Public Safety
Voters shoot down all three Cantrell-backed tax proposals
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
December 5, 2020
New Orleans voters on Saturday rejected a package of ballot propositions put forward by Mayor LaToya Cantrell that would...French Quarter Sales Tax gets Sidney Torres endorsement
By Paul Murphy
Source: WWL-TV
December 3, 2020
NEW ORLEANS — Saturday’s tax proposition in the French Quarter just picked up a heavyweight endorsement from one of...BGR Releases Ballot Report on French Quarter Sales Tax Renewal Proposition
December 2, 2020
Today the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases On the Ballot: French Quarter Sales Tax Renewal, December 5, 2020....
NOPD superintendent discusses future policing efforts in New Orleans
By WDSU Digital Team
Source: WDSU
September 30, 2020
The New Orleans Police Department superintendent spoke on the future of policing in the city Wednesday morning. Superintendent Shaun...
BGR Presents Virtual Briefing About Future of N.O. Policing
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
September 2, 2020
NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Governmental Research will present a virtual breakfast briefing about the future of New...
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...
Community meeting about the rise of crime in Uptown informative and contentious
By Sue Strachan
Source: Uptown Messenger
January 15, 2020
Having your car broken into via smashed windows has become the new normal in New Orleans. On Tuesday, Jan....
BGR Analyzes Past New Orleans Budgets to Guide Funding Priorities
October 3, 2019
Today, BGR releases A Look Back to Plan Ahead: Analyzing Past New Orleans Budgets to Guide Funding Priorities. The report...
Teens, ages 14 and 16, killed in fiery crash into Broadmoor salon ID’d by coroner
By Emily Lane
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
April 3, 2019
A 14-year-old and 16-year old were killed March 20 when the car they were in crashed into a Broadmoor...Here’s the new NOPD police chief’s plans for the future
By Heath Allen
Source: WDSU
March 28, 2019
NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson is laying out his plans for the police department’s future...