BGR Studies French Quarter Sales Tax Renewal on December 5 Ballot

OVERVIEW On the Ballot: French Quarter Sales Tax Renewal, December 5, 2020 is intended to help French Quarter voters make...

BGR Examines December 5 New Orleans Property Tax Propositions

OVERVIEW On the Ballot: New Orleans Property Tax Propositions, December 5, 2020 analyzes three propositions to replace several City...

PolicyWatch: Revisiting Assessment Issues in New Orleans

OVERVIEW With the public getting its first look at this year’s property tax assessment rolls beginning July 15, 2020,...

PolicyWatch: New Orleans Budget and Tax Updates

OVERVIEW Welcome to the inaugural edition of PolicyWatch, a periodic newsletter that draws on BGR’s body of independent, nonpartisan...

Pausing the Convention Hotel Deal to Reassess and Reduce Costs

OVERVIEW Conventional Wisdom: Pausing the Convention Hotel Deal to Assess the Pandemic’s Impact and Reduce Public Costs calls for...

Navigating Public School Funding in New Orleans

OVERVIEW Learning Curve: A Guide to Navigating School Funding in New Orleans’ Unified District presents a comprehensive explanation of...

Assessing Progress on Property Assessment Reform in New Orleans

OVERVIEW Assessing the Assessor: Progress on Property Assessment Reform in New Orleans evaluates whether and to what extent New...

A Framework for Assessing New Orleans’ Proposed 2020 Budget

OVERVIEW As the City Council reviews the proposed $722 million 2020 operating budget, BGR Now: A Framework for Assessing...

BGR Studies New Orleans Bond and Tax Propositions for November 16

Overview On the Ballot: New Orleans Bond and Tax Propositions, November 16, 2019 studies three propositions to let the...

Analyzing Past New Orleans Budgets to Guide Funding Priorities

Overview A Look Back to Plan Ahead: Analyzing Past New Orleans Budgets to Guide Funding Priorities reviews a decade...