Taxation (New Orleans)
Council puts library and housing property tax renewals on the November ballot
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
July 15, 2021
Orleans Parish voters will decide in November whether to renew two property taxes that expire at the end of...French Quarter security tax delayed over demand for hotel exemption
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
July 12, 2021
A quarter-cent sales tax in the French Quarter, approved by residents of the historic neighborhood earlier this year through...Quarter-cent sales tax for French Quarter on ballot again Saturday
By Kaitlin Rust
Source: FOX 8
April 22, 2021
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – In order to fund the “Blue Light Patrols” in the Quarter, the reinstatement of the...BGR Opposes French Quarter Sales Tax Proposition on April 24 Ballot
By Biz New Orleans Staff
Source: Biz New Orleans
April 22, 2021
NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Governmental Research is weighing in against a proposition for a 0.245% sales tax...Against the French Quarter Sales Tax: Why the Bureau of Governmental Research is advising voters to vote ‘no.’
By Peyton LoCicero
Source: WGNO
April 22, 2021
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO)– For our viewers heading to the polls this weekend, there’s a new report out that you should know...BGR Issues Report on April 24 French Quarter Sales Tax Vote
April 21, 2021
Today the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases On the Ballot: French Quarter Sales Tax, April 24, 2021. The report...Opinion: Newell: Cantrell admin hits French Quarter group with ridiculous attack
By Newell Normand
Source: WWL Radio
February 25, 2021
Earlier this week, Mayor Cantrell’s Director of Strategic Initiatives Joshua Cox had a press conference wherein he accused the...Fact Check: Cantrell Admin Spreads Inaccuracies about FQMD Statements Regarding Task Force Patrols
By Jenn Bentley
Source: Big Easy Magazine
February 22, 2021
The battle over security patrols in the French Quarter continues, with Mayor Cantrell’s administration remaining at odds with the...Council defers library board appointment after public pushback
By Michael Isaac Stein
Source: The Lens
January 21, 2021
A New Orleans City Council committee was set to consider Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s most recent nominee for the New...N.O. Library Director spread ‘misinformation … and lies,’ board secretary says
By David Hammer
Source: WWL-TV
January 21, 2021
NEW ORLEANS — A member of the New Orleans Public Library Board of Directors blasted the city’s library director...