Taxation (New Orleans)
PolicyWatch: New Orleans Budget and Tax Updates
May 21, 2020
Today, BGR released the inaugural edition of PolicyWatch, a periodic newsletter that draws on BGR’s body of independent, nonpartisan...
Coalition of 21 groups calls on Convention Center to use $100 million from cash reserves to support hospitality workers
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
March 31, 2020
A coalition of 21 local unions, advocacy organizations and other groups are calling on the Ernest N. Morial New...Convention Center proposes settlement over disputed public transit dollars
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
February 27, 2020
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center has presented a proposal to Mayor LaToya Cantrell to settle a yearlong dispute with the...
Community meeting about the rise of crime in Uptown informative and contentious
By Sue Strachan
Source: Uptown Messenger
January 15, 2020
Having your car broken into via smashed windows has become the new normal in New Orleans. On Tuesday, Jan....‘It will be a mess:’ Traffic headaches from Convention Center Blvd. not expected to go away when construction ends
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
December 12, 2019
Large portions of Convention Center Boulevard are closed for the entire month of December. It’s just the latest in...Newell: Is New Orleans better off with one property tax assessor instead of seven?
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
November 25, 2019
Newell talks to BGR Vice President and Research Director Stephen Stuart and research analyst Jamie Parker about what’s changed...Orleans Parish assessor’s budget, methods questioned by nonpartisan research group
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
November 20, 2019
Property tax assessments in Orleans Parish have come a long way from the days when seven assessors with a...
(Opinion) Newell: Compromise, co-operation can’t be dirty words as Mayor, Council grapple with tax relief measure
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
November 20, 2019
The City Council has made a request to cut tax rates for property owners, and an agreement is under...BGR Evaluates Assessor’s Progress on Property Assessment Reform in New Orleans
November 19, 2019
Today, BGR releases Assessing the Assessor: Progress on Property Assessment Reform in New Orleans. The report evaluates whether and...
Inform Your Vote in the Nov. 16 Election with BGR’s Reports
November 15, 2019
Citizens in New Orleans who plan to vote in Saturday’s election can inform their decisions with BGR’s report, On...