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Baton Rouge, New Orleans area People in Business for Aug. 30, 2020
By Staff
Source: The Advocate
August 31, 2020
New Orleans area The Bureau of Governmental Research announced the recipients of its 2020 BGR Excellence in Government Awards honoring extraordinary local...People this Week: New hires, promotions, awards
By CityBusiness Staff Report
Source: New Orleans CityBusiness
August 26, 2020
Education Discovery Schools CEO/Head of School Dr. Patty Glaser is the recipient of the Innovation Award in the Bureau...
Q&A with Lead Author of Our New Orleans Public School Funding Report
August 13, 2020
Questions abound from New Orleans public school parents, students, employees and education leaders as the new school year gets...Discovery Schools CEO honored for innovation, and other metro-area school news
By NOLA.com Staff Report
Source: The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate
August 12, 2020
DISCOVERY SCHOOLS: Patty Glaser, the CEO of Discovery Schools, has been honored with an Excellence in Government Innovation Award...
Newell: Does NOLA assessor rely on “sales chasing” to set property values?
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
August 12, 2020
The Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams is responsible for determining the value of your real estate, your home and...
Council approves short-term rental tax, with 25 percent cut going to tourism marketing agency
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
August 6, 2020
At the request of Mayor LaToya Cantrell, the New Orleans City Council on Thursday gave final approval to a...BGR Honors Excellence in Government
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
August 6, 2020
NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Governmental Research announced the recipients of the BGR Excellence in Government Awards 2020...Does the N.O. Assessor Rely on ‘Sales Chasing’ to Set Property Values?
By Rich Collins
Source: Biz New Orleans
August 5, 2020
NEW ORLEANS – Orleans Parish Assessor Erroll Williams is responsible for determining the value of more than 167,000 properties...BGR Announces 2020 Excellence in Government Honorees
August 5, 2020
Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research announces the recipients of the BGR Excellence in Government Awards 2020 honoring extraordinary...
Despite city law, New Orleans’ hasn’t had public contract database since 2019 cyber attack
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
July 20, 2020
Despite a local law requiring the city of New Orleans to post all of its contracts on its website,...