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W e d n e s d ay, n ov e m b e r 26, 2025
Caesars eyes ambitious Fulton Street revitalization
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Moreno warns of City Hall furloughs N.o. budget faces sharp cuts in 2026
BY BLAKE PATERSON and BEN MYERS Staff writers
After weeks spent working to prevent New Orleans from running out of money for payroll, Mayor-elect Helena Moreno has turned to her next financial challenge, releasing a spending plan on Tuesday for next year that includes nearly $150 million in spending cuts and furloughs for some City Hall workers. The plan, unveiled Tuesday, would spend $801 million from the city’s general fund, down from $878 million in 2025, as Moreno contends with a projected drop in revenues. It would fully fund public safety agencies and departments that provide essential services like sanitation. But to deal with a 2026 deficit that Moreno StaFF PhotoS By By ChrIS GraNGer
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Caesars New orleans General Manager Samir Mowad stands on a gazebo on Fulton Street on Monday.
revamp of corridor takes inspiration from Las Vegas BY ANTHONY McAULEY Staff writer
When Caesars New Orleans cut the ribbon on its $435 million transformation last October — complete with a gleaming 340-room hotel tower rising above Convention Center Boulevard and a marble-lined foyer presided over by a 15-foot Julius Caesar — the company bet big that an upmarket reboot would reset its fortunes and anchor a new era for the lower Canal Street corridor. A year later, the numbers suggest that wager is paying off. But for General Manager Samir Mowad, the New Orleans native who has overseen the rebrand and construction blitz over his five-year tenure, the next phase of Caesars’ evolution isn’t inside the casino at all. It’s just outside the door, along the 500 block of Fulton Street — a stretch he calls “a glaring opportunity.” Fulton Street, unlike the casino itself, is property Caesars actually owns. And while it boasts long-running mainstays like Manning’s and
Abraham named to CDC post Louisiana surgeon general to be second in command BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer
Visitors walk past an enclosed outdoor gambling area at Caesars New orleans casino on thursday. Ruth’s Chris, the corridor has never an unmistakable vacancy — and, in quite lived up to its potential. The Mowad’s words, “a big hole.” “We could just go out and fill it,” Downtown Development District has done its part with special-event he said. “But we’re working to make programming, but last year’s closure ä See CAESARS, page 6A of the Gordon Biersch brewpub left
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham, who has come under scrutiny for ending mass vaccination campaigns in the state and casting doubts about COVID-19 vaccines, has been named second in command at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Abraham, a physician and former U.S. congressman who ran for governor in 2019, became Abraham the state’s first surgeon general in June 2024, when Gov. Jeff Landry tapped him for the position. He previously served as the
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LSU student government pushing for more AI education BY HALEY MILLER Staff writer
The LSU student government is calling on the university to strengthen its education in artificial intelligence, particularly for students outside the Division of Computer Science and Engineering.
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The Student Senate passed legislation last week requesting an online AI fundamentals certificate available to all students that would offer training on basic AI use and explore the ethical and legal considerations of the technology. “AI is going to affect every major across the board,” said junior Aaron Lomastro, co-author of the
legislation and a member of the Student Alliance for AI Regulation. “It already is. It’s not fair that only these sort of technology-specific majors are receiving these courses. We think it’s important that every major and every student has equal opportunity in preparing themselves with just a foundational understanding of
what AI is.” LSU currently offers multiple courses in AI for computer science students, including machine learning, artificial intelligence and applied deep learning, according to James Ghawaly, assistant professor of computer science. “Because of the increased demand, we are growing the course
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offerings in computer science,” Ghawaly said. “We have almost 15 new courses that we’re planning on building.” Students can also enroll in an interdisciplinary course between business, computer science and the honors college that gives them
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