Taxation (New Orleans)
Orleans Parish Sheriff pushes voters to renew existing millage
By Anum Siddiqui
Source: WDSU
April 9, 2025
NEW ORLEANS — The Orleans Parish Sheriff is urging voters to renew a current tax mileage on the May...Sheriff Susan Hutson needs a tax renewal, or risks losing a large chunk of her budget
By Joseph Cranney
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
April 9, 2025
Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson is asking voters in the May municipal elections to renew a 10-year-old tax that...
BGR Analyzes Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Tax Renewal on May 3 Ballot
April 9, 2025
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) released On the Ballot: Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Tax Renewal, May 3,...
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,...
Five years later, LaToya Cantrell’s ‘fair share’ deal delivering results, BGR says
By Ben Myers
Source: The Times-Picayune | Nola.com
September 7, 2024
Five years after New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell struck a historic deal to direct tourism-related taxes to city infrastructure...
What has been the impact of the 2019 “Fair Share” deal?
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
September 6, 2024
This article is no longer available online. Please review BGR’s report here: https://www.bgr.org/report-index/bgr-analyzes-impact-of-fair-share-deal-for-new-orleans-infrastructure/BGR Finds ‘Fair Share’ Deal is Improving New Orleans Infrastructure, Can Be Strengthened
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
September 6, 2024
NEW ORLEANS — This week, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR), a private, nonprofit, independent research organization dedicated to...BGR Finds ‘Fair Share’ is Improving N.O. Infrastructure, Can Be Strengthened
September 5, 2024
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research released a report analyzing the impact of the 2019 “Fair Share” deal to direct new...