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  • Search results for: tammany "parish council"

13 Search Results Found For: "tammany "parish council""

  • St. Tammany voters reject new sales tax for criminal prosecutions

    North shore District Attorney Warren Montgomery failed to get a new revenue stream to support his office Saturday, as St. Tammany Parish voters shot down a proposed 10-year, 1/7th cent sales tax. Comp
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  • Concerned about ‘defunding the DA’s office,’ St. Tammany district attorney pushing new tax

    If they blink, St. Tammany voters might miss the vote for a new sales tax to fund criminal prosecutions. It’s the lone parishwide proposition on the April 30 ballot, and north shore District Att
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  • BGR Analyzes St. Tammany Parish Sales Tax Proposition

    NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: BGR has released a new report titled “On the Ballot: St. Tammany Parish Sales Tax, Nov. 13, 2021.” The report is intended to help voters i
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  • Citing a ‘deepening fiscal crisis,’ BGR endorses proposed St. Tammany sales tax

    The Bureau of Governmental Research has endorsed the proposed sales tax that St. Tammany Parish government will put before voters next month, according to a report released by the agency on Thursday.
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  • St. Tammany West Chamber backs taxes for jail, courthouse

    The St. Tammany West Chamber of Commerce has announced its support of March 24 ballot proposals to renew sales taxes to fund the parish jail and courthouse. The organization is the second bu
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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
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  • Government watchdog group endorses St. Tammany sales tax for jail but not for courthouse

    The Bureau of Governmental Research has come out against a one-fifth cent sales tax for the St. Tammany Justice Center but is supporting another fifth of a penny sales tax for the parish jail, both of
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  • BGR Reviews St. Tammany Term Limits Proposition

    Overview In On the Ballot: St. Tammany Parish, March 5, 2016, BGR explains and analyzes a proposition to impose term limits on the Parish Council similar to the Parish President.
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  • BGR Assesses St. Tammany’s Home Rule Charter

    Overview BGR presents its report assessing the St. Tammany Parish Home Rule Charter. BGR found a general consensus that the charter is working well and represents an improvement over the police jury s
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  • BGR Urges Government Entities to Continue Online Access

    NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: BGR released a report today calling on more government entities in Louisiana to livestream and archive video recordings of their meetings onli
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