Take a close look at $330M sweetener for convention center hotel, watchdog says
A local government watchdog group is urging officials to take a more critical look at a request for hundreds of...
Proposed tax breaks raise questions as bid to build hotel near Morial center continues
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center officials are back at the negotiating table, hoping to finally realize their dream of building a...
NOPD faces ‘structural deficit’ from pay raises, overtime: Cantrell
To provide New Orleans police officers with a pay raise starting in 2018, former Mayor Mitch Landrieu tapped into an initial...
10 Louisiana parishes with the highest property tax rates – 3 are in metro New Orleans
Update: A clarification was added to this story to indicate that municipal taxes were not factored in the Louisiana Tax...
BGR Releases From Answers to Action: Post-Election Policy Making
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases From Answers to Action: Post-Election Policy Making. The report is the latest...
‘She makes G. Gordon Liddy look like a wimp’
The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting...
Love to Learn, Learn to Lead: A 100-Day Investment for a Stronger Jefferson Parish Public School System
Dr. Cade Brumley, the new superintendent of the Jefferson Parish Public School System, addressed a BGR Breakfast Briefing on...
After Round 1 stalled, New Orleans convention center officials restart talks for Omni Hotel
Second time’s the charm. That’s what members of the New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority hope as they return to...
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...
People this Week: New hires, promotions, awards
Awards Insurance Business America has released its Top Producers 2018 report and Beth Carter-Drury, CIC, Zachary Fanberg and Marcus...
