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BGR Analyzes St. Tammany Parish Sales Tax Proposition
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
October 21, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: BGR has released a new report titled “On the Ballot:...Citing a ‘deepening fiscal crisis,’ BGR endorses proposed St. Tammany sales tax
By Marie Fazio
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
October 21, 2021
The Bureau of Governmental Research has endorsed the proposed sales tax that St. Tammany Parish government will put before...New BGR Report Analyzes November 13 Sales Tax Proposition in St. Tammany
October 21, 2021
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research releases a new report, On the Ballot: St. Tammany Parish Sales Tax, November...
BGR chief stepping down by end of year; national search underway for new leader
By Ben Myers
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
October 6, 2021
Bureau of Governmental Research President and CEO Amy Glovinsky said Wednesday that she will leave the nonprofit organization at...BGR President Amy Glovinsky to Step Down at End of Year
By Rich Collins
Source: Biz New Orleans
October 6, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — The Bureau of Governmental Research has announced that Amy Glovinsky will step down from her position...A Message about Our Year-End Leadership Transition and the Search for BGR’s Next President & CEO
October 6, 2021
Dear BGR Members and Supporters, Last week, I informed the BGR Board of Directors that I intend to step...
Despite ballot wording, French Quarter hotel rooms are exempt from this security tax
By Ben Myers
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
October 1, 2021
A tax agreement signed Thursday with the French Quarter Management District marked the final step toward resuming enhanced police...BGR: New Quarter Sales Tax Should Apply to Hotel Rooms
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
September 14, 2021
NEW ORLEANS – From the Bureau of Governmental Research: Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) published a new...BGR Raises Policy Concerns About Excluding Hotel Rooms from New French Quarter Sales Tax
September 14, 2021
In August, the New Orleans City Council excluded hotel room rentals from a new sales tax for enhanced public...City Council members maintain legally dubious hotel exemption while reinstating French Quarter sales tax
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
August 19, 2021
A special sales tax to fund supplemental police patrols in the French Quarter will be reinstated starting in October...