Clancy: Voters need to keep a clear head as candidates get nasty
Saturday is Election Day, and in virtually every race, candidates are attacking and counter-attacking with a vengeance. It’s ironic...
3 things we learned from Tuesday’s WDSU mayoral debate
WDSU-TV’s New Orleans mayoral debate on Tuesday (Oct. 3) was a careful, plodding affair with almost no friction between the candidates,...
‘Yes’ on three Orleans Parish school tax renewals | Editorial
The Times-Picayune editorial board makes the following recommendations for the Oct. 14 ballot. Early voting is open through Saturday, Oct....
$9.8 million in property taxes up for renewal to fund Jefferson Parish bus service
The government agency overseeing Jefferson Parish’s two bus systems is sitting on a big pile of cash: $21.2 million. And...
New Orleans mayoral candidates tout plans for Sewerage & Water Board, NOPD at forum
Six leading New Orleans mayoral candidates vowed this week to keep the troubled Sewerage & Water Board under city...
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...