BGR in the News
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....
New Orleans court clerk says he won’t furlough employees for at least a week
By Matt Sledge
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
January 6, 2020
Deputy clerks at Orleans Parish Criminal District Court can breathe a sigh of relief — at least for now....
‘The Second Battle of New Orleans’ republished for 50th anniversary of end to Riverfront Expressway fight
By Sandra Stokes
Source: The Lens
December 17, 2019
If you’re really lucky, at least once in your life you cross paths with someone truly extraordinary. I was...
‘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...
Nell Nolan: Moonlight & Miracles, Victory Ball – WWII, BGR Luncheon
By Nell Nolan
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
November 24, 2019
The Bureau Brigade Count ‘em! Supporters of the Bureau of Governmental Research, about 800 of them, convened at the...
(Opinion) A Cautionary Tale: The New Orleans Office of Inspector General. Part 2: Facing Challenges
By Ed Quatrevaux
Source: The Lens
November 22, 2019
Read Part 1: Fulfilling the mission. The OIG faced a series of challenges beginning in 2015. While the Office...Convention Center approves 2020 spending plan, defers vote on major architectural contract
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
November 21, 2019
The governing body of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center set its 2020 budget at its Wednesday...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...