GOVERNMENT FINANCE
As city allocates last federal pandemic funds, community groups say their priorities were ignored
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: Verite
May 25, 2023
The New Orleans City Council on Thursday (May 25) approved a city spending plan for more than $120 million...City Council to vote on spending budget surplus as advocacy groups decry lack of transparency
By Michelle Liu
Source: Verite
May 23, 2023
The New Orleans City Council is set to vote Thursday (May 25) on a plan to spend tens of...
Nonprofit floats stormwater fee to shore up drainage system costs
By Joshua Rosenberg
Source: The Lens
May 22, 2023
Inevitably, impossibly, New Orleans lives with water. “With,” though, is a flexible term that, for more than 100 years,...
Flush with millions, Jefferson Parish Council members fund pet projects; see breakdown
By Blake Paterson
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
May 14, 2023
Standing before a gymnasium full of angry residents at the Avondale Playground in October, Jefferson Parish Council member Byron...BGR Urges JP Council to Improve Fiscal Planning, Accountability
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
May 5, 2023
NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: In an April 28 letter to the Jefferson Parish Council, BGR recommends...BGR Recommends Improvements to Jefferson Parish Council’s Fiscal Planning and Accountability
May 5, 2023
In an April 28 letter to the Jefferson Parish Council, BGR recommends ways in which the council can improve planning and...
(Opinion) Editorial: Defeat of Orleans Parish sheriff’s tax brings hard-earned lessons
By Staff Editorial
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
May 3, 2023
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson’s proposal to double her office’s property tax millage didn’t just go down to defeat...Sheriff Susan Hutson faces ‘monumental’ task of restoring confidence after tax hike rejection
By Joseph Cranney
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
May 1, 2023
New Orleanians of every stripe can all agree on maybe just a few things. Crawfish are good. Potholes are...Proposed tax hike measures fail in Orleans, St. Tammany parishes
By FOX 8 Staff
Source: FOX 8
April 29, 2023
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – Voters in Orleans and St. Tammany parishes overwhelmingly rejected property tax hikes Saturday (April 29)...New Orleans voters reject Sheriff Susan Hutson’s proposed tax hike by huge margin
By Joseph Cranney
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
April 29, 2023
New Orleans on Saturday delivered a nearly unanimous rejection of a proposal from Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson to...