With Gov. Jeff Landry, state lawmakers and city officials trying to come up with ways to “fix” the city’s broken sewerage and water systems, New Orleans stands at a pivotal,
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A New Orleans-based lawmaker filed legislation late Tuesday to dismiss the local overseers of the beleaguered Sewerage and Water Board in favor of a temporary board made up of state and local officials, a drastic step recommended by Gov. Jeff Landry s task force on the utility that had drawn a rebuke from the S&WB s executive director hours earlier.
A New Orleans lawmaker late Tuesday submitted a bill that would make sweeping changes to how the Sewerage & Water Board is governed, shifting power from Mayor LaToya Cantrell towards