Louisiana Unprepared for Watery Disasters, Top Official Warns
COVINGTON, La. (CN) – Louisiana’s comprehensive coastal restoration plan “is not comprehensive,” nor does anyone know how to pay...
Implementing the Coastal Master Plan in the Greater New Orleans Region Breakfast Briefing
Johnny Bradberry and Mark Davis discussed the 2017 Coastal Master Plan at a BGR Breakfast Briefing today in Covington....
These 3 parishes face billions of dollars in damage without coastal plan, state warns
Jefferson, Orleans and St. Tammany parishes will lose hundreds of square miles of land and face billions of dollars in flood damage if...
If the candidates aren’t inspiring voters, maybe voters should inspire the candidates
We’re now less than two weeks away from early voting in the New Orleans citywide elections, and so far...
BGR’s New Orleans mayoral candidate survey covers hot topics
Everybody is looking for answers from the crowded field of candidates for the New Orleans mayoral race. The nonprofit...
UNO sees largest increase in undergraduate students in 8 years
University of New Orleans president John Nicklow said he was “very optimistic about our future” Tuesday (Sept. 5), as the...
Eat breakfast while learning about Louisiana’s coastal master plan
Interested in learning more about Louisiana’s $50 billion, 50-year coastal master plan while you nosh on breakfast? The Bureau of Governmental Research has...
Cantrell calls for $84 million a year in infrastructure spending, bringing S&WB into City Hall
In the midst of new concerns about the reliability of the Sewerage & Water Board’s drainage system and longstanding...
Landrieu considers stormwater fees to pay for New Orleans drainage system upgrades
Mayor Mitch Landrieu is in the early stages of a plan to put a stormwater management fee proposal before the New...
What will it take to fix the Sewerage and Water Board? Editorial
An emergency management team led by former Louisiana Recovery Authority director Paul Rainwater took over the Sewerage & Water Board last...
