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French Quarter voters revive security district tax Share Updated: 10:35 PM CDT Apr 24, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 10:35 PM CDT Apr 24, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Hours after five people were wounded in a Bourbon Street shooting, voters in the French Quarter revived a quarter-cent sales tax Saturday that they chose not to renew last year. The nearly quarter-cent sales tax will only be collected with the French Quarter Economic Development District, with tourists expected to contribute the bulk of the revenue. The renewal of the prior tax ...

POTSDAM — From employment and spending associated with visits, conferences and institutional services, Clarkson University is estimated to have boosted the north country’s economy by $346.9 million in 2019. The estimate was calculated by the Rochester-based Center for Governmental Research, a nonprofit consultant founded more than a century ago, and the study was conducted on behalf of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities of New York. A CICU member, Clarkson’s Potsdam campus covers 640 acres, is driven by science and technology programs and is an academic hom...

Clarkson University pumps $346.9 million into area economy Clarkson University (Source: WWNY) By 7 News Staff | April 20, 2021 at 2:32 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 2:32 PM POTSDAM, N.Y. (WWNY) - According to a recent study, Clarkson University pumped $346.9 million into the north country economy based on data from 2019. The report comes from the Center for Governmental Research on behalf of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities. The study says the school’s economic impact comes from its institutional operations and jobs related to supporting student services, resear...

N.O. Library Director spread 'misinformation ... and lies,' board secretary says In truth, the only way the library would lose 50 percent of its tax revenues is if the current tax millage isn’t renewed by the end of 2021. Author: By David Hammer / Eyewitness Investigator Published: 7:20 PM CST January 19, 2021 Updated: 1:47 PM CST January 21, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — A member of the New Orleans Public Library Board of Directors blasted the city’s library director at a board meeting Tuesday, accusing him of “spreading misinformation … and bas...

The Foundation for MetroWest found racial and ethnic disparities in areas ranging from infant mortality and adult education levels to poverty and incarceration.