Report Recommends Improved Financial Practices for New Orleans

Report Recommends Improved Financial Practices for New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS – The Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR), a private, nonprofit, and independent research organization based in New...

Ron Faucheux: It’s not sexy, but management should be top issue in New Orleans mayor race

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who built a multi-billion dollar business and led the nation’s largest city for...

Orleans Parish Sheriff pushes voters to renew existing millage

NEW ORLEANS — The Orleans Parish Sheriff is urging voters to renew a current tax mileage on the May...

BGR Analyzes Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Tax Renewal on May 3 Ballot

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) released On the Ballot: Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Tax Renewal, May 3,...

Without an accurate starting point, how can the city prioritize expenses?

This recording is no longer available online. Read BGR’s report urging the City of New Orleans to improve its...

Newell Normand: What’s keeping the city from managing their money correctly?

Listen to Newell Normand’s commentary in response to BGR’s report urging the City of New Orleans to improve its...

Amid settlement fallout, report warns of uncertain financial future for New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS — After months of unclear back-and-forth from city leaders regarding the city’s financial standing- sparked by the...

Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration, City Council lack sound fiscal policies, report says

New Orleans officials don’t have a long-term plan for the city’s finances or safeguards for the city’s reserves, leaving...

BGR Calls on City of New Orleans to Strengthen its Financial Practices

The recent dispute about a proposed $90 million legal settlement between the City of New Orleans and the Orleans...

Quin Hillyer: Back home in Louisiana, where personalities and politics are bigger than life

Early 20th-century novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote, “You can’t go home again.” Dorothy Gale, in “The Wizard of Oz,” though,...