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NOLA secures state approval for $125M loan needed to pay city workers, fund operations

Posted on 11/12/25 at 2:58 pm
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
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Posted on 11/12/25 at 2:58 pm
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New Orleans' officials secured state approval Wednesday to sell $125 million in short-term bonds to ease its cashflow crisis and cover payroll for nearly 5,000 city workers through the end of the year, marking a major victory for Mayor-elect Helena Moreno as she prepares to take office.

The approval from the State Bond Commission came after Moreno and other council leaders agreed last week to give Legislative Auditor Mike Waguespack veto power over how the bond proceeds are spent.

New Orleans also averted a state-led takeover of city operations — at least for now — after a state panel earlier in the day opted not to recommend the installation of a fiscal administrator following assurances from Moreno and her council colleagues that measures are being taken to right the city's finances.


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Moreno, who takes office on Jan. 12, said her transition is working on a budget proposal for next year and exploring "every type of cost-cutting measure possible to ensure that we have a more efficient and operational government moving forward." That will include cutting some of 660 unclassified positions at City Hall, she said.

Moreno said the budget proposal that Mayor LaToya Cantrell unveiled in October isn't "workable." The council must approve next year's budget by Dec.
Posted by dakarx
Member since Sep 2018
8144 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:06 pm to
Bonds will be worth slightly more than TEMU branded toilet paper.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
129199 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:08 pm to
How about you fire a bunch of the worthless city employees?
Posted by tzimme4
Metairie
Member since Jan 2008
32281 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:10 pm to
That money is never getting paid back
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
73104 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:19 pm to
sounds more like robbery than a loan.
Posted by doubleb
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2006
41742 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:21 pm to
It’s s as good thing that New Orleans hosted the Super Bowl!
Posted by KingOrange
Mayfair
Member since Aug 2018
12595 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:24 pm to
NO should be one of the richest cities in the US with its commerce. It’s Sad.
Posted by HEtiger
Member since May 2008
1643 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:35 pm to
NOLA always getting that special treatment
Posted by BigPerm30
Member since Aug 2011
30923 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 3:36 pm to
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It’s s as good thing that New Orleans hosted the Super Bowl!


Where the frick did all that tax revenue go? You know how much money was spent in the city that week?
Posted by LsuNav
Sacramento
Member since Mar 2008
1929 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 5:55 pm to
She said that she would not turn over authority to the state. Sounds like she just did that.
Posted by trinidadtiger
Member since Jun 2017
18679 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 6:20 pm to
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NO should be one of the richest cities in the US with its commerce. It’s Sad.


When I lived in NO 25 years ago, according to our marketing dept, 11 million people visited the city and the money spent "rolled" five times in the economy. Meaning, you spent money at a bar and that paid the beer guy and the bartender, and the owner who then spent it buying groceries, at the market, etc.

That is billions of dollars. How that place is not pristine clean, with incredible policing is beyond disbelief.

When is the last time they had a mayor that did not go to prison or was not investigated for corruption???
Posted by stuntman
Florida
Member since Jan 2013
10529 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 6:30 pm to
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How that place is not pristine clean, with incredible policing is beyond disbelief.


Because of everything we "love" about New Orleans.
Posted by Tiger in Texas
Houston, Texas
Member since Sep 2004
22007 posts
Posted on 11/12/25 at 6:34 pm to
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NOLA secures state approval for $125M loan needed to pay city workers, fund operations


They paid that to NOLA?? How soom before they request another loan because the first one didn't even pay 1/3 of city workers?
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