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  • Search results for: orleans fire pension

14 Search Results Found For: "orleans fire pension"

  • New Orleans Firefighter Pension Woes and the Legislative Session

    Overview In Sound the Alarm, BGR examines the New Orleans Fire Fighters’ Pension and Relief Fund – which has become a major financial burden for the public – and relevant bills under conside
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  • BGR slams New Orleans for reinstating more generous pension payouts

    A recent hike in pension benefits for New Orleans municipal employees will cost taxpayers millions and is fiscally irresponsible, a nonprofit think tank said in a report Wednesday. The Bureau of Gover
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  • New Orleans still needs tax overhaul, watchdog group says

    Four years after calling for a comprehensive review of New Orleans’ tangle of tax dedications, the watchdog Bureau of Governmental Research has a new report that points out officials have done littl
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  • Why did New Orleans property owners just get another tax bill?

    New Orleans property owners are venting their frustration after finding a second property tax bill for 2017 in their mailboxes this week. The reason: Voters on Dec. 10 approved a new property tax mill
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  • Amid strong opposition from city employees, Stacy Head pulls plan to reform pension system

    After a boisterous New Orleans City Council committee meeting Thursday at which dozens of city workers railed against a proposal to make the municipal pension plan less generous for newer employees, t
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  • Stacy Head: Why we need municipal employee pension reform now

    We’re running out of time. That’s how I feel with a little less than a year left in office as a council member. Election season is heating up and you will begin to hear much from candidates about
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  • Why will New Orleans property owners get another tax bill this year?

    Tuesday (Jan. 31) was the deadline for New Orleans property owners to pay their 2017 taxes, but they can expect another bill in the coming months. The reason: Voters on Dec. 10 approved a new property
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  • Metro Area Pension Costs and the Factors that Drive Them

    Overview In The Rising Cost of Yesterday: Metro Area Pension Costs and the Factors that Drive Them, BGR examines 18 defined benefit pension plans available to local government workers in Jefferson, Or
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  • Audubon’s tax strategy this time around: Share the money with other park and recreation agencies

    Four years after New Orleans voters overwhelmingly rejected a 4.2-mill property tax for the Audubon Nature Institute that would have lasted a whopping 50 years, Audubon President and CEO Ron Forman is
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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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