Sophie Kasakove
City Government Reporter| The New Orleans Advocate at The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
Reporter covering city government @NOLANews | Formerly @BaltimoreBanner @nytnational | [email protected]
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Sophie Kasakove
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson will keep about 20% of the jail's budget, after a vote recount on Thursday confirmed her historically narrow victory in last week’s referendum on her office’s funding. Voters approved the renewal of a tax that funds around a fifth of the New Orleans jail's budget by a four-vote margin, according to the updated count.
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1 week ago |
nola.com | Sophie Kasakove
Citing mold, water leaks and other dangerous conditions, the executive director of New Orleans' public housing authority called this week for the relocation of that agency’s main office, a request the agency’s board tabled. The six-member Housing Authority of New Orleans board rejected Marjorianna Willman’s push in a 3-3 vote Tuesday, moving instead to revisit the idea when a committee of the board meets later this month.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Sophie Kasakove
A state Senate committee has advanced a bill that would make unauthorized camping illegal, a bid to tamp down on homeless encampments in Louisiana that drew impassioned criticism this week from advocates and New Orleans officials. Under Senate Bill 196 – authored by state Sen. Robert Owen, R-Slidell – camping on public property would be a felony on the second conviction.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Sophie Kasakove
New Orleans municipal employees who maintain traffic signals are getting a new workspace, city officials said Tuesday, nearly a year after officials discovered dangerous problems with their current facility and a day after a City Council member decried those conditions publicly. At issue are three trailers used by the city's Department of Public Works that have fallen into disrepair, department director Clinton “Rick” Hathway said.
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2 weeks ago |
nola.com | Sophie Kasakove |Kasey Bubnash
New Orleans will lose workers in over a dozen city departments after a federal grant for the AmeriCorps VISTA program was terminated. In an announcement Monday, Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration said the "abrupt decision is deeply disappointing and impacts the critical work our VISTA members provide to our community."Officials are "exploring options to retain their talent within our city" the statement said.
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