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...

BGR Launches Exploration of Public Pensions

Overview Understanding Pensions: A Primer on Public Employee Pension Plans is the first in a series of reports on the...

Your Tax Dollars at Work – and in Retirement

Overview This edition of Now looks at the issue of public pension costs. In the coming months, BGR will...

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....

Shifting the Costs of the Homestead Exemption

Overview In Forgotten Promises: The Lost Connection Between the Homestead Exemption and the Revenue Sharing Fund, BGR examines the...

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...