On Vouchers: BESE Should Adopt Stronger Accountability Standards

On Vouchers: BESE Should Adopt Stronger Accountability Standards

In this edition of Now, BGR calls on the Louisiana Board of Elementary & Secondary Education (BESE) to tighten...

Can Private School Vouchers Live Up to Their Promises?

Overview In Making Choice Right: Can Private School Vouchers Live Up to Their Promises? BGR examines the statewide school...

The Nonprofit Exemption: Bad News for Taxpayers

Overview This edition of Now addresses problems associated with the nonprofit property tax exemption, and what can be done...

BGR Examines Local, State Items on Fall 2011 Ballots

Overview BGR examines charter amendments, tax propositions and state constitutional amendments on the October and November 2011 ballots. The...

BGR Reviews 10 Proposed Constitutional Amendments

BGR analyzes 10 State constitutional amendments on the ballot for November 2, 2010. The amendments concern a wide variety...

BGR Reviews State and Local Ballot Propositions

Overview BGR analyzes two Orleans Parish propositions and two State constitutional amendments on the ballot for October 2, 2010....

BGR Opposes Dilution of Open Meetings Laws

Overview In this letter to the members of the Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee of the State Legislature, BGR...

BGR Reviews Expansion of Subsidized Rental Housing

Overview Building on prior BGR research, The House that Uncle Sam Built provides numbers on the existing and projected...

The Homestead Exemption in the New Orleans Area

Overview In Who’s Behind the Tree? The Homestead Exemption and Taxpayers in the New Orleans Area, BGR examines the...

BGR Analyzes Local Propositions, Constitutional Amendments

Overview BGRĀ provides analysis of local propositions as well as amendments to the state constitution appearing on the ballot for...