February 11 Breakfast Briefing Focuses on St. Tammany’s Economic Growth

February 11 Breakfast Briefing Focuses on St. Tammany’s Economic Growth

Today’s Breakfast Briefing, our first of 2025, focused on St. Tammany Parish’s shift from being a part of the...

Is the St. Tammany Parish Council too big? A new committee will study it.

In a move that could ultimately result in the shrinking of the governing body on which they serve, St....

Judge rules DA’s office can’t represent St. Tammany Parish government in apartment complex lawsuit

In the latest twist in the saga over who will represent St. Tammany Parish in a lawsuit over a...

Push to shrink St. Tammany Parish Council debated. Is smaller better?

The St. Tammany Parish Council has 14 members, the most of any council in the New Orleans area and...

BGR Breakfast Briefing: As St. Tammany Grows, Should the Parish Council Shrink?

Today, the Bureau of Governmental Research (BGR) held a panel discussion in Covington that explored whether St. Tammany Parish...

BGR Honors 2022 Excellence in Government Award Winners at Luncheon

Today, BGR honored the recipients of its 2022 Excellence in Government Awards at a luncheon ceremony at the Sheraton...

NEWS ROUNDUP: Awards all around St. Tammany Parish

Two St. Tammany Parish residents have been awarded the Bureau of Governmental Research’s prestigious 2022 Excellence in Government Awards...

BGR Announces Excellence in Government 2022 Honorees

NEW ORLEANS — The Bureau of Governmental Research has announced the recipients of its 2022 Excellence in Government Awards....

St. Tammany council tonight discusses possible tax increase

Tonight the St. Tammany Parish Council talks property taxes in a public hearing. There are some expenses stacking up...

St. Tammany voters reject new sales tax for criminal prosecutions

North shore District Attorney Warren Montgomery failed to get a new revenue stream to support his office Saturday, as...