BGR Research Honored by National Peers

The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) won two awards from the Governmental Research Association (GRA) at its national conference...

Editorial: Court should create a process to evaluate cost, design concerns over jail

Local officials and criminal justice reformers have been fighting over the future of the Orleans Parish jail for so...

Reaching out: BGR translates S&WB report into Spanish, Vietnamese

The Bureau of Governmental Research has published Spanish and Vietnamese translations of its recent report summaries on the Sewerage...

N.O. City Council calls for outside reviews of citywide property assessments

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday asked state authorities to review whether Assessor Erroll Williams’ office properly conducted...

Orleans tax assessor answers questions in city council hearing

Orleans Tax Assessor Erroll Williams took part in a Q&A session with the New Orleans city council on property...

Council grills city assessor on spiking property valuations

Following a 23 percent spike in citywide property values in a recent property tax reassessment, the New Orleans City...

BGR Offers Spanish and Vietnamese Translations of S&WB Report Summaries

NEW ORLEANS — The Bureau of Governmental Research has released Spanish and Vietnamese translations of a new report about the...

Tax bill sticker shock: New Orleans assessor sees 23% jump in property values citywide

The citywide assessment of New Orleans property values is set to give homeowners sticker shock this month as they...

Sticker shock! New property assessments have some residents worried

If you’ve opened your letter from the Orleans assessor’s office, you may have experienced a bit of sticker shock....

Is There Concern Over The Cost Of A New Facility For A Jail?

Rebecca Mowbray and Paul Rioux join Tommy Tucker to talk about the cost and design of a new jail...