Taxation (New Orleans)
BGR Recommends Improving the City Council’s Evaluation of S&WB Funding Proposals
November 30, 2023
In a November 28 letter to the New Orleans City Council, BGR expressed concern that the council does not...
Budget Agreement between City and Sheriff Critical to Solving Jail’s Chronic Problems
September 26, 2023
The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) published a report today calling on the City of New Orleans and the Orleans...
BGR Analyzes New Orleans Propositions on October 14 Ballot
September 21, 2023
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases three On the Ballot reports for the October 14 election. The...(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...Election Day today features tax issues on both sides of the lake
By Staff Report
Source: WWL Radio
April 29, 2023
Voters are going to the polls across Southeast Louisiana today consider tax issues and a handful of races. Elections...Tax propositions await voters in New Orleans, St. Tammany Parish on Saturday
By Staff Report
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
April 29, 2023
New Orleans voters will decide the fate Saturday of a tax proposition that would nearly double the tax collected...(Opinion) Editorial: New Orleans voters should say no to sheriff’s tax hike
By Staff Editorial
Source: The Times-Picayune | NOLA.com
April 28, 2023
Tomorrow is the first Saturday of Jazz Fest. It’s also Election Day in New Orleans — but we doubt...