding nonprofits wait on reimbursement after state oversight
The federal government is pulling some money from a home rehabilitation program because of a procedural mistake the now-folded Louisiana Housing Finance Agency made.
View ArticleCouncil members to ask employers to pay ferry fees
Councilwomen Jackie Clarkson and Kristin Palmer and the nonprofit organization Friends of the Ferry are planning a public push to encourage employers to help pay the $2 fee for a one-way trip on the...
View ArticleCity forces Uber to detour from business route
Uber, the mobile application that connects users with on-demand car service in more than 50 cities, says it is waiting on city regulations to change before launching its business in New Orleans. Its...
View ArticleFour N.O. City Council members re-elected
Four members of the New Orleans City Council were re-elected Saturday, while a new person will fill the District C race and March 6 runoffs will determine who will fill two seats. Incumbents Arnie...
View ArticleHotel LaSalle apartment conversion gets tax credit approval
A nonprofit affordable housing developer has succeeded in securing $914,175 in state tax credits to turn the former Hotel LaSalle property on Canal Street into apartments. The Louisiana Housing Finance...
View ArticleHospitality District bill hits major obstacle
New Orleans Convention Center Chairman Melvin Rodrigue said he “can’t live with” amendments to the district's taxing zone that pits residents, City Council members and state legislators against tourism...
View ArticleFinger-pointing ensues after Hospitality District killed in legislature
The Hospitality Zone proposal for downtown New Orleans appeared to meet a bitter end today as the blame game gathered momentum. A bill in the Louisiana Legislature that would have created a special...
View ArticleHospitality zone clings to life as political differences emerge
An argument over resources, and who should allocate them, led to the apparent demise of the proposed New Orleans Hospitality Zone this week. The history was short but eventful for the proposal to...
View ArticleHomebuilding nonprofits wait on reimbursement after state oversight
The federal government is pulling some money from a home rehabilitation program because of a procedural mistake the now-folded Louisiana Housing Finance Agency made.
View ArticleCouncil members to ask employers to pay ferry fees
Councilwomen Jackie Clarkson and Kristin Palmer and the nonprofit organization Friends of the Ferry are planning a public push to encourage employers to help pay the $2 fee for a one-way trip on the...
View ArticleCity forces Uber to detour from business route
Uber, the mobile application that connects users with on-demand car service in more than 50 cities, says it is waiting on city regulations to change before launching its business in New Orleans. Its...
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