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Infrastructure, bond issues dominate discussion on second day of New Orleans City Council budget hearings
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
October 29, 2019
Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s top public works aides offered a roadmap Tuesday for the hundreds of millions of dollars they...BGR weighs in on 3 Orleans Parish tax proposals
By Rob Masson
Source: Fox 8
October 29, 2019
In 2-1/2 weeks New Orleans voters will be asked to consider three new tax measures that city officials say,...BGR backs New Orleans ballot initiatives aimed at raising funds for infrastructure
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
October 29, 2019
The Bureau of Governmental Research is backing three ballot initiatives aimed at increasing city funding for infrastructure that Mayor...BGR Examines New Orleans’ Bond and Tax Propositions on the November 16 Ballot
October 29, 2019
Today BGR releases On the Ballot: New Orleans Bond and Tax Propositions, November 16, 2019. The report analyzes three...
(Opinion) City Seeks to Raise Your Taxes
By Jeff Thomas
Source: Think504
October 27, 2019
One of the reasons you love Think504 is that we keep you informed about important political and civic decisions...
City Council Members Talk Public Policy at BGR Social for Young Professionals
October 23, 2019
This evening we hosted a BGR Social, inviting young professionals and others to The Shop at The CAC to...
At meeting this week, more details emerge on new convention center hotel deal
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
October 23, 2019
The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center reached a deal last week with a consortium of private developers...Officials say Convention Center hotel will bring jobs and tourism; some residents aren’t sold
By Kaylee Poche
Source: Gambit
October 22, 2019
At a public meeting Monday night, the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center’s governing body touted its plans for a...Voters reject Amendment 4, aimed at New Orleans affordable housing
By WDSU Digital Team
Source: WDSU
October 12, 2019
Louisiana voters flatly denied New Orleans the right to shield small apartment buildings from property taxes. Amendment 4 on...Inform Your Vote in Tomorrow’s Election with BGR’s Reports
October 11, 2019
Citizens in Orleans and Jefferson parishes who plan to vote in tomorrow’s election can inform their decisions with three...