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Our Views: Non-transparent Topgolf deal lands New Orleans Convention Center in PR sand trap
By Advocate Editorial
Source: The Advocate
April 30, 2019
The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, a major player in the New Orleans tourism industry, is sitting on some...
Russel Honoré: Dear New Orleans, this ‘simple’ plan can make sure the city survives the next storm
By Russel L. Honoré
Source: The Advocate
April 29, 2019
America faces a crisis at home more urgent than any before — other than Pearl Harbor and 9/11. That crisis...Joe Jaeger, vexed by Topgolf proposal, pulls out of controversial Convention Center hotel project
By Gordon Russell
Source: The Advocate
April 27, 2019
New Orleans developer and hotelier Joe Jaeger announced Saturday that he is withdrawing from the team seeking to build...
Tax for teacher raises addresses Jefferson Parish’s ‘Achilles heel’
By Drew Broach
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
April 26, 2019
Lyndsey Jackson teaches deaf children ages 3 to 5 how to communicate, to treat one another with respect and...
New Orleans still needs tax overhaul, watchdog group says
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
April 25, 2019
Four years after calling for a comprehensive review of New Orleans’ tangle of tax dedications, the watchdog Bureau of...It’s time to change how New Orleans’ tax dollars are spent, distributed, nonpartisan group says
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
April 25, 2019
The Bureau of Governmental Research is once again calling for changes in the way taxes are distributed in New...BGR: New Orleans expected to generate $1.25 billion in tax revenue in 2019
By Tiffany Baptiste
Source: Fox 8
April 25, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The Bureau of Governmental Research has released a report with updated estimates of how much...BGR Updates Estimates of Local Tax Revenue in Orleans Parish
April 25, 2019
Today, BGR releases The $1 Billion Question Revisited: Updating BGR’s 2015 Analysis of Orleans Parish Tax Revenues. With New Orleans...How LaToya Cantrell used a power play against hospitality industry in tourism-dollars fight
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
April 22, 2019
In a hardball move against the hospitality industry, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell took her fight for tourism tax...Vote ‘yes’ to shift tax money to recreation and City Park
By The Times-Picayune Editorial Board
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
April 21, 2019
The Times-Picayune Editorial Board makes the following recommendation for the May 4 ballot. ORLEANS PARISH PARKS AND RECREATION TAX...