BGR in the News
Commentary: Cantrell’s taxing issue
By Gambit Commentary
Source: Gambit
January 31, 2019
Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s effort to get more of New Orleans’ hotel-motel taxes into the city’s general fund got a...Watchdog group: New Orleans should get more from hotel tax, scrutiny needed for Convention Center
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
January 31, 2019
The Bureau of Governmental Research has waded into the big-dollar tax dispute between Mayor LaToya Cantrell and the tourism...Diverse reaction to recommendations on New Orleans hotel tax
By Kevin McGill
Source: The Associated Press
January 30, 2019
NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans government’s share of taxes from hotel rooms in the tourism-dependent city should increase by more...Restoring 1 percent hotel sales tax for New Orleans infrastructure is a non-starter, tourism officials say
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
January 30, 2019
Restoring a 1 percent sales tax on New Orleans hotels would be a step too much for the city’s...Report: New Orleans should keep more tax dollars
By Tammy Estwick
Source: WDSU
January 30, 2019
A new report by a nonprofit group says the city of New Orleans should get to keep more tax...BGR issues report on Orleans hotel taxes, recommending change
By Rob Masson
Source: FOX 8
January 30, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A leading local research group published a comprehensive report on New Orleans hotel-motel taxes, which...The city should get a bigger chunk of hotel tax revenue, report says
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
January 30, 2019
A new report from the Bureau of Governmental Research released on Wednesday found a lack of accountability and transparency when it...New Orleans should regain ‘lost’ hotel tax money to fix drainage and roads, watchdog group says
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
January 30, 2019
A one-percent tax on New Orleans hotel sales should return to city coffers, as it was decades ago before that local...
S&WB task force highlights agency’s financial crisis, calls for drainage fees
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
January 28, 2019
The New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board is in desperate need of money for critical infrastructure projects and should...
Money should not be taken from tourism for infrastructure needs: Billy Nungesser
By Julia O'Donoghue
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
January 16, 2019
Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser doesn’t think New Orleans hotel tax revenue should be redirected from state marketing, tourism and sports-related organizations...