Public Safety
BGR Issues Analysis of Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Tax Proposition
April 21, 2022
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases a new report, On the Ballot: Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Tax,...
Lessons from the Data: Current Public Safety Trends and Factors that Influence Them
April 8, 2022
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research kicked off its special Breakfast Briefing Series on Public Safety. Session 1 of...St. Tammany Parish seeks sales tax to pay criminal justice costs as money runs out
By Sara Pagones
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
November 2, 2021
For years, St. Tammany Parish voters have been hearing about the looming financial plight the parish will face if...BGR Analyzes St. Tammany Parish Sales Tax Proposition
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
October 21, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: BGR has released a new report titled “On the Ballot:...Citing a ‘deepening fiscal crisis,’ BGR endorses proposed St. Tammany sales tax
By Marie Fazio
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
October 21, 2021
The Bureau of Governmental Research has endorsed the proposed sales tax that St. Tammany Parish government will put before...
Despite ballot wording, French Quarter hotel rooms are exempt from this security tax
By Ben Myers
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
October 1, 2021
A tax agreement signed Thursday with the French Quarter Management District marked the final step toward resuming enhanced police...BGR: New Quarter Sales Tax Should Apply to Hotel Rooms
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
September 14, 2021
NEW ORLEANS – From the Bureau of Governmental Research: Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) published a new...BGR Raises Policy Concerns About Excluding Hotel Rooms from New French Quarter Sales Tax
September 14, 2021
In August, the New Orleans City Council excluded hotel room rentals from a new sales tax for enhanced public...City Council members maintain legally dubious hotel exemption while reinstating French Quarter sales tax
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
August 19, 2021
A special sales tax to fund supplemental police patrols in the French Quarter will be reinstated starting in October...Quarter-cent sales tax for French Quarter on ballot again Saturday
By Kaitlin Rust
Source: FOX 8
April 22, 2021
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – In order to fund the “Blue Light Patrols” in the Quarter, the reinstatement of the...