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City, School Board settle tax fees dispute
Race to redraw map poses problems La. Republicans in uncharted legal waters BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer
As Louisiana Republicans scramble to redraw the state’s congressional map by month’s end, they are grappling with whether to draw a map with one majorityBlack, Democratic district — or one with none at all. A thorny question com- ä Supreme plicates that Court decision: Under fast-tracks the Supreme Louisiana’s Court’s new interpretation congressional of the Voting map redraw. Rights Act, in PAGE 6A which it’s nearly always unconstitutional to use race to draw district lines, is creating a majority-Black district still legal? “The Legislature should pass a map that is defensible,” Gov. Jeff Landry said Tuesday. “Defensible means that once we go to court, that we will win and we don’t have to go into this continuous legal vicious legal cycle that we’ve been in.” Any map the Legislature passes will need Landry’s blessing to take effect. Louisiana has six congressional districts. Currently, four are held by White Republicans and two are held by Black Democrats from Baton Rouge and New Orleans. The GOP-controlled Legislature is
STAFF PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER
Orleans Parish School Board President Leila Jacobs Eames speaks during a news conference Monday to discuss the settlement of the tax fees dispute between the City Council and School Board.
Deal ends yearslong legal battle BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer
The Orleans Parish School Board and the city of New Orleans have agreed to settle a yearslong legal battle over the city’s practice of taking hefty fees from taxes it collects for the school district. Under the deal, which the School Board approved Tuesday, the city will stop charging a fee on property taxes it col-
erly pull money out of school budgets. “We finally have a deal,” Moreno said at a news conference Tuesday. “This ultimately is promises made and promises lects for the district and slightly reduce kept.” The City Council still must approve the the fee it charges on sales taxes. The city also will pay back millions of dollars to agreement. It comes more than a year the School Board, which sued in 2019 to after an earlier settlement, which would stop the tax fees, leading to a long court have eliminated the fees entirely and effectively given schools $90 million in fight and stalled negotiations. The long-running dispute had put May- back pay, fell apart after former Mayor or Helena Moreno in the hot seat, forcing LaToya Cantrell said the city could not afher to choose between urgently needed ford those terms. city revenue and a campaign-trail pledge ä See SETTLE, page 8A to end the fees, which critics say improp-
Domino begins $800M expansion
ELECTION 2026 U.S. SENATE
Letlow, Fleming have sharp words Cassidy skips event because host disparages him
BY JONAH MEADOWS Staff writer
The Florida-based owners of the 117-year-old Domino Sugar Chalmette Refinery announced Tuesday they have begun construction on the first phase of a nearly $800 million expansion at the facility, an investment that signals Louisiana’s continued central role in the American sugar trade. Executives from plant owner ASR Group, the world’s largest
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BY TYLER BRIDGES Staff writer
PHOTO By ROBIN MAy
Republican Senate candidates U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming square off Tuesday in a debate hosted by conservative talk radio host Moon Griffon in the KPEL studios in Lafayette.
One thing became clear Tuesday, partway into the only debate in the Republican Senate primary: U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming both want to knock each other out of the race during the first round of voting on May 16.
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Letlow and Fleming clashed repeatedly during the 90-minute debate, with each claiming to be the most conservative candidate in the election. Cassidy The two Republicans barely mentioned the man they want to unseat — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy — and had to be prodded to criticize him by
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