News and Events
After talks stall, Morial Convention Center narrows focus for proposed upriver hotel project
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
December 24, 2017
After years of stalled negotiations, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center officials have returned to the drawing board as they seek...Federal inspector general to audit S&WB use of Katrina recovery funds
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
December 18, 2017
The Sewerage & Water Board will open the new year facing both a federal audit of its post-Hurricane Katrina...Jeff School Board to consider calling another tax election
By Littice Bacon-Blood
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
December 15, 2017
The Jefferson Parish School Board most likely will ask voters for a tax increase next spring to fund teacher pay raises...BGR elects new board members, re-elects board leadership
By The Advocate
Source: The Advocate
December 7, 2017
The New Orleans Bureau of Governmental Research elected three new board members Thursday. The new faces are Susan Brennan,...New Orleans Council passes pension changes affecting only new hires
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
December 5, 2017
Current New Orleans City Hall employees will avoid changes to their retirement plans under a deal City Councilwoman Stacy...
Meeting the Press
By The Advocate
Source: The Advocate
November 23, 2017
MEETING THE PRESS: Betsy Fischer Martin and Jonathan Martin will be the featured speakers when the Bureau of Governmental...JP school leaders consider next move after teacher pay millage defeat
By Rob Masson
Source: FOX 8
November 21, 2017
METAIRIE, LA (WVUE) – Jefferson Parish School Board members are debating which way to go next after voters narrowly defeated a measure...Despite poll defeat, Jefferson Parish school leaders planning to bring taxes back before voters
By Faimon A. Roberts III
Source: The Advocate
November 21, 2017
Just days after Jefferson Parish voters narrowly rejected a new property tax to fund a pay raise for public...School board member wants Jefferson Parish voters to reconsider teacher pay tax
By Littice Bacon-Blood
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
November 21, 2017
Jefferson Parish School Board member Cedric Floyd said Tuesday (Nov. 21) that he wants voters to reconsider an 8.45-mill...Our Views: Orleans’ proposed rainy-day fund could provide parish the financial base needed
By The Advocate Editorial Board
Source: The Advocate
November 18, 2017
There are several issues and races on the ballot throughout south Louisiana for today’s election, including a statewide contest...