Stephanie Grace on how Louisiana's junior senator has emerged as a powerbroker in Baton Rouge
As Gov. Bobby Jindal single-mindedly plans for life beyond Louisiana, the state Republican Party is planning for life beyond Jindal. And nobody is poised to play a bigger role than a man whose career was on life support just six years ago: U.S. Sen. David Vitter.
By Stephanie Grace
May 13, 2013
News, David Vitter, Governor, Bobby Jindal
Alex Woodward on the Dalai Lama's first visit to the city
On April 20, while Mayor Mitch Landrieu was a few miles away launching his NOLA for Life nonviolence event in Algiers, the French Market filled with colorful Tibetan prayer flags — symbols of peace and compassion — to mark Prayer Flag Day in New Orleans. That two events, coordinated separately and coincidentally, called for peace at the same hour had underscored the message relayed by political and religious leaders in preparation for the Dalai Lama's first-ever visit to New Orleans this week.
By Alex Woodward
May 13, 2013
News, Dalai Lama, New Orleans, Tibetan prayer flags
Jeremy Alford on state Rep. John Bel Edwards, who is emerging as a leader among state Democrats
That he is former military was among the first things the Capitol crowd heard about John Bel Edwards in 2008 before he arrived for his first session as a newly minted state representative. The rest of his dossier was pretty standard stuff: Democrat, House District 72, Amite native, Catholic, trial attorney, not related to former Gov. Edwin Edwards.
By Jeremy Alford
May 6, 2013
News, John Bel Edwards, Louisiana Democrats, Governor's race
Clancy DuBos on how Mayor Mitch Landrieu and local firefighters support competing bills to fix the pension fund
Mayor Mitch Landrieu has no shortage of political fires to put out these days. He has ongoing disputes with Sheriff Marlin Gusman and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over consent decrees; he recently vetoed the new food truck ordinance (which put him at odds once again with Councilmember-At-Large Stacy Head); and he's sparring with board members of the Wisner Trust — to name just a few.
By Clancy DuBos
May 6, 2013
News, Firefighters' pension fund, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR)
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New Orleans Saints fans may want to send a thank-you card to the New England Patriots based on a move a couple of weeks ago involving franchise quarterback Tom Brady. Brady and the Patriots agreed to a three-year, $27 million contract extension that keeps Brady at quarterback through the 2017 NFL season (when he will be 40) and saves New England $15 million in salary cap space by giving Brady $57 million guaranteed dollars instead of the $25 million he had before, but over a longer period of time.
Mar 12, 2013
Sports, New Orleans Saints, salary cap, drew brees
Gus Kattengell on Black and Gold salaries
Monday, Feb. 18, was the first date on the NFL calendar when teams could make roster moves that affect the 2013 season by placing franchise tags on players.
By Gus Kattengell
Feb 26, 2013
Sports, New Orleans Saints, salary cap, Jermon Bushrod
Gus Kattengell on the promise of the New Orleans Saints' new defensive coordinator
The announcement came during Mardi Gras weekend, so it was given short shrift — but the New Orleans Saints did indeed hire Rob Ryan as their defensive coordinator.
By Gus Kattengell
Feb 19, 2013
Sports, Rob Ryan, Cam Jordan, new orleans saints defense
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Mayor Mitch Landrieu delivered his annual State of the City address last week in the gymnasium of the Treme Center, the newly opened recreational facility in Armstrong Park. It was a fitting backdrop for a speech that was heavy on the city's (read: the mayor's) accomplishments over the last year, but this year's address — the last of Landrieu's current term — also had a not-so-subtle subtext, and that was what the city (read: the mayor) hopes to accomplish by 2018, the tercentennial of the founding of New Orleans.
May 13, 2013
Commentary, Mayor Mitch Landrieu, New Orleans, mayor's race
Less than a year ago, we learned that New Orleans was about to become America's largest city without a daily newspaper. Last week, we got something different: the first salvos in what looks to be a protracted, old-fashioned newspaper war.
May 6, 2013
Commentary, NOLA Media Group, The Times-Picayune, John Georges
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Advocate Poaches Top Talent
One week after New Orleans businessman John Georges purchased The Advocate and installed former Times-Picayune Managing Editors Peter Kovacs as editor and Dan Shea as general manager, the war between the papers escalated. Former T-P City Editor Gordon Russell and City Desk Editor Martha Carr — considered by staffers the leading lights in the newsroom during the paper's recent troubled times — defected to The Advocate, along with reporters Claire Galofaro and Andrew Vanacore.
May 13, 2013
Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, John Georges, Advocate, Times-Picayune
State gun bills on the move
Months before the 2013 legislative session, GOP lawmakers pre-filed a rash of bills in response to "gun control threats" from the Obama administration in the wake of the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., last December. Four of those bills got closer to Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk as they passed the Senate Judiciary Committee May 7.
May 13, 2013
Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, gun control, Bobby Jindal, Jim Morris
Stacy Head on the Mayor's Veto
On May 1, Mayor Mitch Landrieu vetoed City Council Vice President Stacy Head's food truck ordinance, a pilot plan package that would have updated the city's decades-old mobile vendor laws. Head responded with a compromise plan — and before Landrieu's annual State of the City address May 7, Head told Gambit her latest proposal now is "largely in the administration's court."
May 13, 2013
Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, Stacy Head, Food Truck, Mitch Landrieu
Dwindling reserves at NOPL
Updating New Orleans City Council on New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) budget concerns May 2, city librarian Charles Brown warned councilmembers that its dwindling reserve funds could force closures, limited hours or construction delays. While NOPL receives $8 million annually to fund its 12 libraries and staff, the money comes from a millage; it does not receive any money from the city's general fund.
May 6, 2013
Scuttlebutt: Louisiana News Briefs, New Orleans City Council, New Orleans Public Library (NOPL), budget
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