May 24 Webinar Explores Choices in Cities’ Basic Governing Structures

Join the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) for a free lunchtime webinar, “Designing City Governments for Success,” on Wednesday,...

BGR Urges JP Council to Improve Fiscal Planning, Accountability

NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: In an April 28 letter to the Jefferson Parish Council, BGR recommends...

BGR Recommends Improvements to Jefferson Parish Council’s Fiscal Planning and Accountability

In an April 28 letter to the Jefferson Parish Council, BGR recommends ways in which the council can improve planning and...

(Opinion) Editorial: Defeat of Orleans Parish sheriff’s tax brings hard-earned lessons

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson’s proposal to double her office’s property tax millage didn’t just go down to defeat...

Sheriff Susan Hutson faces ‘monumental’ task of restoring confidence after tax hike rejection

New Orleanians of every stripe can all agree on maybe just a few things. Crawfish are good. Potholes are...

BGR Seeks Proposals for Communications Planning

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) issued a request for proposals seeking a partner to develop the organization’s...

Proposed tax hike measures fail in Orleans, St. Tammany parishes

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Voters in Orleans and St. Tammany parishes overwhelmingly rejected property tax hikes Saturday (April 29)...

New Orleans voters reject Sheriff Susan Hutson’s proposed tax hike by huge margin

New Orleans on Saturday delivered a nearly unanimous rejection of a proposal from Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to...

Election Day today features tax issues on both sides of the lake

Voters are going to the polls across Southeast Louisiana today consider tax issues and a handful of races. Elections...

Tax propositions await voters in New Orleans, St. Tammany Parish on Saturday

New Orleans voters will decide the fate Saturday of a tax proposition that would nearly double the tax collected...