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  • Search results for: orleans sheriff

17 Search Results Found For: "orleans sheriff"

  • 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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  • Many old issues re-emerge as New Orleans prepares for upcoming legislative session

    As far as New Orleans is concerned, the session of the state Legislature starting Monday is likely to be a lot like last year’s. On multiple fronts, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s office is girdin
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  • BGR Reviews Tax Propositions in Orleans, St. Bernard

    Overview BGR analyzes proposed property taxes for the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Law Enforcement District, the New Orleans Public Library system and the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District in St. Ber
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  • Orleans Schools Tax and Jefferson Charter Changes

    Overview BGR reviews a proposed property tax for the upkeep of public school facilities in New Orleans and 11 propositions to amend the Jefferson Parish charter that voters will decide on December 6,
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  • Contracting Reform, Sheriff’s Tax, Other Propositions

    Overview BGR examines two proposed amendments to the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, one Orleans Parish property tax proposition and two constitutional amendments on the ballot for Novem
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  • BGR throws support behind Jefferson Parish Inspector General millage renewal

    The Jefferson Parish Inspector General’s property tax renewal, which is on the ballot Nov. 3, got the thumbs up from an independent nonprofit Tuesday, when the Bureau of Governmental Research an
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  • Think with Us about New BGR Research Topics

    By Amy L. Glovinsky President & CEO Samuel Zemurray Chair in Research Leadership The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) is assembling a new research agenda. This is an ordinary task for us. We
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  • Former judge and retired postal worker vie for Jefferson Parish Council District 1 seat

    The race to replace Ricky Templet in the Jefferson Parish Council’s District 1 seat is between two candidates who would be new to parish government, though only one could be considered a politic
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  • St. Tammany making third try on sales tax renewals for jail, courthouse

    For the third time in two years, St. Tammany Parish voters are being asked this month to approve a pair of sales tax renewals: one for the 1,100-bed parish jail and the other for the St. Tammany Justi
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  • Government watchdog group endorses Tammany jail tax, but not courthouse tax

    The Bureau of Governmental Research is backing a St. Tammany Parish sales tax renewal for the operation and maintenance of the parish jail but is against a similar tax renewal for the parish courtho
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