GOVERNMENT FINANCE
Highlights of BGR’s Work in Support of Better Local Government Post-Katrina
June 18, 2025
The reform and modernization of local government is a lasting legacy of Hurricane Katrina. By envisioning positive change and...
Orleans Parish School Board’s lawsuit against city postponed
By Metia Carroll
Source: WDSU
June 9, 2025
NEW ORLEANS — The trial over millions of dollars the Orleans Parish School Board claims it is owed by...
Homestead exemption hike again moves forward in Louisiana
By Rob Masson
Source: FOX 8
May 13, 2025
BATON ROUGE, La. (WVUE) – A proposal to increase Louisiana’s homestead exemption for the first time in more than...
Millage Renewal for Orleans Parish Sheriff Passes by Just Two Votes
By Scott Ploof
Source: Big Easy Magazine
May 4, 2025
With the outcome hinging on just two votes, on May 3, 2025, Orleans Parish voters narrowly approved the renewal...Sheriff Susan Hutson’s tax renewal wins by historically close margin, two votes
By Joseph Cranney
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
May 3, 2025
By an almost surreal, historically close margin, Orleans Parish voters appeared to hand Sheriff Susan Hutson a huge reprieve...
New Orleans got $388 million in federal pandemic aid. Was that money well spent?
By Katie Jane Fernelius
Source: Verite News
May 2, 2025
When Congress passed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in March 2021, it allocated $350 billion in...Explaining what the OPSO tax renewal is really about
By Tommy Tucker
Source: WWL Radio
April 30, 2025
Signs saying “No New Taxes” and calling for New Orleans residents to vote against a tax renewal have been...May 3 election: What’s on the ballot?
By Athina Morris
Source: WWNO
April 29, 2025
Voters in about half of Louisiana’s parishes will go to the polls Saturday to elect officials and decide on...What’s on the ballot May 3 in New Orleans, Jefferson Parish
By Chelsea Brasted
Source: Axios
April 29, 2025
Voters in Orleans and Jefferson parishes head to the polls Saturday to make selections on local races and determine...‘No New Taxes’ signs oppose Sheriff Susan Hutson’s millage renewal. They’re inaccurate.
By Joseph Cranney
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 28, 2025
Mysterious campaign signs have cropped up around New Orleans that falsely attack a tax renewal from the Orleans Parish...