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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...
PolicyWatch Revisits Assessment Issues in New Orleans
July 9, 2020
Today, BGR published a new PolicyWatch newsletter, focusing on property assessment issues in New Orleans. Last year’s incomplete property reassessment...PolicyWatch: New Orleans Budget and Tax Updates
May 21, 2020
Today, BGR released the inaugural edition of PolicyWatch, a periodic newsletter that draws on BGR’s body of independent, nonpartisan...
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....