News and Events
NOPD’s New Chief Shares His Vision for a Safer New Orleans
March 27, 2019
The New Orleans Police Department’s new superintendent, Shaun Ferguson, presented at a BGR Breakfast Briefing on his vision and...
Clancy: Vote against senior property tax on Saturday
By Clancy DuBos
Source: WWL-TV
March 26, 2019
NEW ORLEANS — Suppose we had an election and almost no one showed up? That could happen this Saturday in...Editorial: Standing for our Seniors
By The Louisiana Weekly
Source: The Louisiana Weekly
March 25, 2019
VOTE YES in the upcoming 2 Mills, Senior Services Property Tax Special Election on March 30. Funding for senior services...
Fair Play, Fair Share, Part 1: New Orleans and the Lost Penny
By Michael David Raso
Source: Big Easy Magazine
March 25, 2019
It’s 2019, but looking at some of the city’s old and antiquated infrastructure, it doesn’t feel like it. We...
New Orleans Convention Center leaders say $1.1 billion investment will pay off, but will it?
By Tyler Bridges
Source: The Advocate
March 23, 2019
Build it and they will come. That’s the rosy forecast by officials from the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention...New Orleans Council on Aging tax proposal brings political, policy debates before voters
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Advocate
March 23, 2019
Before the fish plates were served Friday at the senior center on the edge of Pontchartrain Park, Joyce Rawlins...Commentary: Vote no on the proposed tax to benefit seniors March 30
By Gambit Commentary
Source: Gambit
March 22, 2019
We don’t want to disrespect our elders, but a proposal to levy a new 2-mill property tax in New...Senior citizen advocates push for new tax; Mayor Cantrell, BGR advise against it
By Amanda Roberts
Source: FOX 8
March 18, 2019
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – On March 30th voters in New Orleans will decide whether to pass a property tax...Key to Cantrell’s 2019 legislative agenda? Tourism cash to rebuild New Orleans S&WB, more
By Jessica Williams
Source: The Advocate
March 17, 2019
Less than a month away from the start of the 2019 legislative session, Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s legislative agenda is...Amid tax debate, Convention Center stresses need for renovations, new hotel
By Beau Evans
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
March 16, 2019
The Great Hall of the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center was a bustle of activity the day...