BGR in the News
Cantrell calls for $84 million a year in infrastructure spending, bringing S&WB into City Hall
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
August 31, 2017
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
By Kevin Litten
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 29, 2017
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
By The Times-Picayune Editorial Board
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 27. 2017
An emergency management team led by former Louisiana Recovery Authority director Paul Rainwater took over the Sewerage & Water Board last...City Council ‘didn’t care until everything went south’ at S&WB: J.P. Morrell
By Richard Rainey
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
August 17, 2017
As state Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, has watched the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board endure withering accusations of being asleep...New Orleans airport’s new director describes plans for growth, new terminal
By Richard Thompson
Source: The Advocate
July 27, 2017
Though he’s only a few weeks into the job, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport’s new boss is working in...Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Lafayette area People in Business for July 23, 2017
By The Advocate
Source: The Advocate
July 23, 2017
BATON ROUGE AREA Lindsay B. Mullins has been promoted to the Sister Agnes Marie Fitzsimons Endowed Chair of Gerontology at Franciscan...30 Greater New Orleans business people on the move
By NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Source: NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
July 20, 2017
STEPHEN STUART Promoted: Bureau of Governmental Research, vice president and research director Stuart has been with the Bureau of...BGR appoints new research director
By The Advocate
Source: The Advocate
July 2, 2017
The Bureau of Governmental Research has promoted longtime staff member Stephen Stuart to vice president and research director. He...First projects in New Orleans’ multibillion-dollar street repair campaign behind schedule
By Jeff Adelson
Source: The Advocate
June 26, 2017
New Orleans’ ambitious plan to pour billions of dollars into fixing its crumbling streets is already behind schedule before...Traffic cam money pads the general fund
By Tommy Tucker
Source: WWL Radio
May 30, 2017
A new report from the Bureau of Government Research says New Orleans isn’t using ANY traffic camera money to...