GOVERNMENT FINANCE
BGR Calls on City of New Orleans to Strengthen its Financial Practices
April 7, 2025
The recent dispute about a proposed $90 million legal settlement between the City of New Orleans and the Orleans...
Quin Hillyer: Back home in Louisiana, where personalities and politics are bigger than life
By Quin Hillyer
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
February 1, 2025
Early 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote, “You can’t go home again.” Dorothy Gale, in “The Wizard of Oz,” though,...
BGR Dashboards Show Most Property Tax Rates Lower
By Site Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
January 31, 2025
NEW ORLEANS (press release) – The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) updated its interactive Property Tax Dashboards with the...BGR Dashboards Show Most Property Tax Rates Lower After Reassessments
January 30, 2025
The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) has updated its interactive Property Tax Dashboards with the latest rates for Jefferson,...
Good government group wants guidelines for New Orleans’ public housing money
By Joni Hess
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
December 19, 2024
A government watchdog group has issued guidance that it says City Hall and its partners must follow before dispersing...
BGR Offers Recommendations on New Orleans Housing Trust Fund Administration
December 17, 2024
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) sent a letter to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and members of...BGR and HousingNOLA Clash Over New Orleans Housing Trust Fund Management
By Veronika Lee Claghorn
Source: Biz New Orleans
December 18, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (Dec. 18, 2024) — Yesterday, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) sent a five-page letter to Mayor...
Clancy DuBos: Close Jefferson Parish tax vote for teacher raises proves every vote counts
By Clancy DuBos
Source: Gambit
December 12, 2024
If you want proof that every vote counts, check out the results of the Jefferson Parish School Board’s property...Jefferson Parish plans to return next year with new tax proposal for teacher pay
By Blake Paterson
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
December 12, 2024
After voters in Jefferson Parish narrowly rejected a tax proposal in Saturday’s election to fund pay raises for teachers...Jefferson Parish to vote on property tax proposal to address teacher shortage, boost salaries
By Sabrina Wilson
Source: FOX 8
December 6, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE)—Jefferson Parish voters will decide on Saturday (Dec. 6) on a proposed property tax increase to boost...