BGR Analyzes Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Tax on the April 29 Ballot

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) releases a new report, On the Ballot: Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office Tax,...

Property tax breaks eyed as panel examines ways to get rid of income tax

A panel of state lawmakers is studying the possible elimination of personal and corporate income taxes in Louisiana. One...

New Orleans voters back early childhood education millage in single-issue vote

Voters in New Orleans on Saturday approved a property tax measure aimed at creating 1,000 or more early childhood...

Jefferson Parish voters approve new property tax increase for Sheriff’s Office pay raises

Jefferson Parish residents voted Saturday to approve a 7-mill property tax increase that will generate an additional $28 million...

On the New Orleans ballot: What to know about the early childhood education millage

New Orleans voters will see just one item on Saturday’s ballot: a millage proposal to fund early childhood education....

Researchers back JPSO tax proposition

Rebecca Mowbray and Paul Rioux of the Bureau of Government Research joined Newell to discuss why the JPSO tax...

JPSO proposes tax increase to help with staffing issues

On the ballot for the April 30 election is a tax proposal from Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office. “We were...

BGR Analyzes Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office Tax on the April 30 Ballot

NEW ORLEANS — From the Bureau of Governmental Research: BGR has released a new report titled “On the Ballot:...

Jefferson Parish voters set to decide on millage increase to fund sheriff’s office hiring, raises

When Jefferson Parish voters head to the ballot box on Saturday, April 30, they’ll decide on a potential millage...

7-mill tax pushed by Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto gets BGR backing. See what they said

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Joe Lopinto’s proposed 7-mill property tax to fund employee raises has picked up the backing of...