BGR in the News
Council approves short-term rental tax, with 25 percent cut going to tourism marketing agency
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
August 6, 2020
At the request of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the New Orleans City Council on Thursday gave final approval to a...
BGR Honors Excellence in Government
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
August 6, 2020
NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Governmental Research announced the recipients of the BGR Excellence in Government Awards 2020...
Does the N.O. Assessor Rely on ‘Sales Chasing’ to Set Property Values?
By Rich Collins
Source: Biz New Orleans
August 5, 2020
NEW ORLEANS – Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams is responsible for determining the value of more than 167,000 properties...
Despite city law, New Orleans’ hasn’t had public contract database since 2019 cyber attack
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
July 20, 2020
Despite a local law requiring the city of New Orleans to post all of its contracts on its website,...
Council members begin process to renew French Quarter sales tax for state trooper patrols
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
July 16, 2020
Members of the New Orleans City Council on Thursday initiated the process to renew a quarter percent sales tax...
Big Questions: Future Uncertain for Convention Center
By Jennifer Schecter
Source: Biz New Orleans
June 10, 2020
The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is facing unprecedented challenges. In April, a watchdog report critical of...City Council will consider formal opposition to Convention Center hotel at Thursday meeting
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
May 5, 2019
The New Orleans City Council will consider a resolution to formally oppose the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s publicly...Convention Center puts hotel development on hold and donates $1 million for coronavirus relief, but fails to satisfy local coalition
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
April 23, 2020
The governing board of the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Convention Center is pressing pause on behind-the-scenes negotiations with...$1M donated by New Orleans’ convention center — but labor activists call for much more
By Anthony McAuley
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
April 22, 2020
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s oversight board on Wednesday approved a donation of $1 million to support programs...Major labor union threatens to cancel convention in New Orleans if Convention Center doesn’t address local workers’ demands for relief
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
April 20, 2020
The Communications Workers of America, the largest communications and media labor union in the country, is threatening to pull...