News and Events
Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng Discusses Pandemic, Future Priorities at Breakfast Briefing
December 15, 2020
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) hosted a virtual Breakfast Briefing featuring Jefferson Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng....
BGR Supports Proposed Policy Changes to Improve NOLA Public Schools’ Finances
December 14, 2020
Today, BGR releases this BGR NOW supporting three policy changes up for consideration by the Orleans Parish School Board...Viewpoint: New School Board members bring promise of systemic change
By Danae Columbus
Source: Uptown Messenger
December 14, 2020
The four new members recently elected to the Orleans Parish School Board will shake up the system and chart...
Gambit Commentary: A note to our readers
By Gambit
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
December 9, 2020
We find ourselves in the uncomfortable, but necessarily so, position of having to start this week’s Commentary with an...Stephanie Grace: Voters sent LaToya Cantrell a clear message on library tax. She should listen.
By Stephanie Grace
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
December 9, 2020
The voters in Orleans Parish spoke quite clearly Saturday when they rejected three millage proposals that Mayor LaToya Cantrell...BGR Discusses Orleans Parish Public School Funding on “Talking NOLA Schools”
By Patrick Dobard
Source: WBOK 1230 AM
December 7, 2020
Susie Dudis, BGR Research Analyst and author of our Learning Curve report, today joined New Schools for New Orleans...New Orleans voters reject Cantrell’s tax proposals
By WDSU Digital Team
Source: WDSU
December 5, 2020
In Orleans Parish, multiple property tax measures were on the Dec. 5 ballot. New Orleans overwhelmingly rejected Mayor LaToya...Orleans millage proposals beaten badly despite Cantrell threatening layoffs
By WWL Staff
Source: WWL-TV
December 5, 2020
New Orleans voters roundly defeated all three of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s tax proposals just days after she had warned...Voters shoot down all three Cantrell-backed tax proposals
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
December 5, 2020
New Orleans voters on Saturday rejected a package of ballot propositions put forward by Mayor LaToya Cantrell that would...New Orleans to vote on three propositions Saturday
By Morgan Lentes
Source: WDSU
December 4, 2020
NEW ORLEANS — City leaders in New Orleans are calling on residents to approve three propositions on Saturday, which...