Taxation (Jefferson)
Inform Your Vote in Tomorrow’s Election with BGR’s Reports
October 11, 2019
Citizens in Orleans and Jefferson parishes who plan to vote in tomorrow’s election can inform their decisions with three...
BGR Surveys Jefferson Parish Council Candidates on Key Policy Issues
September 13, 2019
Today BGR releases Questions for a New Parish Council, the second in a two-part report series providing the views...BGR Surveys Jefferson Parish President Candidates on Key Policy Issues
September 12, 2019
Today BGR releases Questions for a New Parish President, the first in a two-part series of reports providing the...Jefferson Parish residents vote to give teachers pay raises
By WDSU
Source: WDSU
May 4, 2019
JEFFERSON PARISH, La. —Residents of Jefferson Parish voted to adopt a pay raise for teachers in the parish. A...Jefferson Parish backs tax for teacher pay raises
By Drew Broach
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
May 4, 2019
With a new School Board, new superintendent and new goal to improve academic performance from a C grade to...Jefferson Parish voters overwhelmingly approve tax raise to pay teachers more
By Faimon A. Roberts III
Source: The Advocate
May 4, 2019
Jefferson Parish voters on Saturday resoundingly approved a new 7.9-mill, 10-year property tax to fund raises for teachers and...Our Views: Vote to back teacher pay plan for better Jefferson schools
By Advocate Editorial
Source: The Advocate
May 3, 2019
With broad backing of the parish’s leadership, including the business community and teachers unions at one time at odds,...New Orleans area voters to decide on tax issues in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Tammany on Saturday
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Advocate
May 3, 2019
Voters in much of the New Orleans area will head to the polls Saturday to consider mainly requests involving...Recommendations for May 4 election
By The Louisiana Weekly
Source: The Louisiana Weekly
April 30, 2019
Some very critical tax measures go before the voters on Saturday. Teacher pay raises and commitments to public greenspace...Tax for teacher raises addresses Jefferson Parish’s ‘Achilles heel’
By Drew Broach
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
April 26, 2019
Lyndsey Jackson teaches deaf children ages 3 to 5 how to communicate, to treat one another with respect and...