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  • Search results for: "flood protection"

19 Search Results Found For: ""flood protection""

  • Our Views: West Jefferson voters should approve property tax for flood protection

    When it comes to taxes, essential services have to be paid for, and one of them in Louisiana more than almost anyplace else in the world is flood protection. But a property tax millage for flood prote
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  • It’s time to change how New Orleans’ tax dollars are spent, distributed, nonpartisan group says

    The Bureau of Governmental Research is once again calling for changes in the way taxes are distributed in New Orleans, issuing a new report just as Mayor LaToya Cantrell and representatives of the tou
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  • Mayor Cantrell: Tax money for tourism, sports industries, should help pay for drainage, infrastructure

    Mayor LaToya Cantrell outlined tentative plans Thursday to shift some tax revenue away from various local tourism, sports and marketing agencies to improve New Orleans’ crippled drainage and water s
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  • Our levees and pumps aren’t enough to keep New Orleans dry | Editorial

    The start of hurricane season always raises our collective anxiety level a bit. South Louisianians have to be on guard between June 1 and Nov. 30 — it’s a fact of life this close to the Gu
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  • West bank voters approve new levee millage

    Voters on the west bank of Jefferson Parish on Saturday overwhelmingly approved a new property tax that will fund critical maintenance work on the federal levees that protect the area from flooding. A
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  • ‘Yes’ on West Jefferson levee maintenance tax | Editorial

    The Times-Picayune editorial board makes the following recommendation for Saturday’s (April 28) election. JEFFERSON PARISH WEST JEFFERSON LEVEE DISTRICT PROPOSITION To increase property taxes by
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  • Here’s how Convention Center can help fund New Orleans public safety plan

    The $40 million public safety plan proposed recently by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and being considered by other New Orleans officials depends on having the bulk of its upfront costs covered by the Ernest N
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  • On the Ballot: West Jefferson Levee District Millage

    OVERVIEW BGR examines the April 28, 2018, proposition before voters on the west bank of Jefferson Parish to approve a new property tax for the West Jefferson Levee District. This is the Levee District
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  • Monitoring

    An integral part of BGR’s work is government monitoring. BGR’s research team tracks more than 70 local and state government entities. Through our regular monitoring, we stay abreast of pol
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  • West Bank Levees and St. Tammany Charter Changes

    Overview BGR analyzes two property tax propositions meant to sustain west bank flood protection systems and three proposed St. Tammany charter amendments before voters on November 21, 2015. The tax pr
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