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PolicyWatch: New Orleans Budget and Tax Updates
May 21, 2020
Welcome to the inaugural edition of PolicyWatch, a periodic newsletter that draws on BGR’s body of independent, nonpartisan research...
Coalition of 21 groups calls on Convention Center to use $100 million from cash reserves to support hospitality workers
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
March 31, 2020
A coalition of 21 local unions, advocacy organizations and other groups are calling on the Ernest N. Morial New...
Coronavirus response to leave ‘gigantic hole’ in New Orleans economy; Cantrell weighs layoffs
By Anthony McAuley
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
March 17, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak and the efforts to slow its spread are set to levy a massive toll on the...Convention Center proposes settlement over disputed public transit dollars
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
February 27, 2020
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has presented a proposal to Mayor LaToya Cantrell to settle a yearlong dispute with the...
BGR Discusses Awards Program, Local Issues with Oliver Thomas on WBOK January 23, 2020
By Oliver Thomas
Source: WBOK recorded broadcast via BGR
January 23, 2020
BGR President and CEO Amy Glovinsky and Vice President & Research Director Stephen Stuart talked about the 2020 Excellence...
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....New Orleans court clerk says he won’t furlough employees for at least a week
By Matt Sledge
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
January 6, 2020
Deputy clerks at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court can breathe a sigh of relief — at least for now....‘It will be a mess:’ Traffic headaches from Convention Center Blvd. not expected to go away when construction ends
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
December 12, 2019
Large portions of Convention Center Boulevard are closed for the entire month of December. It’s just the latest in...Newell: Is New Orleans better off with one property tax assessor instead of seven?
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
November 25, 2019
Newell talks to BGR Vice President and Research Director Stephen Stuart and research analyst Jamie Parker about what’s changed...Orleans Parish assessor’s budget, methods questioned by nonpartisan research group
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
November 20, 2019
Property tax assessments in Orleans Parish have come a long way from the days when seven assessors with a...